Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch reports Senators general manager Steve Staios has met face-to-face or has plans to meet with at least three coaching candidates as the team ramps up their head coaching search.
All three candidates were fired from their respective NHL teams during the 2023-24 season. at his season-ending media availability. “I think making sure we take the appropriate amount of time to be able to look at everybody that may be available is important.”“If some of these conversations move along more briskly, and we feel comfortable that they’re checking the boxes to be our next head coach of the The Sens fired D.J. Smith on Dec.
Staios also told reporters that assistant coach Daniel Alfredsson would not be a candidate for Ottawa’s head job and added the beloved franchise icon told him he believes more development is needed should he continue down the coaching path.
Evason went 5-10-4 with the Wild before being let go in November. Garrioch reports he has one year remaining on his deal with Minnesota at a tad under $2 million. Berube, 58 and a former Stanley Cup winner with the Blues in 2019, was fired by the Blues in December after a 13-14-1 start. According to Garrioch, there is talk he wants to see what happens in some of the league’s other potential coaching hotspots. The same could apply to McLellan, who departed the Kings 23-15-10 on Feb. 2 and has two years remaining on his contract in the range of $5 million.
Ottawa closed out the regular season at 37-41-4, finishing seventh in the Atlantic Division with 78 points. The Sens have missed the playoffs in seven straight seasons since coming within one win of reaching the Stanley Cup Final in 2017.
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