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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey executive and sportscaster}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Douglas MacLean|Douglas McLean (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| name = Doug MacLean
| image = Doug MacLean.jpg
| caption = MacLean in 2014
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|4|12}}
| birth_place = [[Summerside, Prince Edward Island|Summerside]], [[Prince Edward Island]], Canada
| coached_for = [[Florida Panthers]]<br />[[Columbus Blue Jackets]]
| career_start_coach = 1995
| career_end_coach = 2004
}}
'''James Douglas MacLean''' (born April 12, 1954) is a Canadian [[sportscaster]] working for [[Rogers Media]]'s [[Sportsnet]] and former [[ice hockey]] coach and general manager. He is the former president/general manager and head coach of the [[National Hockey League]]'s [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] and was also the head coach of the [[Florida Panthers]]. He is affectionately known as "'''Prince Eddy'''" due to his affinity for [[Prince Edward Island]].

==Career==
MacLean began coaching at the [[University of New Brunswick]], followed by [[assistant coach]] positions with the [[St. Louis Blues]] and [[Washington Capitals]]. MacLean's first professional head coach position came in 1990, when he was sent to the [[Baltimore Skipjacks]], the Capitals' AHL affiliate, as part of a midseason shakeup that placed Skipjacks head coach [[Terry Murray]] at the Capitals' helm. Before coaching, he had played varsity hockey for the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers.

MacLean served in the [[Detroit Red Wings]] organization from 1990 to 1994. During this time, he served as an assistant coach under [[Bryan Murray (ice hockey)|Bryan Murray]] in 1990–91 and 1991–92. For the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons, MacLean served as the General Manager for the [[Adirondack Red Wings]] of the [[American Hockey League]], the Red Wings top affiliate. During his time as general manager, he orchestrated the trade of [[Kris Draper]] from the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]] to the Red Wings for "future considerations", which turned out to be US$1.

MacLean is probably best known for leading an up-start Panthers team to the Eastern Conference championship in [[1995–96 NHL season|1996]], only to be beaten in the [[1996 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]] by the [[Colorado Avalanche]].

After leading the Panthers to the playoffs in both the 1995–96 and [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]] seasons, MacLean was fired early in the [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]] campaign when the Panthers started with a 7–12–4 record.

MacLean was hired to serve as the Blue Jackets' general manager on February 11, 1998, and added the position of team president to his responsibilities a month later. The Blue Jackets began play for the [[2000–01 NHL season]]. On January 7, 2003 MacLean fired Blue Jackets head coach [[Dave King (ice hockey)|Dave King]] and named himself head coach, a position he held until January 1, 2004, when he promoted assistant coach [[Gerard Gallant]] to the role. MacLean remained president and general manager until he was fired at the conclusion of the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07 season]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/sports/stories/2007/04/18/maclean_news.html|title=Blue Jackets fire MacLean|publisher=The Columbus Dispatch|date=2007-04-19|accessdate=2009-10-28}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  The Blue Jackets never posted a winning record, going 172–258–62 under MacLean's leadership. He is the only general manager in NHL history to serve for six seasons without making the playoffs.

On August 7, 2007, MacLean, who led a group of nine investors, announced that the owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Palace Sports and Entertainment, agreed to sell the team to MacLean's group for $200 million.<ref name="SaleSPTimes">{{cite news |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/12/Lightning/Doug_MacLean__Can_fie.shtml |title=Doug MacLean: Can fiery coach-manager find restraint in new role? |last=Cristodero |first=Damian |publisher=St Petersburg Times |date=2007-08-07 |accessdate=2015-12-12}}</ref><ref name="SaleNHLCom">{{cite news |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/m_news.htm?id=335705 |title=Group led by former Florida Panthers coach Doug MacLean agrees to buy Tampa Bay Lightning |publisher=NHL.com |date=2007-08-07 |accessdate=2015-12-12}}</ref> The sale collapsed in November 2007 when the ownership group was unable to make a $5 million payment due. MacLean and his partners later sued former associate Oren Koules, whom they accused of defaulting on his share, but also attempting to make his own deal with the Lightning.<ref name="SaleDead">{{cite news |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2007/11/27/news_pf/Lightning/Lightning_sale_on_ice.shtml |title=Lightning sale on ice |publisher=St Petersburg Times |date=2007-11-27|accessdate=2015-12-12}}</ref>

On August 18, 2008, MacLean became a co-host alongside [[Jack Armstrong (sportscaster)|Jack Armstrong]] on a [[sports talk radio]] show on Toronto Sports Radio Station, [[CJCL|The Fan590]], "The Game Plan".

On September 18, 2009, MacLean took over the ''[[Hockey Central]]'' Radio program from 1–2 pm and was hired by [[Jim Balsillie]] as an advisor to the PSE group which attempted to acquire and relocate the [[Phoenix Coyotes]] to Canada.

On September 13, 2010, MacLean became a co-host of the Fan 590's ''[[Hockey Central at Noon]]'' program alongside [[Daren Millard]] and [[Nick Kypreos]] as well as an analyst on [[Rogers Sportsnet]]'s ''[[Hockey Central]]''.
[[File:Doug and lynn 2024 hockey conference.jpg|thumb|Doug MacLean and Dr. Lynn Lashbrook at the 2024 SMWW Hockey Career Conference]]
On August 29, 2019, MacLean released a statement on Twitter that he was parting ways with Sportsnet.  Until this announcement, MacLean was a regular panelist on Sportnet's Hockey Central television show and was a major contributor to Sportsnet's radio programming.

Doug is currently a "Hockey GM and Scouting" instructor for the online sports-career training school [[Sports Management Worldwide]], founded and run by [[Lynn Lashbrook|Dr. Lynn Lashbrook]] and speaks annually at the "[https://www.sportsmanagementworldwide.com/conferences/nhl-draft-sports-career-conference SMWW Hockey Career Conference]".

==Coaching record==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="7"|Regular season !! colspan="1"|Postseason
|-
! G !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! Pts !! Division rank !! Result
|-
![[Florida Panthers|FLA]]||[[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
|82||41||31||10||—||92||3rd in Atlantic||Lost in [[1996 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]]
|-
!FLA||[[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
|82||35||28||19||—||89||3rd in Atlantic||Lost in Conference Quarterfinals
|-
!FLA||[[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
|23||7||12||4||—||(18)||(fired)||—
|-
![[Columbus Blue Jackets|CBJ]]||[[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
|42||15||22||4||1||(35)||5th in Central||Missed playoffs
|-
!CBJ||[[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
|37||9||21||4||3||(25)||(resigned)||
|-
! colspan="2"|Total ||266||107||114||41||4||259||—||2 playoff appearances
|}

== References ==
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{{Succession box| before = [[Roger Neilson]] | title = [[List of Florida Panthers head coaches|Head coach of the Florida Panthers]] | years = 1995–1997 | after = [[Bryan Murray (ice hockey)|Bryan Murray]] }}
{{Succession box| before = [[Dave King (ice hockey)|Dave King]] | title = [[List of Columbus Blue Jackets head coaches|Head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets]] | years = 2002–2003 | after = [[Gerard Gallant]]}}
{{Succession box| before = Position created | title = [[List of Columbus Blue Jackets general managers|General manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets]] | years = 1998 – 2007 | after = [[Scott Howson]]}}
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