{"id":137527,"date":"2023-05-17T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T04:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=137527"},"modified":"2023-05-17T17:27:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T21:27:59","slug":"nhl-rumours-anaheim-ducks-coach-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/05\/17\/nhl-rumours-anaheim-ducks-coach-search\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Anaheim Ducks Coach Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got more NHL rumours to get you through your day. There has been plenty of talk about the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/05\/17\/nhl-rumours-maple-leafs-ryan-oreilly-free-agency\/\" target=\"_self\"> big ticket teams<\/a> in our latest rumours. However, there are a number of coaching openings that need to be filled. A few teams are going to have a new bench boss and general managers have work to do. Today&#8217;s NHL rumours takes a look at the Anaheim Ducks coach search.<\/p>\n<p>All NHL rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Update on Anaheim Ducks Coach Search<\/h3>\n<p>Rumour: Elliotte Friedman mentioned an old name may resurface as part of the Anaheim Ducks coach search. The Sportsnet insider mentioned that Mike Babcock might make a return to Orange County. He coached the team for two seasons starting in 2002 and guided the then Mighty Ducks to the Stanley Cup Final. The 60-year-old then had NHL stints with the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs. He also coached the University of Saskatchewan for a couple of seasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">32 Thoughts news pod \u2014 Arizona reaction, GM\/coach opening updates. Great answers to terrible questions directed at Comcast Spectacor Chairman &amp; CEO Daniel Hilferty (including some strong job-interview advice). Links to your preferred platform, here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/io7Mr1QEpm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/io7Mr1QEpm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1658830848467116034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lisa Dillman of The Orange County Register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2023\/05\/15\/who-should-the-rebuilding-ducks-interview-for-their-coaching-vacancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offered up some assistants<\/a> that may get a shot at the job. Dillman said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/leachja02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jay Leach<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mulleki01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kirk Muller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/shawbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad Shaw<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vellumi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Vellucci<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/y\/yawnetr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trent Yawney<\/a> should get a look from general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/verbepa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pat Verbeek<\/a>. However, Verbeek is overseas in Finland as part of the IIHF World Championships. This may delay the interview proccess.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next for Anaheim Ducks Coach Search?<\/h3>\n<p>Babcock&#8217;s ending with the Leafs was unceremonious and some feel the game has passed him by. However, Babcock has won pretty much at any stop he&#8217;s been at.<\/p>\n<p>The assistants\/associate coaches may be unproven at the NHL level. However, the Ducks have plenty of young talent and may be able to relate to a younger coach. Anaheim boasts young guns like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zegratr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Zegras<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/terrytr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Troy Terry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/drysdja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie Drysdale<\/a> and likely <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/18\/adam-fantilli-2023-nhl-draft-scouting-report\/\" target=\"_self\">Adam Fantilli.<\/a> There&#8217;s hope with the Ducks&#8217; roster and picking the right coach will be critical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got more NHL rumours to get you through your day. There has been plenty of talk about the big ticket teams in our latest rumours. However, there are a number of coaching openings that need to be filled. A few teams are going to have a new bench boss and general managers have work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":137528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4321,20,4547,4548],"tags":[6492,231,2611],"class_list":["post-137527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-ducks","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-anaheim-ducks-rumours","tag-mike-babcock","tag-pat-verbeek"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}