Gerard Gallant linked to new NHL coaching job!

The league might be on hold but this does not prevent teams from getting business done, especially when it comes to making it better. 

On Tuesday, Pierre LeBrun reported on Insider Trading on TSN that the New Jersey Devils are doing just that, interviewing none other than Gerard Gallant to become their new head coach. 

“The only team to do so at this point during the season pause, kind of intriguing. Gerard Gallant, according to our sources, interviewed last week by virtual manner, not face-to-face, by Tom Fitzgerald. Now, Tom Fitzgerald himself also has an interim tag, he’s still the interim GM for the Devils, Alain Nasreddine is the interim head coach and he is a legitimate candidate, he’ll be part of this process. Tom Fitzgerald has spoken to a few candidates, not just Gerard Gallant, over the last little while and why not? Use this time during the pause to start looking at next season. Other teams with interim coaches, you’ve got Calgary, Dallas, Minnesota and San Jose, none of those teams have started their coaching search or made any coaching decisions. In the case of the Flames, the Stars and the Wild, pretty obvious, those teams could be in the playoffs potentially, so they’re going to wait until after the season. The Sharks? Bob Boughner is a top candidate to remain head coach, but if and when they decide to interview other candidates, that decision has not been taken.”

It is still early in the process, however, Gallant has to be a top contender. Gallant was fired, out of the blue, back in February by the Vegas Golden Knights and right away rumours linked him to new coaching jobs across the National Hockey League. He is most famous for taking the expansion Vegas Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Final in their first season back in 2017-18.