• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar

San Francisco Sports Today

San Francisco Sports News Continuously Updated

  • Baseball
    • A’s
    • Giants
  • Football
    • 49’ers
    • Raiders
  • Basketball
    • Kings
    • Warriers
  • Sharks
  • Earthquakes
  • Colleges
    • San Jose State
    • Stanford
    • University of California, Berkeley

Deep Blue Sea: Golden Knights hire Pete DeBoer

January 15, 2020 by Fear The Fin Leave a Comment

San Jose Sharks v Vancouver Canucks

Gonna help them on the penalty kill first.

It’s a weird morning in the Pacific Division, as the Vegas Golden Knights (24-19-6, 5th Pacific) have fired head coach Gerard Gallant and assistant coach Mike Kelly due to performance. The bench won’t stay cold, as former San Jose Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer has already been announced as the new head coach of the Golden Knights.

The move is … well, baffling to most. The Golden Knights have spent a lot of the season competing at the top of the division, though they’ve been incredibly unlucky at times, as well. It’s easy to understand being frustrated by bad luck — it’s a little less understandable to make coaching decisions based on it.

But it seems as though a shift is happening in the league where front offices are becoming more open to cutting ties with coaches when troubles arise. Gallant is the seventh coach to be fired this season, and the fourth to lose his job due to performance.

Still, it’s going to be very weird to see Pete DeBoer behind the bench of the Golden Knights, especially given the intense history these two teams have shared over the two and half years of Vegas being in the league.

To make this even more awkward, Gallant was named the Pacific Division coach for the 2020 NHL All-Star game in St. Louis later this month.

Undoubtedly, front offices are going to be making decisions now that Gallant is available. Maybe the Sharks should be one of them.

News & Notes

  • Golden Knights fire Gerard Gallant, hire ex-Sharks coach Peter DeBoer [ESPN]
  • NHL rumors: Sharks plan to trade players but won’t blow up roster [NBC Sports]
  • Down Goes Brown: Do these five stars have bad contracts? Welcome to Salary Cap Court [The Athletic]
  • Three signs Sharks might be turning around disappointing 2019-20 season [NBC Sports]

Blood in the Water

  • Examining Score Effects on Special Teams [Meghan Hall]
  • Confessions of a Hockey Lifer with Scott Gruhl [Snapshots in Hockey History podcast]
  • CBS Sports Nabs U.S. TV Rights to New 3-on-3 Pro Hockey League [The Hollywood Reporter]
  • Skills competition to feature players shooting pucks from stands [ESPN]
  • Jets broadcaster’s comments tone-deaf and ‘sickening to hear’ [Winnipeg Sun]

Scores

  • Los Angeles Kings 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (SO)
  • Minnesota Wild 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 7
  • Vegas Golden Knights 2, Buffalo Sabres 4
  • New Jersey Devils 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 7
  • Detroit Red Wings 2, New York Islanders 8
  • Boston Bruins 0, Columbus Blue Jackets
  • Chicago Blackhawks 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT)
  • Vancouver Canucks 0, Winnipeg Jets 4
  • San Jose Sharks 3, Arizona Coyotes 6
  • Dallas Stars 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (OT)
  • Nashville Predators 2, Edmonton Oilers 4

On the Schedule

  • Chicago Blackhawks at Montreal Canadiens, 7:30 EST/4:30 PST on SN, RDS, NBCSCH
  • Philadelphia Flyers at St. Louis Blues, 8 EST/5 PST on NBCSN, TVAS

Filed Under: Sharks

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • The 2021 NHL Trade Deadline Deals That Didn’t Happen
  • Joe Thomas makes emphatic prediction for 49ers draft pick
  • DeSclafani opens Giants' road trip in Miami
  • Ducks at Sharks, 4/14: Lines, gamethread & how to watch
  • Kings fan confidence is nosediving again

Categories

  • 49'ers
  • A's
  • Earthquakes
  • Giants
  • Kings
  • Raiders
  • San Jose State
  • Sharks
  • Stanford
  • Uncategorized
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Warriers

Archives

  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • July 2019

Our Partners

All Sports

  • San Francisco Chronicle
  • San Francisco Examiner
  • The Mercury News
  • 247 Sports
  • Bleacher Report
  • Forgotten 5
  • Golden Gate Sports
  • The Sports Fan Journal
  • The Spun
  • USA Today

Baseball

  • San Francisco Giants
  • Oakland A's
  • MLB Trade Rumors - A's
  • MLB Trade Rumors - Giants
  • White Cleat Beat
  • Around The Foghorn
  • Athletics Nation
  • McCovey Chronicles

Basketball

  • Golden State Warriors
  • Sacramento Kings
  • A Royal Pain
  • Amico Hoops - Kings
  • Amico Hoops - Warriors
  • Blue Man Hoop
  • Golden State Of Mind
  • Hoops Hype - Warriors
  • Hoops Hype - Kings
  • Hoops Rumors - Warriors
  • Hoops Rumors - Kings
  • Lets Go Warriors
  • Pro Basketball Talk - Warriors
  • Pro Basketball Talk - Kings
  • Real GM - Warriors
  • Real GM - Kings
  • Sactown Royalty

Football

  • San Francisco 49ers
  • 49ers Gab
  • Las Vegas Raiders
  • Just Blog Baby
  • Niners Nation
  • Niner Noise
  • Niners Wire
  • Our Turf Football
  • Pro Football Rumors - 49ers
  • Pro Football Rumors - Raiders
  • Pro Football Talk - 49ers
  • Pro Football Talk - Raiders
  • Raiders Wire
  • Silver And Black Pride
  • Total 49ers

Hockey

  • Blades Of Teal
  • Fear The Fin
  • Last Word On Hockey
  • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Talk
  • The Hockey Writers

Soccer

  • Center Line Soccer
  • Last Word on Soccer
  • MLS Multiplex

College

  • Busting Brackets
  • California Golden Blogs
  • College Sports Madness
  • College Football News
  • Rule Of Tree
  • Saturday Blitz
  • The Daily Californian
  • The Stanford Daily
  • Zags Blog

Copyright © 2021 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in