Vancouver wraps their eight-game home stand up with a record of 2-6-0 after dropping their match against the Los Angeles Kings by a score of 4-0.
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You know how it goes.
You know how it goes.
Once the season ends, that’s when teams make their, changes behind the bench.
Once the season ends, that’s when teams make their, changes behind the bench.
So Ryan, how many teams will have a new coach on opening night next season?
So Ryan, how many teams will have a new coach on opening night next season?
I’m gonna say three or four.
I’m gonna say three or four.
I think LA would be an obvious one because DJ Smith is interim.
I think LA would be an obvious one because DJ Smith is interim.
I’m also wondering, and I’m not saying this is right, I’m just saying I could see either Vegas and/or Edmonton making a coaching change if those teams go out very early.
I’m also wondering, and I’m not saying this is right, I’m just saying I could see either Vegas and/or Edmonton making a coaching change if those teams go out very early.
And ironically, they might end up playing each other in the first round.
And ironically, they might end up playing each other in the first round.
but it just feels like the seats are getting a little warm there, esp- especially in Edmonton, which is silly because Chris Knoblauch has literally only gone to the Stanley Cup Final as head coach of the Oilers.
but it just feels like the seats are getting a little warm there, esp- especially in Edmonton, which is silly because Chris Knoblauch has literally only gone to the Stanley Cup Final as head coach of the Oilers.
But, you know, just because of all the comments out there, And then with Vegas, it j- it just feels like they are mercenary enough- that if Bruce Cassidy didn’t get them, you know, past the first round, they could be like, “All right, we’re moving on.
But, you know, just because of all the comments out there, And then with Vegas, it j- it just feels like they are mercenary enough- that if Bruce Cassidy didn’t get them, you know, past the first round, they could be like, “All right, we’re moving on.
We’re going to somebody else.”
We’re going to somebody else.”
Hey, listen, if Bruce Cassidy and Knoblauch are both available in the summer, th- there’s gonna be teams ready to fire their coach trying to get one of those guys.
Hey, listen, if Bruce Cassidy and Knoblauch are both available in the summer, th- there’s gonna be teams ready to fire their coach trying to get one of those guys.
They might just trade.
They might just trade.
Yeah, maybe.
Yeah, maybe.
How about you, Drew?
How about you, Drew?
Ryan said three or four.
Ryan said three or four.
You, what do you think?
You, what do you think?
Yeah, I mean, I, I agree with that.
Yeah, I mean, I, I agree with that.
I think that if you look at the surprising one too is normally people look at right at the bottom of the standings, right?
I think that if you look at the surprising one too is normally people look at right at the bottom of the standings, right?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
But, like, if you look at the New York Rangers, Mike Sullivan just signed that massive contract, I think biggest one ever, so, like, I don’t think they’re making a move.
But, like, if you look at the New York Rangers, Mike Sullivan just signed that massive contract, I think biggest one ever, so, like, I don’t think they’re making a move.
I feel for Berube in Toronto just because their roster just stinks, so I don’t think regardless of who was coaching that team.
I feel for Berube in Toronto just because their roster just stinks, so I don’t think regardless of who was coaching that team.
So I d- I think, yeah, like, I agree with Ryan that I think we’re gonna see a couple of them, but I don’t think it’s gonna be from the bottom-end teams who are necessarily last in the standings.
So I d- I think, yeah, like, I agree with Ryan that I think we’re gonna see a couple of them, but I don’t think it’s gonna be from the bottom-end teams who are necessarily last in the standings.
I do think it’ll be from a Edmonton if they don’t win the Cup or they get knocked out early in the first round.
I do think it’ll be from a Edmonton if they don’t win the Cup or they get knocked out early in the first round.
and like you guys said, I mean, Pete DeBoer didn’t coach this year.
and like you guys said, I mean, Pete DeBoer didn’t coach this year.
There’s a lot of good, like, the Dave Carles of the world, and I definitely think there’s gonna be some teams who probably get into the playoffs whose coaches don’t deserve to be fired, but they don’t have the results that they’re probably expecting, and those are gonna be the ones that it happens.
There’s a lot of good, like, the Dave Carles of the world, and I definitely think there’s gonna be some teams who probably get into the playoffs whose coaches don’t deserve to be fired, but they don’t have the results that they’re probably expecting, and those are gonna be the ones that it happens.
Real quick, if either Tampa or Colorado were to go out in the first round, is Cooper or Bednar, do you think they would get replaced?
Real quick, if either Tampa or Colorado were to go out in the first round, is Cooper or Bednar, do you think they would get replaced?
Zero chance.
Zero chance.
Nah.
Nah.
Zero chance.
Zero chance.
Okay.
Okay.
They got track records.
They got track records.
They got rings.
They got rings.
I know.
I know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think they’re Yeah.
I think they’re Yeah.
The rings- It’s the young life, folks.
The rings- It’s the young life, folks.
Yeah, I mean- Yeah, that is true
Yeah, I mean- Yeah, that is true