There is no home cooking for the New York Rangers this season. With their 3-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night, the Rangers fell to 0-5-1 at Madison Square Garden, while also dropping them to 6-6-1 overall on the season.
The former player and coach spoke about the Maple Leafs' situation in the Nov. 4 edition of the "Leafs Morning Take" podcast and argued that the team's initial ups and downs are good for the long term.
Montreal defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Saturday in a game in which head coach Martin St. Louis decided to line up Montembeault, 29, as the starter.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
After reading, you can see that Matthews, whom the Leafs selected first overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, has a story as unique as any player we’ve seen at hockey’s highest level.
After the New Jersey Devils re-signed Luke Hughes at the beginning of the month, their focus shifted toward keeping one of their pending UFAs in the fold in goaltender Jacob Markstrom.
The NHL season is just about a month in, with nearly every team having played ten games so far. While several teams, such as the Pittsburgh Penguins, Seattle Kraken and Detroit Red Wings, have exceeded expectations, many have fallen short. Let's take a look at three NHL coaches on the hot seat.