NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - NOVEMBER 26: Head coach Bruce Boudreau of the Minnesota Wild handles bench duties against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on November 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Toronto Maple Leafs were already rumoured to be looking for new ideas behind the bench, but that is now a certainty.
Dave Hakstol, the former coach of the Philadelphia Flyers and the current assistant coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs has been hired to coach the new Seattle Kraken.
Congratulations are in order for Dave, and we can only hope he can find as much success as Gerard Gallant did when he was the first coach of the Golden Knights.