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The NHL Column: Best Available Coaches, Top Left Wings, NYI's Military Night

Since the NHL regular season is less than a quarter into its schedule, the New York Islanders' dismissal of Scott Gordon will almost certainly not be the last firing before the All-Star break. In preparation, The NHL Column canvassed top team executives around the league to learn the names of the coaches most qualified to...

Report: Devils Down to Final Two in Coaching Search

New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello isn't in a hurry. He never really is. Lamoriello is notorious for taking his time when searching for a new coach. He's had a lot of practice at it lately, and he's looking for the right person to lead the Devils -- hopefully for more than a season or two. As the Stanley...

Offseason Roadmap: Northwest Division

It's officially the offseason, meaning the time is right to look into the future. We continue our division-by-division preview of the potential wheeling and dealing with the Northwest Division. It appears we are setting up for an offseason of significant change in the Northwest Division. Only the Vancouver Canucks will...

FanHouse NHL Awards: Wade Redden Award for Wasted Cap Space

The real NHL awards will be handed out Thursday night in Las Vegas, so FanHouse decided to hand out its own special awards for the 2008-09 season.It's designed to maintain competitive balance and parity across the league, but if you waste valuable salary cap space on free agents that don't pan out or contribute the way you...

Pat Quinn, Tom Renney to Coach Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers have made a major splash in their efforts to make it back to the playoffs.Three non-playoff years have followed Edmonton's magical run to the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, and that was enough to cost longtime coach Craig MacTavish his job. Tuesday afternoon, the Oilers turned to a couple of familiar names to...

Craig MacTavish News From the Web

05/06/12 Matheson : âTypical MacTavish. Making the most of... Source: Kukla's Korner Craig MacTavish may be best known outside of Edmonton for being the last NHL player who didn't wear a helmet, or perhaps you do recognize the name as the coach that led the 2006 Edmonton Oilers to the Stanley Cup finals.

Background on Craig MacTavish

Craig "MacT" MacTavish (born August 15, 1958) is the current head coach of the American Hockey League Chicago Wolves and a former ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League.

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