'Canes change up Coach...

[langway05]

From the usual source... tsn.ca LINK

Sources tell TSN the Carolina Hurricanes have fired head coach Peter Laviolette and in a unique about face, have replaced him with former Hurricanes head coach Paul Maurice.

This move comes amid weeks of speculation of change in Carolina and the teams' battle with consistency with Laviolette at the helm.

Laviolette, last month, surpassed John Tortorella to become the winningest American born coach in NHL history with his 240th victory.

 

[2fnlo]

Wow, I guess it was bound to happen.

Maybe Calgary will go get Laviolette.

 

[es_19]

have always liked paul maurice, i wish him the best of luck

 

[Triple B]

They replaced Paul Maurice's replacement with Paul Maurice. Hoowee...

 

[dacrib]

thankfully they have Ronny Franchise as a Associate coach. Woo hoo two Hometown boys on a coaching staff together. I may root for the Sens but i like what the Canes are doing with the caoching staff

 

[pghbuccos]

I am happy Ron Francis is finally becoming a coach. I know he was assistant GM but I think he is much better suited to be a coach. he is so knowledgeable about the game and can help the Canes players more now that he will be with them all the time.

 

[paulxing]

The article says that Paul Maurice went back to University during his time off? What was he taking?

 

[Krakenfan]

I just don't understand why Laviolette's replacement was Maurice. I really like Paul Maurice but they removed him for change and now is going right back to the same thing they had before Laviolette. Hopefully they can pull there season around. There core set of players are still there from the first Maurice team.

 

[TanguayFan]

What's even funnier is the Maple Leafs have to pay his salary for this year while he's coaching the Cane's....it's part of his severance...LOL...has there ever been another team that had to pay another teams coach's salary?