New Coaches in 2024-25: Travis Green, Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are still trying to find the right mix of players and coaching staff to finally finish the rebuild and become a perennial playoff contender. They essentially cleaned house this season, and now have a new owner (Michael Andlauer), a new president/general manager (Steve Staios), and most recently, a new head coach (Travis Green). Green took over from interim coach Jacques Martin after finishing the season as an interim coach himself in New Jersey after Lindy Ruff was fired.
After a 970-game career in the NHL with the New York Islanders, Anaheim Ducks, Phoenix Coyotes, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins, Green entered the coaching realm with the Portland Winterhawks as an assistant in 2009-10. He became their head coach in 2012-13 and promptly won a Western Hockey League (WHL) championship on the back of a 37-8-2 record after Mike Johnston was forced out due to a suspension by the Canadian Hockey League (CHL).
That’s all it took for the Vancouver Canucks to come calling in the offseason, as they hired Green to become the lead man for their new American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Utica Comets. He spent four seasons as their head coach before taking over at the NHL level for Willie Desjardins following the conclusion of the 2016-17 season.
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