New York. Gerard Gallant leaves the New York Rangers.
And the club announced late on Saturday night that they and the coach had agreed to go their separate ways, they say.
The replacement could be the controversial Joel Quenneville.
The 59-year-old Canadian Gerard Gallant has achieved great success during the two years he coached the New York Rangers.
Last year, he surprisingly managed to get the team to the Conference Finals, and again this year, the Blue Shirts were convincing in the regular season.
But the New York sports market is notoriously impatient, and losing to arch-rival New Jersey Devils in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs seemed to be too much for general manager Chris Drury and owner Jim Dolan. Because after a few days of strange silence from the club, they announced on Saturday night that they had agreed with the manager that it was best they went their separate ways.
– I have great respect for Gerrard as a coach and a person, but after assessing last season we have come to the conclusion that both parties benefit from the change, says Drury.
Rumored about Quenneville
It is not yet known who Mika Zibanejad’s new coach will be, but rumors have been claiming for several days that Rangers management would like to see Joel Quenneville, a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 10th century, in the booth at Madison. square garden.
However, it wouldn’t be an uncontroversial choice. Conversely, he was forced to leave the Florida Panthers coaching job in the fall of 2021 after it was revealed that he failed to act when sexual assault allegations against Chicago’s Kyle Beach became known during the 2010 playoffs — and NHL Commissioner Gary Pittman has made it clear that “Q He cannot return to the NHL, in any role, without his consent.
