Yesterday the San Jose Sharks hired their head coach. They didn’t do it by dipping into the bag coaches since Ryan Warsofsky was chosen by the club’s management.
All 32 active NHL teams have a coach at this point. The Coyotes, an inactive franchise, don’t have one, obviously.
The teams are therefore finding the assistants who are missing in the different teams, but basically, we know what the portrait of the 32 benches across the National League will be.
But is a change still possible at the head coaching position? That could be.
In fact, with the different DGs having changed teams (there have been three announcements recently), this opens the door to potential evaluations of the staff which is in place.
The Blues will not change coach. The Hurricanes will not change coaches. But the Blue Jackets? Is Pascal Vincent’s position at stake following the arrival of Don Waddell?
Darren Dreger mentioned not having heard the GM give him a vote of confidence, who worked under impossible conditions this year in the Blue Jackets environment. Can he jump? Maybe.
As for Guy Boucher, we read in a paper from The Athletic that Craig Berube has not yet finished evaluating his staff : we therefore do not know if Boucher and Mike Van Ryn will return.
Remember that Lane Lambert has just been hired. He lost his job with the Islanders in January when Patrick Roy came to town.
In both cases, if ever a change takes place at this time of year, Vincent and Boucher could have difficulty getting back on their feet. However, it’s not impossible to think that a coach somewhere will consider them as an assistant.
If not, could Vincent go to the AHL? Could Boucher return to TV? Could they take a year off? These are possible ideas, I guess.
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– Oh yes?
– Nice.
– Easier said than done.
