Scott Stevens Resigns as Minnesota Wild Asst. Coach

[Minnesota]

Best of luck to Stevens. His experience and knowledge of the game will be tough to replace.

Michael Russo:

One year after coming to the Wild as Bruce Boudreau's top assistant, Scott Stevens has stepped down, citing family reasons.

The Hall of Fame defenseman, former Devils captain and three-time Stanley Cup champion has a primary home in New Jersey and his wife and two children back in the New York/New Jersey area.

"I just want to be closer," he said. "That's the toughest part of this job moving away from your house and being away from family. I need them and they need me. When you've been in one spot for a long time, it's a little tougher than you think to just get up and move. But I had nothing but a great experience in Minnesota."

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"[Boudreau] said, 'Is it something we did?' He said, 'Nope, nope, nope,' that the best thing for his family was for him to move home," ... "We gave each other a hug. He's going to be very difficult to replace, but I respect him so much and respect what he wants to do."

Search for a replacement hasn't begun yet.

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[Mickey Marner]

Where does his family live? Tri-state area?

 

[THall4]

Devils would be wise to hire him back...he did wonders with Adam Larsson, who praises him quite a bit.

 

[STL BLUES]

Wow, hockey does have a human side to it. Stevens is a class act no matter were he's been or goes to. I'm sure he's a class act when it comes to his family. Major loss for the Wild.

 

[These Are The Days]

I guess he's just gonna wait around for Haynes to lose his job with the Devils. Feels like he's calling his shot here.

 

[edguy]

I bet he finds a NCAA program to run and stays there for the next 10+ years. Great coach, just needed less travel, he can get that in the NCAA

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Where does his family live? Tri-state area?

Someone didn't read the op.

 

[Devilsfan118]

I guess he's just gonna wait around for Haynes to lose his job with the Devils. Feels like he's calling his shot here.

Definitely think he's looking to be a HC, but I wonder if Stevens and Shero have any sort of relationship.

As in, if Hynes is let go, would Shero even consider Stevens for the role?

 

[BagHead]

Yep, really sad to see him go. All of our young defensemen really seemed to take a big step this year, with most of them having career highs in points while staying the same or improving defensively. As I said on the Wild board, I wish the best for him and his family. Family comes first.

 

[tony d]

Got to think he's looking at possibly going after the New Jersey job. Got to think they have another poor year Hynes gets fired.

 

[Hivemind]

Wonder if a Metro division job would work with him. Much closer to his family, and plenty of "road trips" for the Capitals to the NJ/NYC area. Could potentially even commute to NJ on days without practice or a game. Heck, if he's particularly fond of Amtrak, he could pull a Joe Biden and do the daily commute.

This is assuming that Todd Reirden gets sniped for a HC gig somewhere else.