{"id":134217,"date":"2024-12-07T04:38:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T21:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134217"},"modified":"2024-12-07T04:38:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T21:38:46","slug":"jay-woodcroft-todd-mclellan-bruce-boudreau-10-possible-candidates-to-be-the-blackhawks-next-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134217","title":{"rendered":"Jay Woodcroft? Todd McLellan? Bruce Boudreau? 10 possible candidates to be the Blackhawks\u2019 next coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/blackhawks\/\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> general manager Kyle Davidson had waited until the offseason to part ways with coach Luke Richardson, Anders Sorensen may have never gotten a look at the job.<\/p>\n<p>Davidson wouldn\u2019t be hiring an interim coach for next season and likely wouldn\u2019t be willing to take a risk on another person with no <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/\">NHL<\/a> head coaching experience. He\u2019d be searching for more certainty. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5973000\/2024\/12\/05\/blackhawks-coach-fired-luke-richardson\/\">because Davidson fired Richardson<\/a> when he did, Sorensen essentially has been given a 56-game trial to prove himself.<\/p>\n<p>Sorensen is highly thought of by Davidson, and Davidson\u2019s decision to promote him reflects that. Sorensen wasn\u2019t the obvious choice to be promoted; Derek King was. He was the Blackhawks\u2019 interim coach when Davidson fired Jeremy Colliton. Sorensen even had been King\u2019s assistant once in Rockford. So for Davidson to bypass King and go to Sorensen, that is telling.<\/p>\n<p>The odds are probably still against Sorensen. His lack of NHL experience could come into play. Coaching in the development-oriented AHL isn\u2019t the same as coaching in the winning-is-everything NHL. He\u2019s also taking over a team that might not be fixable. But you never know. Sorensen may be exactly what the Blackhawks need and it could be his job permanently. It has been done before. <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/lightning\/\">Tampa Bay<\/a>\u2019s Jon Cooper is proof of that.<\/p>\n<p>But if it\u2019s not Sorensen, here are 10 candidates (in no particular order) Davidson could explore hiring after the season.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Jay Woodcroft<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Woodcroft is the seventh-most-successful coach in NHL history, if you go by points percentage. In his one full season and two partial seasons in Edmonton, Woodcroft went 79-41-13, winning three playoff rounds in two postseasons. But he was fired after just 13 games last season because the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"25\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/oilers\/\">Oilers<\/a> \u2014 expected to be Stanley Cup contenders \u2014 stumbled out of the gate with a 3-9-1 record. A longtime NHL assistant who went down to the American Hockey League to win a championship with the Bakersfield Condors before getting called back up to Edmonton, Woodcroft\u2019s track record is hard to argue with. Does the fact that <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"YjAiBpZTVfUGkPFn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/player\/connor-mcdavid-YjAiBpZTVfUGkPFn\/\">Connor McDavid<\/a> had his two best seasons with Woodcroft as his coach bode well for <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"wSVcb5640Lt4LmCM\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/player\/connor-bedard-wSVcb5640Lt4LmCM\/\">Connor Bedard<\/a>? Or does the fact that the Oilers were a ready-made contender make him an awkward fit for a team that\u2019s still focused on development?<\/p>\n<h2><b>Todd McLellan<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>McLellan\u2019s name always pops up with openings. He was in the mix during the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/blue-jackets\/\">Columbus Blue Jackets\u2019<\/a> search over the summer and the two sides reportedly got far down the line. McLellan has been out of the game since being fired by the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"26\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/kings\/\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a> in February. He\u2019s had success at all of his head coaching stops, from the Kings to the Oilers to the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"27\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/sharks\/\">San Jose Sharks<\/a>, and has a history of building well-structured, defensively sound teams.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5973701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption-image-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/05225851\/GettyImages-2086778185-scaled-e1733457549457.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5973701 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/05225851\/GettyImages-2086778185-scaled-e1733457549457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/05225851\/GettyImages-2086778185-scaled-e1733457549457.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/05225851\/GettyImages-2086778185-scaled-e1733457549457-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/05225851\/GettyImages-2086778185-scaled-e1733457549457-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/05225851\/GettyImages-2086778185-scaled-e1733457549457-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/05225851\/GettyImages-2086778185-scaled-e1733457549457-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-credits\">\n<div class=\"inline-credits-container\">\n      <span class=\"table-cell-span\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"credits-text\">Would former Kraken head coach Dave Hakstol make sense behind the bench in Chicago? (Steph Chambers \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><b>Dave Hakstol<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Hakstol wasn\u2019t given a ton of time in his last position with the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"756\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/kraken\/\">Seattle Kraken<\/a>, fired after three seasons. He had been to the playoffs in his second season, but the Kraken failed to get back there in his third season and he was let go. Blackhawks associate general manager Norm Maciver was with the Kraken during Hakstol\u2019s time there, so he\u2019s familiar with him. Hakstol was also the head coach of the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/flyers\/\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> after coaching at the University of North Dakota for many years.