MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Job security isn’t something that is felt by many coaches in the NHL.
It’s coach firing season in the NHL. Well, actually, that’s every season.
Claude Julien of the Boston Bruins became the fourth coach fired this season on Tuesday and the second in the past week after the St. Louis Blues canned fellow veteran Ken Hitchcock. The New York Islanders fired Jack Capuano last month and the Florida Panthers cut ties in November with Gerard Gallant, who was left outside a visiting arena waiting for a cab.
No one should be surprised anymore when an NHL teams gets rid of the coach while games are still on the schedule: Over the past 10 seasons, NHL teams have fired 38 coaches during the season, more than the NBA (30), NFL (19) or MLB (25) in that same time frame, according to Associated Press research.