John Tortorella (who recently parted with Columbus after six years), Rick Tocchet (done in Arizona after four years) and Gerard Gallant (who took the NHL season off after being dismissed by Vegas in 2020) are going to be hot names. So with three coaching vacancies already open this cycle - the Arizona Coyotes, Columbus Blue Jackets and Seattle Kraken - it's easy to guess who will get first looks. That 59.1% rate of "retreads" is also the highest among the other three major men's professional sports leagues in North America. However, 101 of the 171 new hires had previous head-coaching experience, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Since 2005-06, there have been 171 head-coaching changes in the NHL - more than the NFL, NBA or MLB. If there's anything we know about NHL hiring practices, it's that they can be predictable. The top rising candidates for NHL coach, GM jobs You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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