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Coaching Options For The Ottawa Senators

04/15/2016 at 11:26am EDT

from Damien Cox of Sportsnet,

Three names jump to the top of the list: Former Minnesota Wild coach Mike Yeo, former Colorado/Dallas/Vancouver/Los Angeles head coach Marc Crawford and former Tampa Bay Lightning coach Guy Boucher.

Yeo has a year left on his contract with the Wild, while Crawford and Boucher spent this season coaching in Switzerland and have made it clear they want back into the NHL by declaring themselves free agents. Crawford returned to Europe this week after spending 10 days checking out the North American job market.

Randy Carlyle and Ron Wilson are out there, too, but neither has a reputation for commitment to team defence in the way Dorion was speaking — or at least neither was able to make that happen when they coached Ottawa’s provincial rival, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Add Todd Nelson, Todd Richards and Kirk Muller to the list of former head coaches looking for another shot.

John Stevens, an assistant with the Los Angeles Kings, is probably due another head coaching opportunity, although his future may be linked to how long Darryl Sutter wants to coach. Kevin Dineen had one shot in Florida and is an assistant to Joel Quenneville now in Chicago.

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