Peter Laviolette Emerges as Favorite for New York Rangers Head Coaching Job

Everything indicates that at this moment, Peter Laviolette is the favorite for the vacant head coaching position with the New York Rangers.

The information was revealed (and confirmed) by Elliotte Friedman earlier today as part of son 32 Thoughts podcast…

And the informant also said that if Laviolette does get the job in the Big Apple, we should know no later than this week.

Obviously, things are progressing in the file.

It’s crazy how quickly things change in the NHL. No?

After all, the Rangers were eliminated on May 1 against the Devils, Gerard Gallant decided to end his association with the New York club and there, almost a month later…

Now the Blue Shirts seem to have found their new trusted man.

In fact, Laviolette is well known in New York because he often coached in the metropolitan division of the NHL. He was head coach of the Islanders, Hurricanes, Flyers, Capitals… And there, everything indicates that he will become the new coach of the Rangers if we trust Friedman’s comments.

In recent weeks, Elliotte Friedman said that the Rangers could seek to hire a new coach to suit the development of Alexis Lafrenière. I wonder if that’s still the case… And if so, I’m especially looking forward to seeing where Laviolette goes with the former first overall pick in the 2020 draft.

It can’t be easy, coaching Rangers. There’s the media pressure, there’s the pressure to perform in a big market like New York… And let’s just say there are a lot of star players to satisfy in the team’s roster.

If Laviolette is hired after being fired in Washington, it’ll be interesting to see how he fare with his superstars because it actually didn’t work out with the Capitals and Alex Ovechkin.

Even though, Evgeny Kuznetsov has been looking to leave the team since Ravio was in charge because the coach’s style didn’t “suit” the Russian’s attacking needs…

And God knows there is offensive talent in New York.

Brief. All that to say that the Rangers may have found their new man of confidence…

And in the end, if the scenario materializes, Peter Laviolette will not have had to wait too long before having a new chance to assert himself behind the bench of an NHL team.

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