Steve Stirling is up from Bingo and has been with the team for several days. I hadn't realized he has 1.5 seasons of NHL head coach experience with the Islanders. I do know that there is a TON of respect for him around hockey circles.
The news is out this morning that assistant coach Mark Reeds, who has been dealing with an inoperable cancer, has died. He was 55.
Roger Nielsen, Mark Reeds, and GMBM is dealing with it too. Cancer sucks.