April 10, 2011

Ottawa Senators fire Clouston : Florida Panthers fire Peter DeBoer

It didn’t take long for the axe to fall.....

Just hours after Ottawa’s final game of the year, a 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins, Senators general manager Bryan Murray wiped the slate clean, firing head coach Cory Clouston and assistants Greg Carvel and Brad Lauer. The Panthers fired DeBoer on Sunday, one day after the team finished its 10th straight season without a playoff appearance. Florida's 72 points were worst in the Eastern Conference and the third-fewest in the 30-team NHL.


posted by tommytrump to hockey at 02:33 PM - 4 comments

Yet Maurice is still behind the bench in Raleigh. *sigh*
At least the N&O's Luke DeCock gets it: Canes' failure will carry consequences.

posted by NoMich at 04:13 PM on April 10, 2011

Wild fires coach Todd Richards, meanwhile, the Maple Leafs are rumoured to be discussing an extension for Ron no playoffs for 3 years Wilson.

posted by tommybiden at 12:46 PM on April 11, 2011

Dallas Stars fire Marc Crawford

posted by tommybiden at 04:33 PM on April 12, 2011

I can not figure out why the Senators are keeping Murray.

5 years ago: coach of the Senators, reaches Stanley Cup finals, but pulls a power play and gets his GM fired so he can take over. Since then, he's taken a promising team and watched them get knocked out in the first round, miss the playoffs, get knocked out in the first round again, and miss the playoffs again.

As well, he's now fired his third coach in the past 4 years.

Most GMs get canned for this sort of failure, not 3 year extensions.

posted by grum@work at 10:45 PM on April 12, 2011

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