You're right - Hitch can win regular season games for sure. What has winning regular season games gotten us?
And true, if you give him a team with the likes of Modano, Hull, Nieuwendyk, Lehtinen & Zubov (with Belfour between the pipes) he can even win a Stanley Cup. "Great" coaches get the best out of the players that they have on their roster. Yes this roster is lacking but do you think he's getting the best out of them? Is he getting 50% out of them? And to bring up one of your favorite things to rant on.. if you don't think the Great Hitchcock was involved, and on board with, bringing Ryan Miller in then you must be smoking with the Fastman.