NHL Coaches’ Group Puts Cassidy Hiring Block Under the Microscope

The coaches’ circle is sounding the alarm, and that usually means the league has stepped into a mess it cannot shrug off with a polite memo. Bruce Cassidy’s name is at the center of an unusual hiring fight, and the pushback suggests there is more here than a simple staffing wrinkle. When coaches start talking about a block that should never happen, it means people around the league think the process itself is the real story.