The 2018-19 NHL season is only a quarter complete, and four coaches have already been fired, including two in a 12-hour span this week. Is your head spinning after all this movement? Here's what you need to know about the coaching carousel, including who else is on the hot seat, rising head coach candidates, intel on the new bench bosses and more.
There were no coaches fired during the 2017-18 season. We're only a fourth of the way into this season, and there have been four. What gives?
Don't think for a second that these two facts aren't correlated.