The New Jersey Devils are currently without a coach, but they may have found their man in the AHL. According to Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos, the Devils agreed to a three-year deal making John Hynes their next head coach.
Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review was among the first to break the news.
Hynes' current role is coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the Pittsburgh Penguins' AHL affiliate. In his five years with the Penguins, Hynes has a 231-126-17 record, per HockeyDB.com.
Should the deal go through, he would become the youngest head coach in the NHL, per Sportsnet:
#NJDevils to introduce John Hynes as head coach.