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A fond farewell to the NHL's fired coaches

Found December 03, 2011 on Down Goes Brown:
PLAYERS: Bruce Boudreau,  Davis Payne,  Tomas Kaberle,  Alexander Ovechkin
TEAMS: St. Louis Blues,  Carolina Hurricanes,  Washington Capitals,  Anaheim Ducks,  Toronto Maple Leafs

"Wait a second," thought Getzlaf, "Why doI have to be the baldest guy on the bench?"It's been a bad week for NHL coaches. After a relatively stable first two months of the season, NHL teams apparently decided it was time to start handing out pink slips.Both Carolina's Paul Maurice and Washington's Bruce Boudreau were fired on Monday, and they were joined on the sidelines a few days later by Anaheim's Randy Carlyle. Or at least Maurice was; Boudreau was busy taking Carlyle's job. The week's action brings this season's total number of fired coaches to four once you count Davis Payne, who got a head start when he was fired by the Blues three weeks ago. No doubt they'll be joined by others as the season wears on, but for now the latest round of coaching musical chairs seems to have ended.But before we all move on, let's take one last fond look back and the four coaches who've been shown the door since the season began.Davis Pay...
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