Could Teams Be Making Management and Coaching Changes within the Offseason?
Dave Pagnotta of The Fourth Period was on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio and was asked whether we could see potential coaching and general manager changes this offseason.
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Steve Kouleas: “But anyway, how about this? Who’s not going to be within the job they’ve now come April twentieth or sometime throughout the silly season? Any ideas? Any insight?”
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Dave Pagnotta: “Well, I mean, I believe here where we’re Kooly I believe there are going to be quite a lot of query marks in Toronto in regards to the way forward for Craig Berube, the long run of the staff, and the long run of Brad Treliving. In the event that they’re going to undergo a little bit of a big, well, a big shift, not a little bit of one, but a big shift of their deployment of roster next season, you bought to be certain that the Leafs ownership and Keith Pelley could have to be certain that that Treliving is the guy to handle that and handle those discussions.
I haven’t heard an excessive amount of on that front of them veering in a distinct direction, and no one’s really talking. But there are query marks surrounding coaches, and excuse me, the coaching staff and what the Leafs plan on doing when it comes to other spots.
We all know the success of Columbus and the way the season goes. It’s all in “Bones” (Rick Bowness) and his hand, if he desires to stick around beyond that, in the event that they need to keep that relationship going. And it’s worked out pretty much. So we’ll see where that goes.
The LA Kings, depending on their season how things go, they’ve got to choose, is DJ Smith going to be our guy? Or can we look elsewhere to see if there may be one other opportunity as well?
Same in Jersey. A variety of discuss each the pinnacle coach and the GM. Again, on that front, haven’t been given much of a sign thus far, and I’m sure quite a lot of individuals are going to need to remain tight-lipped if they’re going to consider a change, but they’ve allowed these guys to roll through the deadline and make whatever moves they felt crucial.
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So we are going to probably start to listen to that closer to the last week of the season, where you take a look at some coaches, you take a look at some GMs, what changes are to be made, and also you take a look at a number of the teams based on, being somewhat of a copycat nature. You take a look at a number of the teams that had success this season.
Boston, brand latest head coach within the league. Pittsburgh, brand latest head coach at that level within the league. Todd McLellan, full season in Detroit. So that you go the vet route, for those who’re making a training change, otherwise you go first timer?
That’s what some teams are probably going to begin deciding within the week leading into the top of the season.”
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