As expected, Todd McLellan didn’t stay unemployed in the NHL for very long.
Less than a month after the Sharks and McLellan announced that they were mutually parting ways, the Edmonton Oilers officially revealed the 47-year-old as their new head coach in a press conference on Tuesday. The Sharks will reportedly receive compensation for McLellan, per a new NHL rule that requires the hiring club to surrender a third round pick in one of the next three years.
Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli, who was let go himself just a few weeks ago from the same post in Boston, did the honors with McLellan sitting directly to his left.