With National Hockey League teams bound to their players more tightly than ever under the terms of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, the coaching carousel seems to be spinning faster and faster. It's one area where teams can still make changes—and write big cheques—without having to worry about salary-cap implications.
Since the beginning of 2014-15, eight NHL teams have replaced their head coaches—three of them more than once.
During the season, there were four firings, which all took place over the course of a month. The Ottawa Senators fired Paul MacLean on December 8, the Edmonton Oilers fired Dallas Eakins on December 15, the New Jersey Devils parted ways with Peter DeBoer on December 27 and the Toronto Maple Leafs terminated Randy Carlyle on January 6. All but Ottawa used interim arrangements to finish out the year before installing new permanent head coaches over the summer—and all but Ottawa missed the playoffs.
After the regular season wrapped up, the Buffalo Sabres fired Ted Nolan and the Philadelphia Flyers said goodbye to Craig Berube, while Todd McLellan left the San Jose Sharks by mutual agree ...
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