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Gerard Gallant<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Gallant has a history of wearing out his welcome rather quickly \u2014 he lasted a little more than two years in Florida, two and a half years in Vegas, and two years in New York. But he had a winning record all of those seasons, reached one Stanley Cup Final (with the expansion <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"632\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/golden-knights\/\">Golden Knights<\/a>) and another conference final (with the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/rangers\/\">Rangers<\/a> in 2022). Gallant\u2019s resume demands his inclusion, but he\u2019s likely better off with a veteran team than the youth-oriented team the Blackhawks are likely to have next season.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Dave Quinn<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Quinn\u2019s NHL resume is pretty underwhelming, as he failed to make the playoffs in all five of his seasons with the Rangers and Sharks. But once you have an NHL job, you always have an NHL job, it seems. Quinn\u2019s success at Boston University still catches the eyes of NHL GMs, and depending on how this season goes with the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/penguins\/\">Penguins<\/a>, for whom he\u2019s a first-year assistant, he could emerge as a viable candidate.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Jeff Blashill<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Blashill, who won the AHL\u2019s Calder Cup in his first season as head coach of the Grand Rapids Griffins, knows all about long-term rebuilds and how frustrating they can be. He was behind the bench in Detroit from 2015-22, ending that seven-year run with six straight seasons out of the playoffs. He\u2019s spent the last three seasons as an assistant under Cooper in Tampa Bay, so he\u2019d bring an appealing perspective, if not exactly the most enticing track record.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Don Granato<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Would Granato be up for a second stint in Chicago? \u201cDonny Meatballs\u201d was hired as an assistant under Joel Quenneville and remained on Jeremy Colliton\u2019s staff after Quenneville was fired. Granato has been sitting out this season after being fired by the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/sabres\/\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> last spring. He went 122-125-27 in 274 games in four seasons with the Sabres, a team (as with Blashill and <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/redwings\/\">Detroit<\/a>) seemingly stuck in a perpetual rebuild.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Todd Nelson<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Nelson has helped turn the Hershey Bears into an AHL juggernaut. The Bears won the Calder Cup in each of the last two seasons (Nelson\u2019s first two behind the bench) and are atop the AHL standings again this season. His only NHL head coaching experience is a 46-game stint with the Oilers in 2014-15, but he\u2019s got 11 seasons as an AHL bench boss mixed in with seven seasons as an NHL assistant, including 2018-22 with the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/stars\/\">Stars<\/a>. He\u2019s another coach whose lack of NHL experience should give the Blackhawks pause, but what he\u2019s accomplished in Hershey is tough to ignore.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Jay Leach<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Leach is one of those assistants who seems destined to become a head coach sooner than later \u2014 much like Richardson when the Blackhawks hired him. After three years as a Kraken assistant, he\u2019s on the Bruins\u2019 staff this season, first with Jim Montgomery and now with Joe Sacco. But, again, unless Sorensen is so impressive for the rest of this season that he forces Davidson\u2019s hand, it\u2019s unlikely the GM will take another chance on a first-time head coach.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Bruce Boudreau<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Boudreau hasn\u2019t coached since the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"28\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/canucks\/\">Canucks<\/a> fired him 103 games into his tenure there, and a month away from his 70th birthday, it\u2019s fair to wonder if the league has moved on from one of the biggest personalities and most successful (in the regular season, at least) coaches in modern history. Among NHL coaches with at least 200 games under their belts, Boudreau has the 11th-best all-time points percentage at .626 (617-342-128). His only trip beyond the second round was the memorable 2015 Western Conference final that the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"30\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/ducks\/\">Ducks<\/a> lost to the Blackhawks, but if you\u2019re looking for a guy to get offensive players such as Bedard going, few have a better track record than Boudreau. Would it be successful? Who knows? At least it\u2019d be guaranteed to be entertaining.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Top photo of Jay Woodcroft: Jeff Vinnick \/ NHLI via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5973630\/2024\/12\/06\/blackhawks-next-coach-woodcroft-mclellan-boudreau\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Chicago Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson had waited until the offseason to part ways with coach Luke Richardson, Anders Sorensen may have never gotten a look at the job. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134217\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}