The Columbus Blue Jackets employed Dean Evason as coach Monday, filling the NHL’s ultimate emptiness two months earlier than coaching camps open.
Evason, 59, might be Columbus’ third coach in as many seasons, not counting Mike Babcock being employed and resigning on the eve of coaching camp final September. The staff says Evason agreed to a multiyear contract.
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New Blue Jackets basic supervisor Don Waddell fired Pascal Vincent not lengthy after taking up management of the group’s hockey operations division.
“He has spent nicely over 20 years on this league as a participant, assistant coach and head coach and I imagine that have, mixed with the excellent individual he’s, will enable Dean to get the most effective out of our gamers and put us able to succeed as a staff,” Waddell stated in a press release.
Evason coached the Minnesota Wild for elements of the previous 5 seasons earlier than being fired and changed by John Hynes in November. That is his second head-coaching job within the league.
“There’s a nice core and plenty of younger expertise on this staff,” Evason stated. “I’m actually trying ahead to working with this group and serving to us turn into a staff that performs extraordinarily onerous and competes on the highest degree.”
