GOOD AS GOLD
51-24-7, 109 points Florida Panthers, coach
The word “taxi” immediately follows a Google search for the Vegas Golden Knights’ head coach.
No, it’s not some glitch in the algorithm, but instead an ode to one of the weirdest sequence of events a coach has experienced.
Gallant, a 2015-16 Jack Adams Award finalist for NHL coach of the year, was canned 22 games into the next season after an 11-10-1 start.
The firing came right after a 3-2 loss to Carolina, and shortly thereafter, photos of Gallant waiting for a cab in Raleigh went viral.
He set the story straight after the Internet had its fun, saying his former employer had called a car service for him, but he didn’t William Karlsson, C Jonathan Marchessault, C David Perron, LW Reilly Smith, RW Erik Haula, LW James Neal, LW Colin Miller, D Alex Tuch, RW Nate Schmidt, D Shea Theodore, D 82 77 70 67 76 71 82 78 76 61 43 27 16 22 29 25 10 15 5 6 35 48 50 38 26 19 31 22 31 23 78 75 66 60 55 44 41 37 36 29