John Tortorella's firing Thursday as Flyers head coach this close to the end of the regular season serves as the start of the offseason in Philadelphia.
Ivan Demidov is still the talk of the town. The Canadiens’ prospect hasn’t had a bad week of late, so the KHL has recognized his achievements. He was named player of the week, or rookie of the week.
Dominique Ducharme’s time at the helm of the Habs was brief. In less than a year, he replaced Claude Julien, led the Habs to the Stanley Cup Final… and was fired.
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.
Some movement behind the bench for one of the league’s longest-standing franchises. On Thursday, the St. Louis Blues revealed they have promoted Steve Ott to associate coach, while the team has added former NHL head coach Claude Julien as an assistant coach.
Claude Julien once helped lead the charge for some of the best Bruins teams of this century. He's now joining the St. Louis Blues as an assistant coach.
Yesterday evening, the Blue Jackets made their decision: they would not be bringing head coach Pascal Vincent back behind the bench. The decision may have seemed odd, given that the Quebecer was thrown into the deep end at the start of the season, and only piloted one campaign.
Martin St-Louis is an excellent head coach. We all knew it… but we know it even more now that he decided to leave the team a week ago. He’s good at developing
Will the Ottawa Senators come calling to interview Boston Bruins assistant coach Chris Kelly for their head coaching job that’s about to open up? This past December, with their team not even coming close to preseason expectations, the Bruins’ Atlantic Division rival fired head coach D.J.
The former NHL head coach was injured in a fall in late January after slipping on the ice during a team-building activity in Switzerland and breaking his ribs.