If you went into this season and asked who might be the first head coach fired, there’s a lot of names that would come before the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mike Babcock. Even as soon as October 20th, Babcock wasn’t on the board for first coach fired bets. Jon Cooper was on the board. Todd Reirden was on the board (which is kind of insane). John Tortorella was on the board. Even New Jersey Devils coach John Hynes was on the board (at the time, he was third).
With such a surprising situation happening north of the border, could this change how the Devils think about their situation behind the bench?