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Making sense of NHL’s dizzying coaching carousel

Every coach in every pro sports league will say the same thing — you’re hired to be fired. It’s only a matter of time.

But just past the halfway mark of the NHL season, and the coaching carousel is spinning pretty fast. There have been seven coaching changes, accounting for just over 20 percent of the league. Two coaches — John Hynes and Pete DeBoer — have been fired and rehired elsewhere. One coach — Gerard Gallant — had to be replaced at next weekend’s All-Star Game in St. Louis because he was let go after his Golden Knights had been in first place in the Pacific Division when the teams were announced.