Todd McLellan was referred to as the brand-new head coach of the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday after the NHL membership terminated Derek Lalonde after 3 intervals within the responsibility.
The 57-year-old Canadian, that approved a multi-year settlement with the Red Wings, had earlier coaching jobs with the NHL San Jose Sharks, Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings.
McLellan, that was terminated by the Kings final February 2 after going 23-15 with 10 additional time losses, has a job NHL coaching doc of 598-412-134 over 1,144 regular-season video video games and a 42-46 mark in Stanley Cup playoff competitions.
His teams have truly gotten to the playoffs 9 instances in his 14 full NHL tasks nonetheless by no means ever obtained to a Stanley Cup Final.
In the 2022 and 2023 intervals, his Kings membership shed to Edmonton within the preliminary of the playoffs.
McLellan had truly previously functioned as an assistant coach with the Red Wings from 2005-08 and obtained on the group when Detroit received the 2008 Stanley Cup.
Lalonde, 52, ended up being the 4th NHL coach terminated this era after the November cuts of Boston’s Jim Montgomery and Drew Bannister ofSt Louis, along with Chicago’s Luke Richardson on December 5.
He went 89-86-23 with the Red Wings after 4 intervals as an assistant coach at Tampa Bay, having truly assisted the Lightning to the Stanley Cup in 2020 and 2021.
The Red Wings are 13-17-4 and seventh within the Atlantic division, rating close to all-time low of the NHL in goals and high-quality homicide.
They have truly not gotten to the playoffs provided that the 2015-16 interval, the lengthiest dry spell in group background complying with 25 successive journeys to the post-season.
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