The New Jersey Devils may be starting early on the head coaching search now that the season has been suspended, and the Devils season could very well likely be over. With no hockey games to focus on, there’s a lot of changes to make to send the Devils in the right direction for years to come.
College head coaches have a very controversial history in the National Hockey League. When the Dallas Stars hired Jim Montgomery directly from the University of Denver, he was only the fourth person ever to make the jump from NCAA to NHL.