The New Jersey Devils will announce this afternoon the hiring of John Hynes as their new head coach. Hynes was bench boss of the Pittsburgh Penguins AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for five years and was brought into the Penguins organization by new Devils GM Ray Shero.
The hiring of a younger head coach like Hynes is an indicator that the Devils will embark on a rebuild instead of their practice of the last few years to plug holes with aging veterans like Jaromir Jagr and Scott Gomez.
We will discuss this and more on the Buzzcast with me, Russ Cohen and Mike Augello:
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