For the second consecutive time, the New York Rangers have fired their head coach after just two seasons, this time with Peter Laviolette. The team had a disappointing season with a 39-36-7 record that wasn’t good enough to make the playoffs, and Laviolette appears to be the scapegoat. But who will be the replacement?

Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk talked about the Rangers head coach situation and what direction they may lean towards for a replacement on Daily Faceoff Live.

Frank Seravalli: They probably are going to go more toward the veteran end. That’s just my guess, my hunch. I think that anyone who’s telling you what exactly Chris Drury’s thinking is making it up at this point in time.

I think the other interesting thing about the Rangers is let’s see what the coaching bingo card looks like later this week. Let’s see what happens with Rick Tocchet and the Vancouver Canucks, because I think he would be their number one target if he makes it to market. What happens with Mike Sullivan and the Pittsburgh Penguins? Is Kyle Dubas making his first coaching change with the Penguins? Does that make any sense? [Sullivan] was on the New York Rangers bench previously. I think that would be a great option.

I think the Rangers are open to just about anything, and I think there’s still too much to be determined on what the full slate looks like, because we’ve mentioned now Vancouver and Pittsburgh, but what about the Seattle Kraken? What about, pick any couple other teams? Are the Buffalo Sabres not making any changes at all?

There’s a lot to still be determined when it comes to some offseason moves, we just got a little bit of a taste of it over the weekend.

Tyler Yaremchuk: Yeah, and again, no rush obviously. It is April. You do not need a coach by the end of the month for anything crazy like that.

You can watch the full episode here…

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