🫵 Devils fire head coach
Petterson signs 8-year deal, Reaves on Rempe, and more!
Slapshot News
March 04, 2024
In today’s edition:
🫵 Devils fire head coach
🎉 Petterson signs 8-year deal
👍 Reaves approves of Rempe
And more!
Devils fire head coach
The New Jersey Devils announced Monday they are relieving head coach Lindy Ruff of his coaching duties. Travis Green, one of the assistant coaches, has been named interim for the remainder of the season. The announcement was made by General Manager Tom Fitzgerald with just over 20 games remaining in their season.
The Devils are currently ranked 21st in the league and is fighting for a wild card spot which is growing out of reach. Ruff had been the head coach for 4 seasons.
I hold our entire organization to the highest levels of accountability to focus on being a competitive team that expects to be a perennial playoff contender. Unfortunately, we are not currently at that level, and I needed to make this decision. This was an extremely difficult conversation to have with Lindy based on the relationship that he and I have. He was the right coach to develop our young players on the ice, and above all else, he is a tremendous person.”
Petterson signs 8-year deal with Canucks
Elias Petterson, currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks, just signed a new contract with the team. He signed an 8-year $92.8 M contract Saturday with an Average Annual Value of $11.6 M per year.
"I'm super excited; this is where I wanted to be”
The 25-year-old, who is in the final season of a three-year, $22.05 million contract ($7.35 M AAV) signed Oct. 3, 2021, said before the season that he preferred to wait until it was over before signing a new contract, admitting he wasn't sure if he wanted to commit to a short- or long-term deal.
Pettersson has 75 points (29 goals, 46 assists) in 62 games this season. Selected with the No. 5 pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, he has 398 points (165 goals, 233 assists) in 387 regular-season games, all with Vancouver, and 18 points (seven goals, 11 points) in 17 playoff games.
Reaves praises RempeMatt Rempe has earned the respect of seasoned forward Ryan Reaves. Reaves, one of the NHL’s enforcers, fought him just a few days ago and was impressed with his game. Rempe has gotten into several fights in his 7 games so far this season. ❝ He’s going to be a menace in this league | Canucks provide arena updateAll lower and upper bowl seats are set to be replaced with new custom-designed black seats that include cupholders, among other arena improvements announced. Story. |
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