Devils Daily

The 1st Round results from our Coach Madness bracket are in. Cheers!

We previewed the last region of our Coach Madness tournament. The matchups on the docket are Gerard Gallant/Mitch Korn, Sergei Brylin/Jay Woodcroft (17:13), Darryl Sutter/Luke Richardson (26:56), Bob Hartley/Adam Oates (34:30), John Wroblewski/Darryl Sydor (40:47), Scott Sandelin/Reid Cashman (50:59), Mike Vellucci/Dave Hakstol (57:27) and Scott Stevens/Greg Powers (1:05:09).

On to the next group of 16...we discuss the matchups of Bruce Boudreau/Sheldon Brookbank, Tony Granato/Dale Hunter (9:34), Scott Arniel/Sergei Gonchar (16:49), Andre Tourigny/Michel Therrien (25:25), Guy Gadowsky/Kirk Muller (34:24), Alain Nasreddine/Tommy Albelin (42:49), Doug Weight/Paul MacLean (52:08) and Jim Montgomery/Jacques Martin (59:53).

We discussed the next batch of 16, including the matchups of Guy Boucher/Ted Nolan, Nate Leaman/Phil Housley (10:44), Patrik Elias/Todd Nelson (20:22), Lane Lambert/Ken Hitchcock (28:00), Chris Taylor/Dan Lambert (35:28), Jay Pandolfo/Mike Yeo (40:48), Rand Pecknold/Rocky Thompson (49:22) and Mike Babcock/Mike Kitchen (56:04).

We open the show with what we think are the traits and ideals for the next NJD HC. After that, it's on to the matchups in Peter Laviolette/Mike Haviland (12:50), Mark Dennehy/Jim Madigan (22:16), Joe Sacco/Jack Capuano (29:29), John Madden/Dominique Ducharme (35:55), Spencer Carbery/Glen Gulutzan (45:51), Rikard Gronborg/Rob Scuderi (51:20), Mike Hastings/Jay Leach (58:00) and Dan Bylsma/Greg Carvel (1:06:42).

We introduced the the March Madness-style tournament to determine the next NJD HC. We mentioned the 56 names we have; from the favorites to the up-and-comers to the longshots and the Do Not Hires.

The 2020 NHL Trade Deadline came and went. We were live as the news for the Sami Vatanen return was announced. Discussions on the other two moves of the day as Wayne Simmonds and Louis Domingue were also traded.

We examined the market/fits for Wayne Simmonds, Sami Vatanen and Kyle Palmieri & predicted what happens with them before Monday evening.

We gave our thoughts on the state of the #NJDevils after the trades, Blake Coleman's time in NJ and the return from TB as well as Andy Greene's lengthy tenure and what came back from NYI.

We released our Top-5 external candidates for the NJD GM job, as well as the fan vote.