New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes FREE LIVE STREAM (5/16/24): Watch Stanley Cup Playoffs game online | Time, TV, channel

The New York Rangers face the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 6 of the second round of the Eastern Conference Stanley Cup playoffs at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday, May 16, 2024 (5/16/24).

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Here’s what you need to know:

What: NHL Stanley Cup playoffs second round

Who: New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes

When: Thursday, May 16, 2024

Time: 7 p.m. ET

Where: PNC Arena

TV: TNT

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Here’s a recent NHL story from the AP:

Paul Maurice is in his second season coaching the Florida Panthers, trying to guide them to a second consecutive appearance in the Stanley Cup Final. It was pointed out to him not long ago that, in his current profession, two years seems like an eternity.

Such is the life he chose.

“Tough business,” Maurice said. “Could have been a doctor.”

Job security is basically an oxymoron in the world of professional coaching, and the turnover rate right now in the NHL is wild. In the four biggest U.S. pro sports leagues — Major League Baseball, the NBA, the NFL and the NHL — there are 124 teams, so there are 124 head coaching positions. Only 45% of that current total have been in their current jobs for more than two full seasons.

The NFL has about 60% of its coaches going into Year 3 or more, and the rate is 53% for both MLB managers and NBA coaches.

In the NHL, the revolving door is swinging faster than anywhere else. Sheldon Keefe’s firing by Toronto last week reduced the list of NHL coaches in their current job for more than two years to just five out of 32, or basically 16%. Spencer Carbery, hired by Washington less than a year ago, is already the 13th-longest tenured in the NHL.

“I do have thoughts on that,” Dallas coach Peter DeBoer said of the NHL coaching longevity, or lack thereof. “It’s insanity.”

Tampa Bay’s Jon Cooper, Pittsburgh’s Mike Sullivan, Colorado’s Jared Bednar, Carolina’s Rod Brind’Amour and Montreal’s Martin St. Louis are the five with more than two years in their current job. Add in all the midseason changes and the NHL had 39 different head coaches this season, tying the record set two years ago.

“We coach in an age where everyone talks about the modern athlete, building relationships in order to coach them,” DeBoer said. “And how do you do that with that kind of turnover? It’s like going on a date and getting married and divorced before the appetizers show up. I don’t get it. But, you know, that’s the world we live in.”

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