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Coaching Hires
On Monday, the Nashville Predators fired long-time head coach Peter Laviolette and his associate coach Kevin McCarthy. Laviolette compiled a 248-143-60 record in his five-and-a-half seasons in Nashville, a stellar record that wasn’t enough to save him from the mediocre season his highly-touted group was turning in. When David Poile made the firing only a day before the Predators were set to play host to the Boston Bruins without simultaneously announcing an internal promotion, the rumour mill kicked into overdrive. Recently fired Pete DeBoer, recently fired Phil…
