The Athletic’s Shapiro talks about Todd Nelson as a Dallas Stars coaching candidate

The Athletic Dallas’s Sean Shapiro penned a profile of Grand Rapids Griffins coach Todd Nelson, who may be a candidate for the Dallas Stars’ vacant head coaching position:

The Key Questions

Nelson is very highly-regarded. With three current openings (Dallas, Carolina, New York Rangers) it’s hard to fathom a scenario where he doesn’t end up coaching an NHL team next season.

But will his style translate to the NHL? That question that will come up in interviews and ultimately be answered on the ice. Players have bought into Nelson’s system throughout his career, but he’s never had a full-season opportunity to install it at the NHL level.

Teams always feel like they’re taking a risk when hiring a coach without vast NHL head coaching experience, but Nelson could be worth the gamble.

Shapiro continues (paywall)…

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2 thoughts on “The Athletic’s Shapiro talks about Todd Nelson as a Dallas Stars coaching candidate”

  1. “Nelson is very highly-regarded. With three current openings (Dallas, Carolina, New York Rangers) it’s hard to fathom a scenario where he doesn’t end up coaching an NHL team next season.”

    If that happened who would GR be looking to for a replacement?

  2. I honestly don’t pay deep attention to the coaching department but I would assume Dan Watson given the “Red Wing Way” and promotion within.

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