By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
The Los Angeles Kings have hired Todd McLellan as their new Head Coach. He replaces Willie Desjardins, who departed after the season.
Desjardins took over on Nov. 4 for John Stevens, who was fired after a 4-8-1 record. Desjardins guided the Kings to a 27-34-8 record as the Interim Head Coach.
Since the 2014-15 season, the Kings have rotated between missing the playoffs and making the playoffs. In 2014-15, Los Angeles missed the playoffs. Then, during the 2015-16 season, the team lost in the first round of the postseason.
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During the 2016-17 season, the team missed out on the postseason once again. However, the following season, the team lost in the first round of the playoffs.
Then, during the 2018-19 season, the team missed the playoffs once again.
The 51-year-old Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada native was most recently the Edmonton Oilers head coach. He was fired after 20 games during the 2018-19 season.
At the time of his departure, McLellan guided the Oilers to a 9-10-1 record. As the Edmonton head coach, he went 123-119-24.
He guided the team to the playoffs once in his tenure, losing in the second round to the Anaheim Ducks in the 2016-17 season. Besides being the Oilers’ head coach, he also was the San Jose Sharks’ head coach.
He went 311-163-66 with the San Jose, California-based team. Twice during his tenure there, he guided the team to the Conference Finals.
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Both teams, the Sharks lost to the Chicago Blackhawks and the Vancouver Canucks.
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