6 Potential Candidates to Replace Gerard Gallant as Rangers Head Coach

FOLLOWING PRACTICES: 6 Potential Candidates to Replace Gerard Gallant as Rangers Head Coach due to…

Greetings from New York! Gallant Gerard.

You can succeed anywhere if you can get there.

But realize that when expectations are that high, you can also be fired after winning 99 games in two regular seasons and an additional 13 in the postseason.

The Rangers announced on Saturday that the coach and the team had amicably decided to split ways, shortly after their short postseason journey came to an end with a Game 7 loss to the New Jersey Devils. That’s what officially happened to the 59-year-old.

A season after making it to the Eastern Conference Finals, New York had won Games 1 and 2 on the road when they were eliminated in the first round. Superstars Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrick Kane were brought in.