6/5/23 | 1PM: The Rangers are reportedly not planning to speak with Patrick Roy. (The Athletic, NY Post)
Elliotte Friedman said on The Jeff Marek Show of rumors of the Rangers and Roy, “Unless that happened this morning that is not what I heard. I heard on the weekend that they were kind of deciding between Hynes and Laviolette, if there is someone else there, I didn’t know about it, but as far as I heard, as of last night, the Rangers hadn’t spoken to him. Now maybe they pick up the phone and make the call today, but if I were Calgary or Anaheim I would be calling this guy…”
6/3/23 | 6:05 PM: Friedman was on NHL Now on Saturday and said of the Rangers ” I think Peter Laviolette was just in there for a second interview. To me, I think the Rangers are probably using this weekend…I thought that if it was going to be Laviolette it would have been done last week, my timeline was off there. I gotta think that the Rangers are at a point now where they are making their decision. To me, I think the likely two guys are him and John Hynes, if there is anybody else who is really seriously in this, I confess that I’m not aware of who that individual is. I think the Rangers are at a point where they are going to be making their choice either this weekend or early next week.”