from the CP at Sportsnet,

Last season marked the first time since 1966-67 that no NHL team fired its head coach during the season. Five bench bosses ended up getting let go in the spring, while Barry Trotz chose to leave the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals for the New York Islanders. Two general managers were also axed to bring the number of off-season changes to eight. The Canadian Press takes a look at seven men who could be on the hot seat in 2018-19.

PETER CHIARELLI AND TODD MCLELLAN, EDMONTON OILERS
Chiarelli, the GM of the Edmonton Oilers, and McLellan, the club’s head coach, will be under fire if things don’t turn around following last season’s disappointment. Edmonton started the year among the Cup favourites, but never got going. Even the heroics of superstar captain Connor McDavid, who led the league in scoring for the second straight campaign, wasn’t enough as an injury-hit, pedestrian defence corps and leaky goaltending spelled doom. Pressed up against the salary cap, Chiarelli wasn’t able to add much to the current roster, so it will be on McLellan to squeeze more out of a group that made it to Game 7 of the second round of the playoffs in 2017.

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