The New York Rangers are reportedly going to hire former Tampa Bay Lightning assistant coach Rick Bowness to replace Ulf Samuelsson. Per John Buccigross:
Also hearing that Rick Bowness to the @NYRangers as an assistant coach looks like it is going to happen.
— Bucci Mane (@Buccigross) June 14, 2016
This is something of an interesting signing. Bowness and Alain Vigneault are VERY close friends, and have worked together for over a decade in some capacity. Bowness hired Vigneault to be his assistant when he was with Ottawa in the 90's (his record with the Senators was 39-178-18 -- those 18 are ties not OTL) and then spent seven years with Vigneault as an assistant when AV was running the ship in Vancouver.