Source: Stars bringing back Gulutzan as coach

The Dallas Stars are bringing backmost Glen Gulutzan arsenic their caput manager 12 years aft helium was fired by the organization, a root confirmed to ESPN amid aggregate reports Sunday.

Gulutzan, who was serving arsenic an adjunct manager with the Edmonton Oilers, replaces Pete DeBoer, who was fired by the Stars earlier this period aft 3 seasons. An authoritative announcement is expected soon by the team.

The 53-year-old Gulutzan coached the Stars from 2011 to 2013, going 64-57-9 and missing the playoffs successful some seasons. He had been hired to regenerate Marc Crawford, aft coaching the Stars' AHL affiliate for 2 seasons and the ECHL Las Vegas Wranglers for six seasons.

Two weeks aft the Stars hired him successful 2013 to tally the team, existent wide manager Jim Nill fired Gulutzan, saying the squad decided to "go successful a antithetic direction" with the coaching staff. Dallas past replaced Gulutzan with seasoned manager Lindy Ruff.

Twelve years later, Nill has rehired Gulutzan arsenic his caput coach, hoping helium tin pb the squad to the Stanley Cup.

After being fired by Dallas, Gulutzan moved connected to beryllium an adjunct manager with the Vancouver Canucks nether John Tortorella and Willie Desjardins, earlier being hired by the Calgary Flames successful 2016 arsenic caput coach. He lasted 2 seasons there, making the playoffs once, earlier being replaced by Bill Peters.

He moved connected to go an adjunct manager with the Oilers for 7 seasons nether 4 antithetic caput coaches. Gulutzan had a bully narration with prima halfway Connor McDavid and ran the team's powerfulness play, which was No. 1 successful the NHL (26.8% conversion rate) during his clip successful Edmonton.

Gulutzan inherits a talented roster that's been runner-up successful the league for 3 consecutive seasons. That includes prima winger Mikko Rantanen, whom they acquired astatine the commercialized deadline and singed to an eight-year, $96 cardinal extension.

Dallas began searching for a caller manager aft firing DeBoer, who posted a .665 regular-season points percent and led the Stars to the Western Conference Finals successful 3 consecutive years. The Stars mislaid to Vegas successful 2023 and past to Edmonton successful the pursuing 2 seasons.

In their Game 5 elimination by the Oilers successful May, DeBoer pulled starting goalie Jake Oettinger aft giving up 2 goals successful the archetypal 7:09 of the game, aboriginal calling retired Oettinger for the team's deficiency of occurrence against Edmonton.

Nill called that concern a "component" of his determination to occurrence DeBoer, who had 1 much twelvemonth near connected his contract, but that determination were "things that took spot during the season" that factored into it.

Nill said his adjunct coaches "had done a large job" and hoped they'd proceed to beryllium portion of the Stars. Gulutzan, however, volition person to bring successful caller staffers aft adjunct manager Steve Spott near for the Boston Bruins and manager Misha Donskov took a relation with Hockey Canada.

Nill precocious said that adjunct coaches Alain Nasreddine and Jeff Reese volition instrumentality adjacent season.