JIM NILL RUMORS & GOSSIP

Former Wings assistant GM Jim Nill’s very busy reshuffling the Dallas Stars’ coaching deck

As we wait for the Red Wings' Friday practice to begin, the Grand Rapids Press's Peter J. Wallner penned a superb article about Tomas Tatar's role with the Grand Rapids Griffins, and Deadline Detroit's Rebecca Powers profiled Fox Sports Detroit analyst Darren Eliot, but a short interview Dallas Stars GM and former Red Wings assistant GM Jim Nill gave to the Fan 590...
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3 days ago  |  Discuss

Stars in no hurry to fill vacant coaching position

FRISCO, Texas-- It's hard to judge Jim Nill as the Dallas Stars' General Manager seeing how he's only been on the job for just over two weeks, but considering that the 55-year-old career hockey man is taking his time and using an approach to finding a replacement for now-former head coach Glen Gulutzan, who along with top assistant Paul Jerrard was relieved of his duties...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
6 days ago  |  Discuss

Stars fire Gulutzan as coach

The Dallas Stars have fired coach Glen Gulutzan after he failed to make the playoffs in two seasons at the helm. New general manager Jim Nill announced the move Tuesday. Nill replaced Joe Nieuwendyk, who also was fired after four years without taking the Stars to the postseason. Dallas has missed the playoffs a franchise-record five straight years. The 41-year-old Gulutzan was...
Via AP on Fox
6 days ago  |  Discuss

Stars fire Gulutzan after 2 seasons

DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas Stars have fired coach Glen Gulutzan after he failed to make the playoffs in two seasons at the helm. New general manager Jim Nill announced the move Tuesday. Nill replaced Joe Nieuwendyk, who also was fired after four years without taking the Stars to the postseason. Dallas has missed the playoffs a franchise-record five straight years. The 41-year-old...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
6 days ago  |  Discuss

Glen Gulutzan Relieved Of His Duties In Dallas

FRISCO, Texas - Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today that head coach Glen Gulutzan and assistant coach Paul Jerrard have been relieved of their coaching duties, effective immediately. "I would like to thank Glen Gulutzan and Paul Jerrard for the work they provided to the Dallas organization over the past four seasons," said Nill. "They are both...
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6 days ago  |  Discuss

New Stars GM Jim Nill not ready to decide on coach

The Dallas Stars have a new general manager. Jim Nill isn't ready to say if he'll have a new coach. Nill was introduced Monday after spending the past 15 years as an assistant GM with the Detroit Red Wings, who just extended the longest playoff streak in North American pro sports to 22 seasons. Glen Gulutzan has coached the last two of five straight years without a trip...
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21 days ago  |  Discuss

Ryan Martin to Replace Jim Nill('s Mustache)

Wow, have we let all of you down.  Probably the biggest weekend of of regular season hockey for the Wings in 22 or so years and what do we bring you?  A couple recaps, and that's it.  Well in that time, Jim Nill, Wings assistant GM who's consistently been a topic of rumors of his leaving to become the GM of somewhere, has been hired by Dallas to be their GM.  We all...
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21 days ago  |  Discuss

Report- Ryan Martin Expected To Replace Nill In Detroit

from Doug Harrison of CBC, The Red Wings are expected to promote Ryan Martin, the current assistant GM of hockey administration for the Red Wings, to take over for Nill, a married father of two daughters and one son. “I’m looking for somebody like Jim Nill,” said Holland when asked what his search for Nill’s successor would involve. “It’s experiences, work ethic...
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21 days ago  |  Discuss

Report: Red Wings assistant GM Jim Nill to take over Dallas Stars

It wasn’t all good news for the Red Wings Saturday night in Dallas… According to various reports, Red Wings assistant GM Jim Nill is expected to take over for Joe Nieuwendyk as the Dallas Stars’ new general manager next season. An announcement making the move official should come Monday. All indications are the Dallas Stars are about to make a GM change. Detroit’s Jim Nill...
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22 days ago  |  Discuss

Red Wings will lose Jim Nill to Dallas

We knew that Red Wings assistant GM Jim Nill would leave the organization to become another team's general manager eventually, and TSN's Darren Dreger reports that Nill will leave Detroit this spring to become the Dallas Stars' GM: All indications are the Dallas Stars are about to make a GM change. Detroit's Jim Nill expected to be named GM of Stars as early...
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23 days ago  |  Discuss
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