To mark the beginning of the 2025-26 regular season, NHL.com is running its first installment of the Trophy Tracker series. Today, we look at the race for the Jack Adams Award , given annually to the top coach in the NHL as selected in a vote by the NHL Broadcasters' Association.

This season is a new beginning for Mike Sullivan and the New York Rangers.

Sullivan was hired as Rangers coach on May 2, four days earlier leaving the Pittsburgh Penguins as a two-time Stanley Cup champion and with 409 wins that rank first in their history. His arrival is part of a culture shift for New York after its fall from Presidents' Trophy winners to 11th in the Eastern Conference and missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

That narrative compelled a panel of 15 NHL.com voters to choose Sullivan as the prese

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