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Willie Desjardins realizes the Los Angeles Kings have more than enough time to turn around their dismal start to the season. The interim head coach still wants his Kings to play as if their season and their jobs are on the line in early November. Desjardins ran an energetic practice Monday to begin his tenure with the Kings, who fired John Stevens and assistant coach Don Nachbaur on Sunday in a shakeup of the struggling club. Continue to Article

November 05, 2018 11:13:pm EST

Evaluating NHL coaches is a tricky thing that nobody seems to have mastered. Look no further than the recent “coach of the year” winners and how quickly many of them have been fired. Sometimes it is comically fast. A lot of times what we think is a great Continue to Article

November 05, 2018 3:40:pm EST

The Los Angeles Kings put an end to the John Stevens era on Sunday afternoon, firing the coach just 13 games into his second season behind their bench. The coach is usually the first place teams look in a last-ditch effort to save a season that is teetering on the brink of falling apart. Maybe the team needed a different voice and some new ideas and a new approach and a new system. Continue to Article

November 04, 2018 8:45:pm EST

The Los Angeles Kings have fired head coach John Stevens and assistant coach Don Nachbaur. Stevens, who finishes his tenure with a 49-37-9 record, will be replaced by Willie Desjardins on an interim basis. Former Kings player Marco Sturm, who serves as head coach and general manager of the Germany national team, will take over assistant duties from Nachbaur. Continue to Article

November 04, 2018 4:08:pm EST

The struggling Los Angeles Kings fired head coach John Stevens on Sunday just 13 games into his second season in charge. Willie Desjardins will be the Kings' interim head coach for the rest of the regular season, general manager Rob Blake said. Los Angeles also fired assistant coach Don Nachbaur and hired former Kings forward Marco Sturm to replace him on Desjardins' staff. Continue to Article

November 04, 2018 4:06:pm EST