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Conference finals: A look at the coaches

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Thursday, May 10, 2007

BRYAN MURRAY OTTAWA SENATORS NEXT COACH >>> HOW HE GOT THE JOB: The 64-year-old Ottawa-area native landed the Senators coaching job during the lockout summer of 2004, in large part because he wasn't Jacques Martin. Despite boatloads of talent, Ottawa failed to claim the big prize, or even a trip to the Stanley Cup finals, for years. So GM John Muckler plucked the longtime coach from Anaheim, where Murray was GM. A former Jack Adams winner when he coached Washington (1984), Mur ...

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