Adam Vingan: The Nashville Predators have fired head coach Peter Laviolette and assistant coach Kevin McCarthy.
Adam Vingan: No interim coach has been named yet and who coaches tonight hasn’t been determined yet.
Pierre LeBrun: Laviolette had one more year on his contract at around $2.5 million.
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Pierre LeBrun: “David Poile would have hated to do this in-season. Not his style. But he gave Laviolette a long leash to turn it around.”
Nick Cotsonika: “The Predators have had one general manager (David Poile) and two coaches (Barry Trotz and Peter Laviolette) in their history.