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NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – May 12, 2019
Report: Senators receive permission to interview Rick Bowness
The Ottawa Senators are interested in reuniting with an old flame.
The Sens have received permission to interview Dallas Stars assistant coach Rick Bowness for the team's head coaching vacancy, according to TSN's Bob McKenzie.
Hiring Bowness would bring the organization full circle, as he was the first head coach in the franchise's history. He compiled a 39-178-18 record before he was fired in his fourth season during the Senators' forgettable infancy years.
The 64-year-old has been coaching since the mid-80s. His long resume also includes stops as the bench boss of the original Winnipeg Jets (1988-89), as well as with the Boston Bruins (1991-92), New York Islanders (1996-98), and Phoenix Coyotes (2003-04).
Before joining the Stars this past season, Bowness spent five campaigns on the Tampa Bay Lightning's coaching staff and seven seasons as an assistant with the Vancouver Canucks.
Bowness will mark the sixth coaching candidate Ottawa has interviewed, according to McKenzie. Interim head coach Marc Crawford and Belleville Senators bench boss Troy Mann represent two internal candidates. Another one of the club's former coaches, Jacques Martin, has also been interviewed, as well as Toronto Maple Leafs assistant D.J. Smith and Providence College head coach Nate Leaman.
Ottawa finished last in the NHL with 64 points this season. In the midst of a rebuild, the Senators made it clear after Guy Boucher's dismissal that they're seeking someone with player development expertise.
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Sharks defeat Blues in Game 1 of Western Conference Final
The San Jose Sharks defeated the St. Louis Blues 6-3 in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final on Saturday.
More to come.
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What’s on Louis Domingue’s Lightning mask?
Welcome to Art of the Mask, a video series in which theScore sits down with some of the world's top netminders to talk about goalie mask art.
In Episode 5, Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Louis Domingue walks us through the finer details of a team-themed mask he wore during the 2018-19 season. From a sky line depiction to shouting out organizational pillars, Domingue dedicates most of the design to the Tampa Bay area and its NHL club.
Previously in this series:
- Philipp Grubauer of the Colorado Avalanche
- Filip Gustavsson of the Belleville Senators
- Christian Purboo of the North Bay Battalion
- Garret Sparks of the Toronto Maple Leafs
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Tavares to be sidelined 1 month by oblique injury suffered at worlds
Toronto Maple Leafs center John Tavares will miss approximately one month of offseason training due to the oblique injury he suffered with Team Canada at the World Championship, the Leafs announced Saturday.
Tavares was sent home from the tournament, held in Slovakia, on Thursday to be evaluated by Leafs' doctors.
More to come.
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NHL Rumor Mill – May 11, 2019
NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – May 11, 2019
Blues GM Armstrong says coaching search a ‘list of one’
It sounds likely that St. Louis Blues interim head coach Craig Berube will be assuming his duties on a permanent basis next season.
Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said Friday that his search for a future head coach is down to “a list of one.”
"When we asked Craig to take over the team, we were in flux at that point," Armstrong said, according to the St.Louis Post-Dispatch's Jim Thomas. "I said to Craig: 'You take over on the interim basis and we'll go from there.'
"And as I started to work with Craig, whatever name was on the (candidate) list started to get crossed off and crossed off ... then I found the synergy that Craig and I have had. Now we're at a list of one."
Berube was nominated for the 2019 Jack Adams Award after orchestrating one of the biggest single-season turnarounds in NHL history. Under Berube, the Blues became the first team in the NHL expansion era (since 1967-68) to win a playoff series after ranking last at any point after New Year's Day (minimum 20 games played), per NHL Public Relations.
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Report: Blue Jackets’ Bobrovsky puts Columbus condo up for sale
Unrestricted free agent Sergei Bobrovsky put his downtown Columbus condo up for sale, according to The Athletic's Aaron Portzline.
The Columbus Blue Jackets were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Boston Bruins earlier this week, and speculation regarding Bobrovsky's future has been a major talking point all season.
The 30-year-old will be one of the top free agents on the market come July 1, with his $29.7-million contract set to expire.
Bobrovsky won the Vezina Trophy in 2013 and 2017 with the Blue Jackets and owns nearly every franchise record among goaltenders including games played, wins, and shutouts.
Along with Bobrovsky, forwards Artemi Panarin, Matt Duchene, and Ryan Dzingel all become UFAs on July 1.
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