NHL one month: Best coaching job

With the NHL season a month old, Paste BN Sports looks at the league's best coaching job:

Bob Hartley: Has to get the nod for inspiring his Flames to overachieve almost every night.

His team is well-prepared, and every player seems empowered. Hartley's coaching ability is probably at a higher level than when he was coaching those successful Avalanche teams.

He seems more patient with his younger players. Hartley has done a masterful job of helping Gaudreau break into the NHL. He sat Gaudreau for a game and then sat down with him and asked what he saw on the ice from the press box.

Center Sean Monahan grew as a player under Hartley last season, and it looks as if Gaudreau will do the same this season. He seems to have a blueprint for how to maximize the value of young talent.

Hartley is a passionate coach, and his passion seems to trickle down. This Flames group doesn't seem to know when it is supposed to lose.

Honorable mention: Peter Laviolette (Predators), Mike Johnston (Pittsburgh Penguins) and Willie Desjardins (Vancouver Canucks).