With no coaching experience and a team with Stanley Cup aspiration's teetering at the edge of the cliff, Coffey stated that he would fix the defensive woes of the Oilers and help turn the team around.
The stats are pretty revealing. Under the Knoblauch - Coffey coaching duo the orders have turned the table and are all in the top five in statistics such as goal differential, power play percentage, penalty kill percentage, points percentage, and other stats. The Oilers were a team near the bottom of the standings well out of a playoff spot and are now within five points of taking the Pacific division lead.
With all, the team looks poised and is ready to take on the Stanley Cup playoffs and having Paul Coffey behind the bench who is quite familiar on what it takes to win the Cup is a great weapon to have.