Rangers coaching candidates: The intriguing options to replace Peter Laviolette

By
Mollie Walker
Published April 19, 2025
Updated April 19, 2025, 4:54 p.m. ET
Seattle Kraken assistant coach Jay Leach, right, yells to players in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021
Seattle Kraken assistant coach Jay Leach, right, yells to players in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021 AP

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A look at the early candidates for the Rangers’ head coaching vacancy:

Mike Sullivan

If Chris Drury has an opportunity to pry Sullivan away from the Penguins, the expectation is the Rangers president and general mana🎶ger would do 💛just that.

Sullivan told The Post before the start of ౠlast season that he w🀅as in Pittsburgh “for the long haul,” but who knows what could happen amid the Penguins missing the playoffs for a third straight year.

Mike Sullivan reacts during a Penguins game.
Mike Sullivan reacts during a Penguins game. AP

Jay Leach

Behind the Bruins’ bench this season as an assistant, Leach would be a first-time NHL head coach if the Range♔rs hired him.