<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Tough choice for Adams: NHL broadcasters will have a difficult time this spring choosing the winner of the Jack Adams Trophy that goes to the league's outstanding coach. The Habs' four-game road trip illustrates the problem, because each game has included at least one candidate behind the bench. The group includes Canadiens head coach Guy Carbonneau. The Canadiens have been in a playoff position all season - not bad for a team that figured to finish near the bottom of the Eastern Conference in most of the preseason previews. If Carbonneau isn't the best coach in the league, he's certainly the most improved in terms of personnel and game management. And he's smart enough to know that, while he's improved, there's still room to grow. But you can make a case for some of the coaches who matched wits with Carbonneau the past week - Boston's Claude Julien, Ted Nolan of the Islanders and Atlanta's Don Waddell. Julien's Bruins have slipped out of a playoff spot, but did anyone think this team would be competitive even before they lost Patrice Bergeron and key offseason acquisition Manny Fernandez?</div> We were ranked to finish bottom out but he has trusted in the young guys. Definately should be mentioned.
