New Coaching Candidate Throws a Major Wrench in the New York Rangers' Hiring Decision

The New York Rangers all but put pen to paper with Peter Laviolette this week. A new candidate may make things more complicated, however.

Hynes Now Available

Yesterday, the Nashville Predators let go long-time head coach John Hynes in favour of Andrew Brunette.

Hynes had been with the Preds for four years, and had seen some decent success with their less-than-incredible roster.

He also happens to be very close friends, and a former teammate of Rangers GM Jack Drury. That is where things get interesting.

While every insider in the game had Laviolette as essentially a lock for the job, Hynes may now be in the running.

«Laviolette I believe was in NY on Tuesday and like I said if it was going to be him I thought we were going to find out pretty quick. I am very curious to see if now they interview Hynes, Drury and Hynes have a history together in college»

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