Eric Stephens
Staff Writer at The Athletic
Doing the writing thing for the @TheAthleticNHL. SoCal has always been home. Eyes on the California teams and beyond. Grits aficionado. Appealingly goofy.
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4 days ago |
nytimes.com | Eric Stephens
Joel Quenneville knows he is walking into a promising situation with the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks restarted Quenneville's NHL coaching career following a lengthy league ban for his role in the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal. It seemed inevitable that Quenneville would return once the league said he could.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Eric Stephens
Winning the NHL Draft lottery for a second straight year would have been a lot for the San Jose Sharks. Until fortune struck for them last summer, they had never won the lottery since the league introduced it in 1995. Mind you, the Sharks weren't in that position for much of the last three decades. Consistent success and numerous playoff berths don't result in getting a seat at the lottery table, much less a prime one.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Eric Stephens
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Narratives can run wild in this instantaneous digital age. And when it comes to Ken Holland, the four-time Stanley Cup champion executive and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, those narratives often aren't very flattering. He only won because he had some of the greatest players of that era on his rosters. He will saddle teams with terrible, immovable contracts. He doesn't develop young players to balance out those overpayments.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Eric Stephens
The Los Angeles Kings have their new general manager, and Ken Holland is the opposite of a new face. The Hockey Hall of Famer, who has worked in the NHL across four decades, now joins his third team as the Kings' vice president and GM. So, what is he getting himself into? Holland, who will be introduced at a news conference on Thursday, likely will have a clear mission.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Eric Stephens |Pierre LeBrun
The Los Angeles Kings are set to announce the hiring of Ken Holland, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, as their general manager on Wednesday, league sources said. Holland, 69, the former GM of the Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers, succeeds Rob Blake, who mutually separated from the Kings last week following eight seasons - including four consecutive first-round playoff losses to Edmonton.
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RT @MarkLazerus: On today's The Athletic Hockey Show with @m_bultman and me: — @PierreVLeBrun on Leafs-Panthers drama and the coaching car…
Good stuff from Pierre here. Hiring a coach with Q's credentials could certainly be one reason Verbeek made his move.
Greg Cronin on the shock of Ducks firing and being replaced by Joel Quenneville. My latest for @TheAthletic ⤵️ https://t.co/ysWCkyGoB1
Corey Perry woke up this morning, had breakfast, a coffee and then turned his time machine back to 2011.
