Another horrible piece of news just dropped for Patrick Roy and fans can't believe it
Patrick Roy and head coach Patrick Roy are watching this hiring cycle get worse by the day.
The biggest detail is also the hardest one for Roy.
Pierre LeBrun reported that no NHL team has contacted him for a head coaching job.
That is a brutal update when you consider how this spring started.
Roy was fired by the Islanders just days before the end of last season, and the file says many expected him to get another shot quickly.
Instead, the opposite has happened.
Openings have been there around the league, but the phone has stayed quiet.
That silence says plenty about where the market is leaning.
Teams are filling jobs, narrowing lists, and moving toward other profiles while Roy sits outside the real action.
It also says this is no longer just a temporary pause.
When LeBrun's information reaches this point, it means Roy is not being treated like a serious front-line option right now.
The bad news keeps piling up for Patrick Roy and fans are stunned
That is what makes this feel heavier now.
Toronto appears to be leaning younger, Vancouver already hired Manny Malhotra, and the file says Los Angeles does not look like it is moving toward a name like Roy either.
Edmonton still hangs there as the one bench people will keep bringing up.
But the file is clear on that too. Nothing indicates a call is coming from the Oilers.
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So where does that leave him?
Professionally, in a rough spot.
Roy still carries a massive résumé and a presence that few coaches in hockey can match. But the league clearly is not chasing that edge the way many assumed it would. That final sentence is an inference based on the file's report that no team has contacted him.
There is still a sliver of hope.
The file points out that one phone call can change everything, just like it has before in this league.
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But hope and momentum are not the same thing.
Right now, Patrick Roy has one and not the other, and that is why this coaching story feels so surprising.
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YESTERDAY
JUNE 2, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brayden McNabb | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Brett Howden | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | - | 1 | |
| William Karlsson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mitch Marner | - | 1 | 1 | |
| K'Andre Miller | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Colton Sissons | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaccob Slavin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Smith | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | - | - | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
| Jackson Blake | - | - | - | |
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