The NHL portion of this lottery has now been drawn, with some rather interesting results. Despite being completely random, many of the "top coaches" managed not to be selected until later in the lottery, most notably the highly-sought Mike Babcock. Both teams and coaches were drawn at random during the lottery. The results are as follows:
- 1) Los Angeles Kings -- Paul MacLean
2) Montreal Canadiens -- Peter Laviolette
3) Buffalo Sabres -- Todd Richards
4) Nashville Predators -- Bill Peters
5) Arizona Coyotes -- Alain Vigneault
6) New York Islanders -- Randy Carlyle
7) Winnipeg Jets -- Darryl Sutter
8) Pittsburgh Penguins -- Joel Quenneville
9) Edmonton Oilers -- Patrick Roy
10) Minnesota Wild -- Craig Berube
11) Detroit Red Wings -- Mike Yeo
12) Colorado Avalanche -- John Tortorella
13) Washington Capitals -- Willie Desjardins
14) San Jose Sharks -- Bruce Boudreau
15) Chicago Blackhawks -- Gerard Gallant
16) Anaheim Ducks -- Dave Tippett
17) St. Louis Blues -- Paul Maurice
18) Vancouver Canucks -- Jon Cooper
19) Columbus Blue Jackets -- Dan Bylsma
20) New Jersey Devils -- Mike Johnston
21) Boston Bruins -- Todd McLellan
22) New York Rangers -- Michel Therrien
23) Calgary Flames -- Ken Hitchcock
24) Florida Panthers -- Jack Capuano
25) Ottawa Senators -- Barry Trotz
26) Toronto Maple Leafs -- Ted Nolan
27) Philadelphia Flyers -- Claude Julien
28) Dallas Stars -- Mike Babcock
29) Tampa Bay Lightning -- Bob Hartley
30) Carolina Hurricanes -- Lindy Ruff
- 1) Carolina Hurricanes -- Jeff Blashill
2) Tampa Bay Lightning -- John Torchetti
3) Dallas Stars -- Travis Green
4) Philadelphia Flyers -- Dean Chynoweth
5) Toronto Maple Leafs -- Trent Yawney
6) Ottawa Senators -- Dean Evason
7) Florida Panthers -- Jeff Daniels
8) Calgary Flames -- Chadd Cassidy
9) New York Rangers -- Troy Mann
10) Boston Bruins -- Brent Thompson
11) New Jersey Devils -- Keith McCambridge
12) Columbus Blue Jackets -- Jarrod Skalde
13) Vancouver Canucks -- Derek Laxdal
14) St. Louis Blues -- Ted Dent
15) Anaheim Ducks -- Tom Rowe
16) Chicago Blackhawks -- Gord Dineen
17) San Jose Sharks -- Roy Sommer
18) Washington Capitals -- John Hynes
19) Colorado Avalanche -- Bruce Cassidy
20) Detroit Red Wings -- Ken Gernander
21) Minnesota Wild -- Mike Stothers
22) Edmonton Oilers -- Jared Bednar
23) Pittsburgh Penguins -- Luke Richardson
24) Winnipeg Jets -- John Anderson
25) New York Islanders -- Ray Edwards
26) Arizona Coyotes -- Ryan Huska
27) Nashville Predators -- Brad Larsen
28) Buffalo Sabres -- Rick Kowalsky
29) Montreal Canadiens -- Rob Zettler
30) Los Angeles Kings -- Sylvain Lefebvre
[Note: The scale in which salaries started at was determined from those in real life. I was pretty stunned to find out Joel Quenneville makes $2.75M in reality, with many coaches making over $2M, including Randy Carlyle.]
If you would prefer an available coach over the one you were assigned in the drawing, please e-mail the league regarding your choice. Should more than one team request the same free agent coach during this process, the tie-breaker will be based on the order of the drawing. Regarding changing your AHL coach, please follow the rules about coaches provided in the CBA.
