Overview
- The team dismissed Piero Greco six games into the season and elevated Sergei Naumov from AHL Bridgeport to the NHL staff for at least the rest of the year.
- Naumov previously coached Ilya Sorokin at CSKA Moscow from 2018 to 2020, reuniting a player-coach pairing with established history.
- Darche stressed the decision was his alone and not driven by Sorokin, framing it as a necessary reset for the position.
- Patrick Roy said David Rittich will start Thursday, with Sorokin slated to return to the net Saturday in Philadelphia.
- Pierre Engvall underwent ankle surgery and is expected to miss the season, Chris Terreri will cover Bridgeport’s goalies for now, and forward Marc Gatcomb was placed on waivers.