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Red Wings Head Coach Jeff Blashill Expected To Return For Next Season

April 10, 2018 at 12:18 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 6 Comments

Tuesday: At his season-ending press conference, Holland confirmed that Blashill will be back for the 2018-19 season. The Detroit GM cited the improvement of their young players under Blashill as a positive. The Red Wings have decisions to make on some of those young players, as Anthony Mantha, Dylan Larkin, Andreas Athanasiou, Martin Frk and Tyler Bertuzzi are all restricted free agents.

Sunday: There has been plenty of speculation surrounding the status of Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill lately.  Detroit struggled considerably this season and wound up missing the playoffs by 25 points and as a result, some have wondered if a change may be coming.

Although an official announcement isn’t expected until Tuesday, both Gregg Krupa of the Detroit News and Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos (video link) report that Blashill will be sticking around for next season.  He was GM Ken Holland’s choice as the replacement for Mike Babcock when he left to join the Maple Leafs three years ago and Holland himself just landed a contract extension earlier in the week.

This means that Blashill will be behind the bench to start his fourth season as an NHL head coach in October but now, the focus will shift to whether or not he will get an extension or enter his ‘lame duck’ season.  CapFriendly’s coaches contract tracker has the 44-year-old entering the final year of his deal in 2018-19 and while most teams frown on having their coaches in that situation, we have seen it happen the last couple of years with Barry Trotz in Washington and Ken Hitchcock when he was with St. Louis.  Considering how Detroit fared in 2017-18, it would make some sense for Holland to at least consider that approach here.

Regardless of which way they go when it comes to another contract, it appears that the status quo will remain intact in Detroit heading into the 2018-19 season.

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  1. bigdaddyt

    7 years ago

    Hahahahaha

    Reply
  2. diller79

    7 years ago

    Jeff Blashill is a great hockey coach and a great guy and had succeeded at every level he has coached at and he deserves to get his full opportunity in the NHL

    Reply
    • 2dmo4

      7 years ago

      He’s had his chance. He needs to go.

      Reply
      • pawtucket

        7 years ago

        Can’t make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t

        Reply
    • jaysrule1399

      7 years ago

      Holland needs to go ASAP. Blast will likely take the brunt of the punishment during the rebuild then the wings find a new coach

      Reply
  3. Hockeysense93

    7 years ago

    Trade you Gulutzan for Bradshill straight up! Haha

    Reply

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