For those of us living in Canada during the hockey season, the hot seat is a something you make sure is installed in your car for the winter. For NHL coaches, it's pretty much anything they settle into when things aren't going well for their team—regardless of the real reason it isn't performing up to expectations.
Six of the league's bench bosses were canned in the 2015-16 season, including super successful regular-season coach Bruce Boudreau, which proved no one is safe unless they're posing with the Stanley Cup.
Already this year, we've seen the axing of Gerard Gallant by the Florida Panthers and Jack Capuano from the New York Islanders.