Respected Rangers Insider predicts Rick Tocchet's next coaching spot will be in the Metro division
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New York Rangers insider Stan Fischler reported today that Vancouver Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet could find himself in a new role in the Metropolitan Division. Could it be with the New York Rangers or Philadelphia Flyers?
The Metropolitan Division could look more competitive next year. With news that the Vancouver Canucks will not be exercising their option on Head Coach Rick Tocchet's contract, he could find himself hunting for a new role--a new head coaching job in the NHL.
Jim Rutherford:
We will not exercise the team option for him to stay. We don't feel it's right to have somebody here who may have his mind somewhere else-and I'd say that about anybody.
They'd expand on that statement that negotiations haven't concluded, but given nothing is signed yet is harrowing, especially for a Canucks team whose been in the thrall of chaos, the better part of the season.
As for the contract, we've gone through a process, we've negotiated. I would suspect sometime this week, he'll have a decision. We have gone a long ways from where coaches have been compensated with the Canucks for years-forever, actually.
And according to New York Rangers insider Stan Fischler, the former Jack Adams Award Winner who took a scrappy Vancouver Canucks team to the Western Conference Semi-Finals could wind up on the East Coast.
The Hockey News Stan Fischler believes that Rick Tocchet won't only end-up in the Metropolitan Division, but he's putting his money on the Philadelphia Flyers.
However, Brad Shaw took over after the team fired John Tortorella, and had a record of 5-3-1 in his last nine games as interim coach.
Could this give Danny Briere some pause instead of bringing in another new coach to lead the rebuild?
Or will he look elsewhere in the Metropolitan Division, including the New York Rangers? It never hurts to cover your bases, especially on the hunt for a new role.
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