NHL Rumors: Don’t expect any coaching changes for three Canadian teams and the Pittsburgh Penguins

Don’t expect any coaching changes for three Canadian teams

Zach Laing of Oilers Nation: David Pagnotta on DFO Rundown last week as he doesn’t expect any coaching changes with the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames.

“I know a lot of people in Alberta are freaking out about something too, but you just signed (Kris) Knoblauch to a three-year extension,” he said in Wednesday’s edition of The DFO overviewafter discussing the fact that the Toronto Maple Leafs likely won’t make a coaching change. “The Flames just signed (Ryan) Huska to a two-year extension.

“You probably don’t sign these guys and make a coaching change two months later. I understand everyone is freaking out about this and going crazy, but maybe it’s the roster construction that isn’t an issue for some of these teams.

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“Maybe the realism is that Toronto isn’t deep enough, and Edmonton isn’t deep enough right now. The Flames aren’t that good right now. So you have to take all of that into account… So no, I don’t expect a coaching change in Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary anytime soon.”

Can the Pittsburgh Penguins make a goaltender available?

Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the episode 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Growing Concern Around Canadiens Teams, in which the Pittsburgh Penguins are a team that may have a goaltender available.

** NHLRumors.com transcription

Friedman: “We were talking about teams having goalies available. I got a note because we said, who’s really available? I got a note from someone saying, ‘You left a team out.’ And I said, ‘Oh yeah, who is that?’ And they said, ‘The penguins.’

And you know, the Penguins are doing really well right now, and they’ve had some injuries at the position, which always complicates things.

But basically this person said to me, if you look at the base, they have Tristan Jarry. They have (Arturs) Silovs, who has played very well for them. They have Sergey Murashov, who was up there while Jarry was hurt. And the fans love him, and the organization loves him. He is a very talented young goalkeeper, 21 years old. And they also have Joel Blomqvist, who also got hurt for a while in the American Hockey League, but was one of their best goalies last year.

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So Pittsburgh now has four men. Who knows what they might do and when, but someone just said to me that you need to get the Penguins involved as a team with depth in goaltending.”

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