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New Coaches, New Challenges
by Paul on 09/03/10 at 10:28 AM ET
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from Scott Burnside of ESPN,
There are always a handful of coaching newbies sprinkled around the new season, men who will clamber up behind an NHL bench for the first time. Here’s a look at who these new faces are (or familiar faces in new settings) and the challenges they face (in order from most challenging):
Tom Renney, Edmonton Oilers
Renney has a long history as a head coach at a variety of levels, including stints in Vancouver, New York (Rangers) and now Edmonton.The good thing when you take over a team that finished dead last in the standings is there’s no where to go but up. That said, Renney will have his hands full with a team that has failed to qualify for the postseason since their unlikely run to the 2006 Stanley Cup finals.
His top defenseman, Sheldon Souray, wants out of town; but if the big man with the bigger contract isn’t traded, he will likely be in camp to start and that will provide its own set of challenges.
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