{"id":137789,"date":"2023-05-29T09:38:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T13:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=137789"},"modified":"2023-05-29T09:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T13:38:42","slug":"nhl-rumours-new-york-rangers-coach-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/05\/29\/nhl-rumours-new-york-rangers-coach-search\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: New York Rangers Coach Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another round of NHL rumours on this American Memorial Day. The New York Rangers had a world of expectations after a boisterous trade deadline. However, the Blueshirts fell short with a first-round exit in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. That elimination saw head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gallage01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerard Gallant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/05\/06\/gerard-gallant-parts-ways-with-the-new-york-rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">lose his job<\/a>. General manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/drurych01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Drury<\/a> needs to find a coach that will unlock the potential of a very good roster. However, the New York Rangers coach search may be drawing to a close. Today&#8217;s NHL rumours takes a look at who the Blueshirts may take as the next bench boss.<\/p>\n<p>All NHL rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h3>NHL Rumours<\/h3>\n<h3>Update on New York Rangers Coach Search<\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour:<\/em> Sportsnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman on Saturday&#8217;s Hockey Night in Canada&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/video\/32-thoughts-penguins-waiting-for-kyle-dubas-to-make-decision\/?fbclid=IwAR1d9Cr2Nt2jRehChNrq7Z43rUsn9ozF9KO4YwXv-zgbbZidazTCVOALmLw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Headlines segment<\/a> said the Rangers may be zeroing in on a name. Friedman said that the Rangers might be leaning towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/laviope01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Laviolette<\/a> as their new coach. The insider he would be named before the the start of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday if the Blueshirts go in that direction.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some Saturday Quick News: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oCnS38Wj6L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/oCnS38Wj6L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1662662024453664768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Laviolette was most recently the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/04\/15\/washington-capitals-head-coach-peter-laviolette-departs\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington Capitals<\/a> head coach before parting ways. The Franklin, Mass. native coached the Carolina Hurricanes to a Stanley Cup in 2005. He&#8217;s also made the Cup Final in 2009 with the Philadelphia Flyers and 2017 with the Nashville Predators. Laviolette has <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/01\/22\/today-in-hockey-history-predators-peter-laviolette-wins-500th-game\/\" target=\"_self\">won 752 regular season games<\/a> during his long career and is one of the most decorated American coaches in NHL history.<\/p>\n<h3>What Next for New York Rangers Coach Search?<\/h3>\n<p>Laviolette does well in letting his defenceman join offensive rushes as long as they come back and handle defensive responsibilities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/foxad01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Fox<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/milleka01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-29_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">K&#8217;Andre Miller<\/a> would likely love playing under Laviolette if he implements his desired system.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a world of expectations on the Blueshirts this coming season. New York wants to get its hands on the Stanley Cup since 1994. Drury swung for the fences, but didn&#8217;t get a home run. Hopefully Laviolette can get the Blueshirts back among the league&#8217;s top contenders.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another round of NHL rumours on this American Memorial Day. The New York Rangers had a world of expectations after a boisterous trade deadline. However, the Blueshirts fell short with a first-round exit in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. That elimination saw head coach Gerard Gallant lose his job. General manager Chris Drury [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":137790,"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":[4321,4547,14,4548],"tags":[1657,5862,1547],"class_list":["post-137789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-hockey","category-rangers","category-nhl","tag-chris-drury","tag-new-york-rangers-rumours","tag-peter-laviolette"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137789","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=137789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}