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After being fired by the Stars in 2013, Gulutzan became an assistant coach with the Vancouver Canucks under John Tortorella and Willie Desjardins before being hired by the Calgary Flames in 2016 as head coach. He lasted two seasons there, making the playoffs once, before being replaced by Bill Peters.
Gulutzan moved on to become an assistant coach with the Oilers for seven seasons under four different head coaches. He had a good relationship with star center Connor McDavid and ran the team’s power play, which was No. 1 in the NHL (26.8% conversion rate) during his time in Edmonton.
Oilers GM Stan Bowman hinted at the hire at his season-ending news conference by saying he didn’t want to announce anything regarding Gulutzan.
ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
