Just weeks after Patrick Roy’s shock departure, Colorado’s search for a new head coach appears to be taking shape.
There’s plenty to get into, so let’s go bullet points:
• Per the Denver Post, a pair of assistant coaches -- San Jose’s Bob Boughner and Chicago’s Kevin Dineen -- have emerged as “major candidates” for the job.
• Also per the Post, Jared Bednar -- the head coach of Columbus’ Calder Cup-winning AHL affiliate in Lake Erie -- is in the mix for the Colorado gig as well.
• Another guy with Columbus ties, former head coach Scott Arniel, is reportedly out of contention, per the Dispatch. Arniel’s currently serving as Alain Vigneault’s right-hand man in New York.
Told former #CBJ coach Scott Arniel has not been granted an interview and is not a candidate in Colorado. #Avs #NYR
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) August 23, 2016
• Other names in the mix include Vancouver property Travis Green (currently with AHL Utica) and longtime Barry Trotz assistant Lane Lambert (currently with Washington).
• Brad Larsen, currently one of John Tortorella’s assistants in Columbus and a former Avs player, won’t be getting an interview. Larsen’s name had apparently been floated earlier.
• And finally, if you’re wondering why so many guys with Columbus ties are in the mix, the Dispatch’s Aaron Portzline explained that former BJ’s assistant GM Chris McFarland now has the same job in Colorado under Joe Sakic.
So there you go.