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Is There Precedent for the Kings’ Darryl Sutter Decision?

This isn’t based on any rumors, or whispers, or speculation. I don’t have sources. It’s stating the obvious at this point; the Kings, one of hockey’s elite teams for the first part of the decade, are starting down their second ninth-place finish in three years, and in a situation like this, fingers are going to be pointed at the coach. More to the point, though, coaching in the NHL is a business where longevity is the exception, not the norm. Case in point: Sutter is currently the third longest-tenured head coach in the NHL, and only eleven coaches have been at the helm of their current team for more than two seasons.