from Frank Seravalli of TSN,

Here are 10 hockey people – players, coaches, managers and executives – who begin the 2019-20 season on the proverbial hot seat:

Jon Cooper, Head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoop: It’s Stanley Cup or bust for Cooper, who owns the highest win percentage (.644) over the last seven seasons. They tied an NHL record for wins (62) last year and Vezina-winning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy’s theory was Tampa tired after chasing those regular-season marks. Now Cooper will have to play amateur psychologist as he attempts to get this loaded Lightning team back on the rails following their epic first-round collapse.

David Poile, general manager of the Nashville Predators

Scoop: No one is suggesting – not for one second – that Poile’s 22-year reign as Nashville’s only GM is in jeopardy. But the Preds are going backwards, from Cup Final (2017) to second round (2018) to first round (2019), and this core of players is now the ninth oldest in the NHL. Nashville is better balanced now between forwards and defence. But a few questionable trades (Kyle Turris, Ryan Hartman, etc.) along the way have compounded the pressure for the NHL’s winningest GM of all-time to capture that elusive Stanley Cup at age 69.

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