Kings fire John Stevens, assistant Don Nachbaur; Desjardins hired as interim

[kingskring]

“@helenenothelen: The Kings have relieved coach John Stevens and assistant coach Don Nachbaur of their duties. More changes to come from Kings in an announcement in about 30 minutes.”
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[Filthy Dangles]

Damn dude got fired before Yeo

 

[Pyrophorus]

Who will come in?

 

[The Mentalist]

So it begins...

 

[Jacob]

Who will come in?

Maybe Lowry? I think he’s the only guy they didn’t fire.

 

[Deku]

Not surprised but funny it comes after a win last night. Their fate must've been sealed already.

 

[GKJ]

And the in-season firings drought ends. Zero coaches were fired in-season last year.

 

[Little Psycho]

Buh bye

 

[edguy]

I'm just saying.. Eklund called this

 

[Addison Rae]

Kings fans are probably ecstatic

 

[Sol]

 

[damacles1156]

Kings fans are probably ecstatic

Not really the roster still sucks, and would rather the Kings start a proper rebuild. Get high draft picks instead of being a black hole team.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Good riddance to a lousy head coach.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Stevens, like Dave Lewis and a couple of others are not NHL coaches.

 

[Kahvi]

So what are those "more changes" that are coming? management people fired or trades?

 

[CBJ goalie]

And after a win.... usually happens after an ugly loss.

 

[edguy]

So what are those "more changes" that are coming? management people fired or trades?

Probably a coach hiring

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

They won 2 of their last 3 games. Quick is out. I don't get it.

 

[JT Kreider]

Not really the roster still sucks, and would rather the Kings start a proper rebuild. Get high draft picks instead of being a black hole team.

You don't rebuild when your #1 c and d are in their prime and two of the top 10 players in the league.

The Kings roster is better than what we have seen so far and has underachieved a bit.

It doesn't help though that they haven't added a single high end young talent to the roster in over 5 years.

 

[trick9]

How long before Yeo is out too?

 

[King'sPawn]

Kings fans are probably ecstatic

Yes and no. There are a LOT of changes which need to be done in the organization. The roster has been very stale with so many players still here from the 2014 cup win. Stevens has been with the org for 8 years in some kind of coaching capacity, so that was overdue. The scouting and development staff need to get some changes as well.

Stevens is a good assistant coach but a terrible head coach. But he wasn't the only reason for org being a dumpster fire.

 

[featherhawk]

I wish the hawks had the same balls. Freaking cowards in our front office.

 

[mightyquack]

Probably not the only coach firing from a Southern California NHL team in the next week or so.

 

[Voight]

Not often an assistant also gets fired, is he a Stevens hire? If so, then I could see why.

 

[SharksCyclops]

And after a win.... usually happens after an ugly loss.

Like someone said, their fates must have been sealed no matter what. Honestly better than some knee jerk reaction to an ugly L.