I don't think he lands with Seattle for three reasons.
1) Too far west for him.
2) He doesn't seem like a Ron Francis guy.
3) Francis has said he's likely waiting until a lot closer to the expansion draft before picking a coach.
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12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
I think he takes the year off for "huntin and fishin" and takes his pick during the offseason.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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Detroit as a landing spot for him just makes so much sense.
Set roster weekly in H2H (Mon to Sun) - 16 Teams - start 6F, 3D, and 1G per week - Keep 2
Points: 2 G / 2 A / 1 PPG / 1 PPA / 1 Hat Trick / 1 SHG / 1 SHA / 1 GWG - 3 Goalie Win / 2 Goalie Loss in SO or OT / 5 goalie SO
Forwards:
C. McDavid, N. Kucherov, R. O'Reilly, J. Schwartz, J. Toews, J. Huberdeau, T. Toffoli, M. Granlund
Defense:
B. Burns, J. Klingberg, R. Josi, J. Slavin
Goalie:
J. Binnington
IR (2 max):
Jeff Blashill, Detroit's head coach, signed a 2yr extension on April 2nd, 2019. He's been the head coach since 2015-16 season. At that time he had signed a 4yr, 0.800k/yr deal at the time. So signing a 2yr deal in 2019 does suggest the ownership is setting a line for him.
Teams with coaches with 1-2yrs left on their deal:
Arizona - Tocchet 1yr, 1.5mill
Bruins - Cassidy 2yr, unknown
Flames - Peters 2yr, unknown
Canes - Brind'Amour 2yr, unknown
Blackhawks - Colliton 2yr, unknown
CBJ - Tortorella 2yr, unknown
Wings - Blashill 2yr, unknown
Wild - Boudreau 1yr, 2.625mill
Preds - Laviolette 2yr, unknown
Devils - Hynes 1yr, unknown
Sharks - DeBoer 2yr, unknown
Leafs - Keefe 1yr, unknown
Vegas - Gallant 2yr, unknown
Caps - Reirden unknown term and unknown salary
Jets - Maurice, unknown term and unknown salary
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
I can't see it happening in Detroit. I guess it all depends on the Babcock/Yzerman relationship. Stevie was Detroit's VP during Mike's early years there but was gone by 2009.
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Ken Holland like....like the GM of Edmonton?
A 5mill/yr deal for multiple years def gives a coach more security than a 2yr 1.6 deal especially when that deal is half the length of their previous one.
---EDIT---
The Leafs are currently trying to get an NHL contract done for Keefe. He was on an AHL deal and did not include any provisions on if he was promoted to the NHL. Sounds like it'll get done today.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Good thing Marner didn't listen to his dad.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
https://www.sportsnet.ca/960/boomer-...-select-picks/
If anyone is interested why Commodore (and by extension, lots of NHLers) hate Babcock so much, can listen to the first ~20 minutes or so of this for some insight
Keefe signs for 3 years. This year and another two after, according to Friedman.