Hurricanes assistant coach Dean Chynoweth departs for Maple Leafs
For the second time in four seasons, the Carolina Hurricanes are looking for a new defensive assistant after Dean Chynoweth left for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. Chynoweth, who orchestrated the NHL’s third-best penalty-killing unit on Rod Brind’Amour’s bench, replaces new Seattle Kraken head coach Dave Hakstol with the Leafs. Negotiations over new contracts for Brind’Amour’s staff, including Chynoweth, delayed the head coach’s own three-year extension until June this spring: “It’s importan...