Head coach John Hynes on the hot seat in Nashville just over one year in
With the recent news coming out of Vancouver that ownership plans to keep both Jim Benning and Travis Green with the club, despite a very mediocre start to the 2020-21 season, not every team shares a similar outlook on standing pat during a challenging hockey season.
According to Avs writer Adrian Dater, he has heard rumblings of a potential coaching change on the way in Nashville, as head coach John Hynes has struggled to get his team going through the first 15 games, owning a dismal 6-9-0 record.
Dater claims that his sources have suggested that Hynes is "in some real trouble" in Nashville and is "definitely on the hot seat".
Hynes has barely been in Nashville a year, having signed on to coach the Preds in January of 2020, just a couple of months before the pause in play due to COVID-19. His start with the club was mostly forgettable, with the Preds being bounced in the qualifying round of the 2019-20 playoffs by the Arizona Coyotes.
Hynes has had a rough go as an NHL head coach, having qualified for the playoffs just once in his 5 seasons as a bench boss, in 2017-18, on the heels of a Taylor Hall Hart Trophy campaign.
Should the Preds elect to make a coaching change for the second time in as many seasons, there are a few noteworthy names still available, including Bruce Boudreau and Gerard Gallant.
With a busy schedule coming up this week, with four games on the docket for the Preds, this should be a very important stretch for Hynes. His club playing sub-.500 hockey over that stretch will almost certainly be the final nail in his coffin.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Conor Garland | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nick Schmaltz | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jack McBain | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mikhail Sergachev | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jayden Struble | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cole Caufield | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Logan Cooley | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Christian Dvorak | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Barrett Hayton | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Quinn Hughes | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 1 | 1 | |
| David Savard | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pius Suter | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Arber Xhekaj | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Joel Armia | - | - | - | |
| Arshdeep Bains | - | - | - | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 22 | 18 | 4 | - | 36 | |
Devils | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 32 | |
Hurricanes | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 31 | |
Wild | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30 | |
Golden Knights | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | |
Capitals | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 29 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 20 | 13 | 7 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||