Nov 29, 2024; San Jose, California, USA; Seattle Kraken head coach Dan Bylsma watches the play in opposition to the San Jose Sharks through the third interval at SAP Heart at San Jose. Obligatory Credit score: Robert Edwards-Imagn Photos The Seattle Kraken fired head coach Dan Bylsma on Monday after one season on the job.
As well as, Kraken common supervisor Ron Francis will transition to a brand new position as workforce president and assistant GM Jason Botterill can be elevated to common supervisor, The Athletic reported.
Bylsma, 54, spent two seasons because the coach of the Kraken’s AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, earlier than being promoted to guide the NHL membership in Might 2024 when Dave Hakstol was let go.
“We thank Dan for his dedication and the power he delivered to our group over the previous 4 years on the NHL and AHL ranges,” Francis mentioned in a launch. “After an intensive evaluation of the season and our expectations for subsequent yr and past, we have made the tough determination to maneuver in a special route behind the bench. Dan is a good individual and a revered coach. He performed an necessary position within the improvement of lots of our younger prospects and was a giant a part of our early success in Coachella Valley. We sincerely want him and his household nothing however success transferring ahead.”
Bylsma was greatest identified for taking up the Pittsburgh Penguins halfway by means of the 2008-09 season and guiding them to the 2009 Stanley Cup.
In his lone season on the helm in Seattle, the Kraken went 35-41-6 and missed the playoffs. In elements of 9 seasons with the Penguins (2008-14), Buffalo Sabres (2015-17) and Kraken, Bylsma has a 355-231-61 file as a head coach.
Francis, 62, was a Hockey Corridor of Fame inductee as a participant and was named the enlargement Kraken’s first common supervisor in 2019 after spending time as an govt with the Carolina Hurricanes.
Botterill, 48, served as the overall supervisor of the Sabres from 2017-20. He had labored in Seattle’s entrance workplace since January 2021.
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