It appears Adam Oates' days in New Jersey are numbered.
Oates, who served as an assistant in the latter half of the 2014-15 season, is talking with an NHL team about their vacant head coaching position, and that team isn't New Jersey.
To pass the time. In other coaching news, Randy Carlyle spoke with the Sharks this week. Adam Oates is talking with Wilson today.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) May 20, 2015The Sharks have interviewed a handful of coaches, and they want a second interview with Pete DeBoer, so I'd be surprised if Oates gets the gig. That said, I find it interesting that he's talking with San Jose.
Ray Shero has been in charge of the Devils for a few weeks now and has surely had time to talk to Oates about his future with the organization.
If Oates is talking to the Sharks that likely means Shero told him he won't be the next coach of the Devils.
Oates has mentioned that he'd like to be the head guy in New Jersey so I doubt he'd be talking to other teams if he was still in the running.
Whether he returns to New Jersey as an assistant or not remains to be seen, but it seems quite unlikely he'll be the team's next head coach.
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