Rangers assistant coach Lindy Ruff looks on during the first period against the New Jersey Devils at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. Credit: Jim McIsaac
According to a tweet Wednesday evening from NHL Network’s Kevin Weekes, Rangers assistant Lindy Ruff is to be named the new coach of the Devils.
In the same tweet, Weekes also reported that Devils interim general manager Tom Fitzgerald will be made the permanent GM.
Ruff, who has been an assistant with the Rangers since 2017, had been identified as a candidate for the Devils job two weeks ago, when Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman said the former Buffalo Sabres and Dallas Stars coach had joined a group that included current interim coach Alain Nasreddine, former Islanders coach Peter Laviolette, and Gerard Gallant and John Stevens being considered for the job.