The New Jersey Devils officially announced the reported hiring of Alain Nasreddine and the not-reported hiring of Geoff Ward as assistant coaches. This post is a reaction to the news, noting that these moves are evidence that Ray Shero is setting the tone for a re-building team.
Last night, I wrote about the report out of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that Alain Nasreddine would be hired by the New Jersey Devils as an assistant head coach. Today, the Devils did hire him - and Geoff Ward as assistant coaches. Tom Gulitti at Fire & Ice has plenty about these hirings and confirmed some other changes to the staff.