{"id":28954,"date":"2025-05-13T14:03:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/28954\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T14:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:03:21","slug":"former-new-york-rangers-to-land-coaching-position-in-the-pacific-division-following-latest-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/28954\/","title":{"rendered":"Former New York Rangers to land coaching position in the Pacific Division following latest report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Peter<\/p>\n

Photo credit: NHL.com<\/p>\n

Soon after his firing from the New York Rangers, Peter Laviolette is a prime candidate for a head coaching role elsewhere in the NHL. According to Jim Rutherford, President of Hockey Operations for the Vancouver Canucks, he’s a good candidate.<\/p>\n

With the end of the regular season, NHL teams that aren’t competing in the playoffs are planning for the draft and free agency.<\/p>\n

Sometimes those moves include hiring head coaches, and with the latest firings across the league, Peter Laviolette is searching for a new home in the NHL.<\/p>\n

That home could end up being the Vancouver Canucks<\/a>, whom after Rick Tocchet walked could hire the former Rangers coach.<\/p>\n

Laviolette and the Rangers’ 2024-2025 season was highly disappointing despite the fact that they won the Presidents’ Trophy only a year prior.<\/p>\n

Since then, like other NHL coaches, they’ve ridden their cup into multiple head coaching positions across the league. A Stanley Cup win that still impresses Jim Rutherford, by the way.<\/p>\n

\u00abWhen you’re familiar with someone, you know how they work,\u00bb stressed Rutherford. \u00abWe had success together and I like him as a person and a coach. It’s a good name.\u00bb<\/p>\n

Despite Laviolette’s lack of success with the Rangers this year, 5th in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 39-36-7 and 85 points, he could be the latest retread in the NHL.<\/p>\n

For now, like Rick Tocchet, he’ll have to hustle for his latest role.<\/p>\n

Previously on NYRangersInsider<\/p>\n

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Former New York Rangers to land coaching position in the Pacific Division following latest report<\/p>\n

Do you think Peter Laviolette is the one to blame for the Rangers failed season?<\/p>\n

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