The 48-year-old is in charge of guiding a Wild team that is 5-10-4, its poorest start since the franchise’s expansion in 2000-01.
Dean Evason is out, and John Hynes is in. So, who is Hynes, and why was general manager Bill Guerin so eager to employ someone from outside the organization when Minnesota will return to the ice Tuesday night against the St. Louis Blues?
Hynes coached the New Jersey Devils from 2015 to the early part of the 2019-20 season, when he was sacked in December following a poor start to the season. After Peter Laviolette was sacked midway through the 2019-20 season, he was promoted head coach of the Nashville Predators less than a month later.
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