San Jose picks up McLellan as coach
According to Helene St. James at the Detroit Free Press, the San Jose Sharks have signed Todd McLellan to a three year contract as the team’s new head coach. He just won the Stanley Cup as the Wings’ assistant coach, where he spent three seasons, and is more than deserving of this signing.
“It’s a very good feeling,” McLellan said in a statement released by the team. “From the first moment Doug called to the moment he offered the job, I felt comfortable. I think the Sharks have done a tremendous job. You don’t get that close to 50 wins for a number of years in a row without a lot of talent. It’s a matter of getting over the hump. There are some real parallels between the Wings and the Sharks.” …
“Todd McLellan has an excellent track record and has had success at every level of coaching in his career,” Doug Wilson said. “He comes from one of the top organizations in all of sports and has been exposed to some of the brightest hockey minds in the game including Jim Devallano, Ken Holland, Scotty Bowman, Steve Yzerman and Mike Babcock, along with Jacques Lemaire, to name just a few. We feel that Todd is an excellent fit for our hockey team.”
While I hate to see him go because he was a great asset to our coaching staff and he’ll certainly be missed, I am happy to see his success and hard work get rewarded. Plus, he’s going to an already solid team. And while that makes me a little nervous as a Wings fan, I like seeing him go to a team with a sound base instead of him having to start over from scratch. I wish McLellan nothing but the best of luck unless the Sharks are playing the Wings.
Babcock will start his search for a new assistant coach soon.
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