{"id":659756,"date":"2026-05-10T07:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T07:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659756\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T07:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T07:21:08","slug":"cassidy-subban-islanders-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659756\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassidy, Subban, Islanders \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Gabriel Foley<\/a> |
\n at May 9, 2026 9:30 pm <\/p>\n

Head coach Bruce Cassidy<\/a> could find his way back to the Pacific Division sooner rather than later. He is believed to be in the mix for the Los Angeles Kings\u2019 coaching vacancy after the club fired<\/a> Jim Hiller<\/a> in March, per David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period on The Hot Stove podcast<\/a>. The Kings named D.J. Smith<\/a> to the role of interim head coach. He led the Kings to an 11-6-6 record to close out the regular season, then oversaw Los Angeles in a first round sweep at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche.<\/p>\n

Cassidy has a track record of playoff success. He has made the postseason in 10 of his 12 years as an NHL head coach. Those squads made it past the first round in six of those appearances, made the Stanley Cup Finals twice, and won it all once. Where Cassidy goes, long seasons follow \u2013 and his\u00a0experience leading an NHL bench could be invaluable for a Kings team in flux. Los Angeles added<\/a> a superstar talent in Artemi Panarin<\/a> this season \u2013 but he had to take on a heavy load after injuries to Kevin Fiala<\/a> and Andrei Kuzmenko<\/a>. Good health for the entire lineup, and the presence of a seasoned head coach, could be enough to keep Los Angeles in playoff contention next season despite Anze Kopitar<\/a>\u2018s retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other notes from around the NHL:<\/p>\n

Former Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban<\/a> accomplished his goal of donating $10MM to the Montreal Children\u2019s Hospital earlier today, per the\u00a0Montreal Gazzette<\/a>. It was the largest donation to the hospital by an athlete in the country\u2019s history. Subban announced a mission to raise the funds in 2015, amid routine visits to children staying in the hospital. 11 years later, he has completed the feat, with 100 percent of the money raised going to the Montreal Children\u2019s Hospital Foundation. Subban played 13 seasons in the NHL, including seven with the Canadiens. He scored 278 points in 434 games with Montreal and 467 points in 834 total games in his career.
\nThe New York Islanders have invited feisty Providence Friars forward Tanner Adams<\/a> to their 2026-27 training camp per NHL.com\u2019s Mark Divver<\/a>. Adams wrapped up his junior year at Providence College this season. He filled an important, top-nine role on the offense \u2013 bringing aggression and physicality on the forecheck, even despite his sub-6\u20190 frame. Adams has totaled 28 goals and 67 points in 108 collegiate games so far. He will attempt to wow an NHL organization once again after attending the Toronto Maple Leafs\u2019 training camp last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Gabriel Foley | at May 9, 2026 9:30 pm Head coach Bruce Cassidy could find his way…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[237386,49,48,763,743,750,448,175429,82,243992],"class_list":["post-659756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-bruce-cassidy","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-los-angeles-kings","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-nhl","tag-p-k-subban","tag-sports","tag-tanner-adams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}