There is another team in the coaching market and potentially another name in the Bruise List of candidates.
Rangers shot Peter Laviolette On Saturday, a year after leading New York to the Presidents’ Trophy. It is a movement that affects Boston’s technical staff in two ways.
To begin with, half of the original 6 – Boston, New York and Chicago – in addition to Philadelphia and Anaheim, all have openings now. Thus, Bruins could have competition for some of their candidates.
The Rangers were Laviolette’s sixth work. After passing the 55-23-4 in 2023-24, their first in New York, the Rangers were 39-36-7 this year and lost their playoffs. There was a crisis throughout the organization, from CEO Chris Drury, who made movements from the list that were unpopular among the players.
Most of the high-profile skaters of the Rangers retained considerably from their 2023-24 numbers and several players complained about their roles.
Interested teams will have to determine how much they think Laviolette is responsible or contributed to these problems. He was the third coach who shot Rangers since Drury was hired in 2021.
Laviolette led Carolina to the 2006 Stanley Cup and took Philadelphia and Nashville to the finals.
Laviolette has several links with the Bruins. In addition to being from Franklin and a student from Westfield, he completed his career with three seasons in the providence Bruins. He was the main coach of the P-Bruins for two years and spent an assistant in Boston (2000-01) under Mike Keenan.
Bruins shot Jim Montgomery In November and named Joe Sacco As an interim coach for the rest of the season. Boston officials have said that Sacco will be a candidate in a broader coaching search this season.
Laviolette could be one of several Stanley Cup winning coaches looking for a job. The list includes John Tortorella, Darryl Sutter, Claude Julien and Joel Quenneville.