NHL weekend rankings: Another coaching shocker rocks the East's pillow fight
The big news, for the second week in a row, is a shock coaching change. This time it’s the Islanders, with Patrick Roy being shown the door and Pete BeBoer taking over.
This kind of move needs its own section, so we’ll cover the Islanders in more depth down below. But first, three quick thoughts, which might be the same three thoughts you had when you first heard the news:
- Damn, Mathieu Darche is not messing around.
- This was tough news to hear for a whole lot of teams that thought DeBoer would be on their radar in a few weeks.
- Matthew Schaeffer, COACH KILLER?
- The latest “next coach fired odds” list sent to the media came out on Wednesday, and it had 13 names ahead of Roy. In other words, lots of coaches probably don’t want their phone to ring right now.
Way more on this to come down below. But first…