The Seattle Kraken fired head coach Dan Bylsma on Monday after one season on the job.
As well as, Kraken basic supervisor Ron Francis will transition to a brand new position as crew president and assistant GM Jason Botterill shall be elevated to basic supervisor, The Athletic reported.
Bylsma, 54, spent two seasons because the coach of the Kraken’s AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, earlier than being promoted to guide the NHL membership in Could 2024 when Dave Hakstol was let go.
“We thank Dan for his dedication and the power he dropped at our group over the previous 4 years on the NHL and AHL ranges,” Francis stated in a launch. “After an intensive evaluation of the season and our expectations for subsequent yr and past, we have made the troublesome resolution to maneuver in a special path behind the bench. Dan is a superb particular person and a revered coach. He performed an vital position within the improvement of a lot of our younger prospects and was a giant a part of our early success in Coachella Valley. We sincerely want him and his household nothing however success shifting ahead.”
Bylsma was finest identified for taking on the Pittsburgh Penguins halfway via the 2008-09 season and guiding them to the 2009 Stanley Cup.
In his lone season on the helm in Seattle, the Kraken went 35-41-6 and missed the playoffs. In elements of 9 seasons with the Penguins (2008-14), Buffalo Sabres (2015-17) and Kraken, Bylsma has a 355-231-61 report as a head coach.
Francis, 62, was a Hockey Corridor of Fame inductee as a participant and was named the enlargement Kraken’s first basic supervisor in 2019 after spending time as an government with the Carolina Hurricanes.
Botterill, 48, served as the final supervisor of the Sabres from 2017-20. He had labored in Seattle’s entrance workplace since January 2021.
–Subject Degree Media
