Huge props to Todd Nelson! Great coach and he deserves another shot at coaching in the NHL!
according to the Press in Grand Rapids, he has had history there but the shakeup with the Oilers in transition on both levels, ie the Barons and part of that shift to Bakersfield the Griffins job opened up for him, also, as a result of Detroit's promotion of Blashill when Babcock bolted to TML....
IT'S HIS 6TH Championship, but 1st as a head coach in the AHL, Remember when both Todd and his brother Jeff arrived in Portland in 1994, and then TN was also with Chicago in '08 AS an assistant.