Jasmine Crockett is available.
But evidently Hiller interviewed an AI robot with a Bruce Cassidy mask , on Friday and that's the lead candidate.
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But evidently Hiller interviewed an AI robot with a Bruce Cassidy mask , on Friday and that's the lead candidate.
VCRW
Classic player
Came out today that this has not happened. No permission given by Vegas.
Statue4Deano
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Oh wow. Never expected Rosen to traffic in misinformation. Disappointing.
santiclaws
I was in the pool!!
Wonder if the Kings will give Edmonton permission to talk to Hiller 
Illegal_Stick
Super Star
He has since said he stands by it - and that maybe there is some disagreement in calling it an "interview."
Bollocks
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Wait, so if I understand this correctly - a coach that is fired before his contract is out is still under contract for the previous team and that team can either allow him to talk to other teams and sign elsewhere (in which case his cotract with the first team is then voided) OR they can spend money to keep him away from other teams for the duration of his contract and the coach in question can't do anything about it?
This seems odd...with the players, if the player is "fired" (i.e. bought out would be the comparable) he can then sign anywhere he wants...
So firing a coach is more akin to burying the player into AHL instead of buying him out, but no one does this to prevent him signing with competing teams because of the cap?
This seems odd...with the players, if the player is "fired" (i.e. bought out would be the comparable) he can then sign anywhere he wants...
So firing a coach is more akin to burying the player into AHL instead of buying him out, but no one does this to prevent him signing with competing teams because of the cap?
Statue4Deano
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Seems likely that when the coach is relieved of his duties he isn’t actually terminated as an employee. He’s just asked to step down while his contract remains in effect. This acts as a kind of non-compete and it eventually saves the team money should another team want to hire him (he’s no longer on the payroll at that point).
Clif
Super Star
This is it. And since coaches don’t count against the cap then so long as a team is comfortable eating that salary it’s their call. What VGK is doing is a bit unheard of, but Cassidy will be in high demand. He’ll be off their books next season. If they want to deny him to a division team they could break the gentleman’s agreement and continue to prosper via ruthless decisions.
What I think is funny is EDM firing Knob right as his 3 year deal is set to kick in. I guess he’ll get a job elsewhere, two back-to-back finals appearances. But what did he actually do? He got brought in because he was McDavid’s juniors coach.
With the Oilers he let McDavid run amok, as one does. He let Bouchard play optional defense. He goes nuclear with McDrain when warranted. That cake is already baked.
Clif
Super Star
McClellan was one of the most expensive coaches in the league when hired. He failed. Bad things happen when people fail.
DryKing
Power Forward
Yeah he was the top paid coach when the Kings signed him, in terms of annual salary, and I believe for a few seasons thereafter.
If the Kings sign DJ as HC, don't be surprised if he gets paid roughly the same as Cassidy's makes on his new contract (per year).
Clif
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I don’t see that at all. DJ is not highly sought after and will be paid as such if (big if) Holland hires him as head coach. My point to Moog was that Blake and Luc hired a top tier coach though his post implied they never did.
Kings’ woes are due to a breathtaking list of bad hockey decisions by the front office. It’s not all just “AEG bad.”
Todd was a low hanging fruit pick. Zero imagination.
His track record showed that he never won anywhere.
Yet Rob thought he was a real swell guy to play for, so he's my guy!
No Oiler fan or Sharks fan for that matter thought "Wow, Kings are lucky to get him."
Heck, even most Kings fans loathed the coaching selection because Todd was/is not a good hire.
He couldn't win with the Sharks or Oilers, and yet Blake went with the easy pick...because well, it was easy.
Did he cost a brick ton of money? You bet. AEG has never had a problem spending.
They typically have problems with imagination and management at nearly every level.
Time and again, Luc and AEG have shown you what they will do going forward.
The operation has never changed.
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Bowman is looking very bad, compound mistakes. Asinine goalie trade. Failure.
Clif
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McClellan has now been a head coach for 3 other NHL teams besides the Kings. Prior to the Kings, he coached the Sharks to 6 playoff berths and the Oilers 1 for 7 total.
He had 8 series wins including 2 WCF appearances with the Sharks and 1 2nd round appearance with the Oilers.
Teams outside the Kings as head coach (and playoff success with them):
Stevens 1 (1 playoff berth, 2 series wins for 1 ECF appearance)
Willie D 1 (0 playoff berths)
DJ 1 (0 playoff berths)
Hiller 0
Don’t be disingenuous and act like this cast of clowns is in the same conversation as him.
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dannybuoy1
Cause Mitchrock said so
Its why we did not get Alain Vigneault. He was the Kings number one choice after Sutter. Would not pay him what he asked.
Clif
Super Star
Really? So they wanted Vigneault over Stevens, wouldn’t pay him, but then paid that same total to McClellan a couple years later? If that’s the case it’s just another waffle in the Blake era wow.
Still, not like McClellan wasn’t an established NHL coach in his own right.