Rick Tocchet said he was as surprised as everyone else when he learned that the Vegas Golden Knights fired head coach Gerard Gallant on Wednesday.
Tocchet, who is in his third season as head coach in Arizona, was careful with his comments to reporters after Wednesday's practice. But it's easy to see how the situation is getting on the nerves of the coaches left standing.
Gallant is already the seventh NHL coach to be fired this season, joining Peter Laviolette (Predators), Bill Peters (Flames), Jim Montgomery (Stars), John Hynes (Devils), Mike Babcock (Maple Leafs) and Peter DeBoer (Sharks).