New Jersey Devils 2016-17 Season Preview Part 6: Coaches & Management

When John asked me to do a Season Preview of the Coaches and Management, I wasn’t entirely sure what I could say about them or if it was important. The more I thought about it and researched, the more relevant it seemed however. This is a team in transition and the management and coaching is more important now than arguably any time in the franchises history.

The Devils enjoyed a stretch of success that most franchises have never seen when they made the playoffs 13 straight years and 19 times in 20 years (1990-2010) while collecting 3 Stanley Cups. Despite tremendous success, the Devils had 13 different coaches over those 20 years and held on to none of them longer than 5 years (Jacques…