Name: Los Angeles Kings Nearing Extension With Todd McLellan
Brand: prohockeyrumors.com
SKU: prohockeyrumors-com-1
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

Los Angeles Kings Nearing Extension With Todd McLellan

preview

RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops Rumors7:39 p.m.:&nbsp;The Fourth Period’s Dave Pagnotta reports it’s a one-year deal for McLellan, keeping him behind the L.A. bench through 2024-25.6:54 p.m.: The Los Angeles Kings are close to signing head coach Todd McLellan to an extension, reports Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. The veteran head coach was entering the 2023-24 campaign on an expiring contract.The move comes ahead of a pivotal season for the Kings, who have yet to win a playoff series exiting their retool/rebuild over the late 2010s. Stakes haven’t been this high in Los Angeles for quite some time, with immense pressure on the team to perform with&nbsp;Pierre-Luc Dubois added down the middle and youngsters like&nbsp;Quinton Byfield looking for a statement season.McLellan took over behind the Kings bench in the summer of 2019 after he was fired midseason during the 2018-19 campaign by the Edmonton Oilers. That meant his first truly full season with the team didn’t come until 2021-22 – his first two campaigns in Hollywood were shortened due to COVID-19. He’s coached 290 games for the Kings over the past four seasons now, accomplishing a 141-115-34 record in the regular season and a 5-8 record in the playoffs over their last two defeats, which, ironically, came at the hands of the Oilers.With the Kings making linear progress over the past three seasons, the organization evidently feels McLellan has earned the opportunity to see things through and guide the team deeper into the postseason. Since winning the Stanley Cup in 2014, Los Angeles has made the playoffs just four times and has yet to win a playoff series.The 56-year-old has plenty of experience. He surpassed the 1,000 games coached mark in 2021-22 and now has a total of 1,096 regular season games of head coaching experience between the Kings, Oilers, and San Jose Sharks. McLellan’s 575 career wins rank 23rd in NHL history, but his teams have historically fallen flat in postseason play – he’s got a career record of 42-46 despite overseeing the dominant Sharks squads of the early 2010s.View Comments (0)Please login to leave a reply.Log in RegisterTop StoriesRecentPro Hockey Rumors is not affiliated with National Hockey League, NHL or NHL.com scroll to topDesktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version

RegisterLoginMLB Trade RumorsHoops Rumors7:39 p.m.:&nbsp;The Fourth Period’s Dave Pagnotta reports it’s a one-year deal for McLellan, keeping him behind the L.A. bench through 2024-25.6:54 p.m.: The Los Angeles Kings are close to signing head coach Todd McLellan to an extension, reports Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. The veteran head coach was entering the 2023-24 campaign on an expiring contract.The move comes ahead of a pivotal season for the Kings, who have yet to win a playoff series exiting their retool/rebuild over the late 2010s. Stakes haven’t been this high in Los Angeles for quite...

public

Josh Erickson

prohockeyrumors.com

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

Los Angeles Kings Nearing Extension With Todd McLellan

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS