In the wake of the Tuesday announcement that assistant coaches Tim Army, Dave Farrish and Francois Allaire won’t return, the Avalanche will have a new-look staff next season.
Meanwhile, massaging Joe Sakic‘s job title and bringing in a new general manager, or otherwise significantly rearranging responsibility in the front office, now is unlikely.
That tweaking was a possibility Avalanche president Josh Kroenke’s remarks to me hinted at in early May, even as he expressed support for Sakic, and I mentioned Maple Leafs assistant GM Kyle Dubas in the follow column.
Next, Sportsnet’s Toronto-based Elliotte Friedman reported the other day that the Avs indeed had received permission to speak with Dubas.