New Jersey Devils: Potential Coaching Candidates and the Odds They Get the Job
Posted 04/14/2011 - 17:39 by HockeyPolls
The New Jersey Devils find themselves without a head coach for the third straight year and fourth time in the last five seasons. Jacques Lemaire retired after the last game of this past season, leaving the Devils for the third time. He had replaced John MacLean on December 23, 2010 to begin his third tenure as coach, which lasted 49 games. This followed his second tenure which lasted the 82 games of the 2009-10 season.
The Devils coaching history, which is pretty lengthy is as follows:
Billy MacMillian: June 30, 1982 - November 22, 1983
Tommy McVie: November 22, 1983 - May 31, 1984
Doug Carpenter: May 31, 1984 - January 26, 1988
Jim Schoenfeld: January 26, 1988 - November 6, 1989
John Cunniff: November 6, 1989 - March 4, 1991
Tommy McVie II: March 4, 1991 - June 5, 1992
Herb Brooks: June 5, 1992 - May 31, 1993
Jacques Lemaire: June 28, 1993 - May 8, 1998
Robbie Ftorek: May 21, 1998 - March 23, 2000
Larry Robinson: March 23, 2000 - January 28, 2002
Kevin Constantine: January 28, 2002 - June 13, 2002
Pat Burns: June 13, 2002 - July 14, 2005
Larry Robinson II: July 14, 2005 - December 19, 2005
Lou Lamoriello: December 19, 2005 - May 14, 2006
Claude Julien: June 13, 2006 - April 2, 2007
Lou Lamoriello II: April 2, 2007 - July 12, 2007
Brent Sutter: July 12, 2007 - June 10, 2009
Jacques Lemaire II: July 13, 2009 - April 26, 2010
John MacLean: June 17, 2010 - December 23, 2010
Jacques Lemaire III: December 23, 2010 - April 10, 2011
In the ensuing pages, I take a look at different potential candidates for the head coaching position of the New Jersey Devils. I look forward to discussing with the readers which candidates you like/dislike and why.
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