When the Blue Jackets start holding interviews, and a list of candidates becomes known through various reports, we’ll get a better idea of what kind of coach Kekalainen has in mind. But we really have to do some really good due diligence on everybody who’s available.” “If we find who we think is the right guy one week or two weeks from now, and we know that’s the right guy, we’ll hire him two weeks from now. “I don’t think that we need to be rushing into anything before we know what the field is going to look like.
“There’s a chance it would give us more options we should look at,” Kekalainen said. Not only would that entice certain veteran coaches to take on the Columbus job, but it could also change what Kekalainen is looking for in a coach. 1 overall selection - they have a 13.5 percent chance - it would allow them to draft generational phenom Connor Bedard. The May 8 draft lottery will determine where the Blue Jackets pick this summer in Nashville, but they’re guaranteed a top-four pick in a very deep draft.But a larger group of candidates would come from assistant coaches who would need permission from the clubs to interview with another organization, and that will usually wait until they’re eliminated. A few head coaches could be fired if their clubs lose in the first round. As Kekalainen indicated at the time of Larsen’s firing, the Blue Jackets want to wait through at least the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs to see which coaches, or assistant coaches, become available.
0 kommentar(er)
