The Rangers are expected to hire an experienced NHL head coach to replace David Quinn. Here are the leading candidates in alphabetical order from the start:
Fifty-eight years old, with 700 wins, ranks ninth on the all-time list. He earned the 2008 Stanley Cup with Red Wings and Olympic gold medal wins for Canada in both 2010 and 2014. The teams won only one playoff round in their last eight years behind the NHL bench and were sacked by Maple Leafs for player abuse in 2019-20.
Fifty-seven years old, had a valued career as a player at Red Wings, who is known to have thrown Panthers on the streets two months after 2016/17 after leading Puddy Tats to the division title a year earlier. Led Golden Knights to the Cup final in the expansion team’s 2017/18 season, but was fired two years later.
The 60-year-old trained Rangers president and GM Chris Drury and the Avalanche revived until the 2001 Stanley Cup the programs in Atlanta (with Thrashers) and Calgary. Last behind the NHL bank in the 2015/16 season, but won the KHL Gagarin Cup this season with Avangard Omsk to complement the titles won as a coach in the NHL, AHL and QMJHL.
The fifty-five year old had a legendary one Goalkeeping career at Montreal and Colorado and won four Stanley Cups, the last being Drury’s teammate at the 2001 Avalanche. Colorful, emotional and creative, Colorado trained for three seasons to mixed results while serving as nominal GM before joining the front office amid intrigue resigned. Currently is the GM coach of QMJHL Quebec Ramparts.
Fifty-seven years old, epitomizing the 18-year career in which he won the 1992 trophy with Penguins. After four years as the head coach of Coyotes, the team qualified once for playoffs, last year under the bubble after winning qualifying round.
Sixty-two years old, with 673 career wins, ranked 12th in NHL history and with 171 wins the fourth-winning coach in franchise history in the regular season. Created a black and blueshirt mentality during his tenure behind the bank from mid-2008-09 to 2012-13, which culminated with the trip to the 2012 conference finale. Believes in a culture of confrontation, dismantles teams and players before rebuilding their image.
Fifty years old, current coach of Hurricanes with a contract that expires at the end of the league year. He is expected to stay in Carolina, but if negotiations collapse and the Rangers are ready to wait for everything to work out, he would be high on the list. There would of course be crazy competition to hire him.
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