Overview
- The Devils announced Thursday that assistant coach Jeremy Colliton is leaving to pursue other business opportunities and the team said it will begin an immediate search for his replacement.
- Colliton ran New Jersey’s power play for two seasons, during which the unit converted at a 25.2% rate and ranked fourth in the NHL.
- Reports say Colliton is not expected to take another NHL bench job next season and that the opportunities he is pursuing are unrelated to NHL openings.
- The team already reassigned assistant Sergei Brylin and dismissed goalie coach Dave Rogalski, leaving general manager Sunny Mehta to fill three vacancies on Sheldon Keefe’s staff ahead of the June 26 draft and July 1 free agency.
- Media outlets have floated candidates such as Paul McFarland, Sylvain Lefebvre, and Ryan Mougenel as fits for maintaining special-teams continuity, a hire that could directly affect how the Devils use power-play time and how quickly younger players adapt to NHL systems.