When your team doesn’t perform, firing the coach is typically the first move in a GM’s arsenal.
And the offseason is the next best time to fire off your underperforming coach into the sun.
Luckily, the Colorado Avalanche have a Stanley Cup-winning coach at the helm. Jared Bednar isn’t going anywhere, but someone who once played for the Avalanche (who now coaches) is on the move.
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And they are a dark horse option for several head coach openings.
Adam Foote served on Rick Tocchet’s coaching staff with the Vancouver Canucks. He served in that position for two years and change.
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With Tocchet moving on from the Canucks, Foote’s future is not being called into question. According to a Daily Faceoff report, Foote is being considered for multiple head coaching vacancies and is expected to interview for a few.
Before then, Foote spent one year as the head coach of the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets. He posted a 29-28-6 record that year in 2019-20.
Foote had a long playing career as a hard-nosed defender. He spent the majority of his 20-year career with the Avalanche. He played nearly three years wit the Columbus Blue Jackets as well.
He played 1154 games and recorded 1534 penalty minutes over his career. Foote won two Stanley Cups as a player.
It’s a long offseason but long-time Avalanche fans will be keeping their eyes and ears peeled on where Foote goes.
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