Five days and 800-something miles later…
Multiple Dineens: Gord takes over the Iowa job that Kevin might have had, moving out from the assistant’s job he had under Kevin last year. Matt Laatsch, a Ryan Caldwell teammate in college, also moves over from Portland as Gord Dineen’s assistant.
Benoit Groulx will reportedly coach Rochester. If so, that’d leave only Providence, and wasn’t the buzz Rob Murray for that one?
Much fun speculation from Robin Short here.
Chris Dey is the new president of the Islanders.
Re: Nikiforov in the comments: I have not heard that he signed with the Isles.
Graham Mink tips us off to the locations of both Mike Souza and Louis Robitaille.
TEAM | Old | New |
PEO | Dave Baseggio (4/16) | Davis Payne (7/8) |
NOR | Steve Stirling (4/25) | Darren Rumble (7/22) |
ALB | Tom Rowe (6/7 – CAR ass’t) | Jeff Daniels (6/7) |
SPR | Kelly Buchberger (6/17 – EDM ass’t) | Jeff Truitt (6/17) |
GR | Mike Stothers (6/18) | Curt Fraser (7/23) |
CHI | John Anderson (6/20 – ATL head coach) | Don Granato (7/30) |
WBS | Todd Richards (7/23 – SJ ass’t) | Dan Bylsma (8/4) |
RCK | Mike Haviland (7/23 – CHI ass’t) | Bill Peters (8/1) |
ROC | Randy Cunneyworth (7/24 – ATL ass’t) | — |
PHI | Craig Berube (8/7 – Flyers ass’t) | John Paddock (8/7) |
PRO | Scott Gordon (8/12 – NYI head coach) | — |
IOW | Dave Allison (8/19) | Gord Dineen (8/19) |