Elliotte Friedman was on Calgary’s Sportsnet 960 on Monday morning.

On what he expects with the San Jose Sharks in terms of their coaching situation, and how Dan Bylsma has been making the rounds:

“Honestly – that’s a great way to phrase the question – I honestly don’t know. I was told he was going to interview about 20 guys and I think he’s taking a good run at that.

“I believe he’s interviewed Bylsma. Somebody told me he hasn’t, but I believe he will or has. I know he’s interviewed Peter DeBoer. He’s interviewed Dave Lowry. I heard he did a phone interview with Rob Zettler, but he’s probably not the candidate. Another name I heard they’ve been talking to out there is Dave Quinn, who’s the coach of Boston University. Adam Oates was out there last week.

“I think it’s still possible that he may interview some guys who are still alive in the playoffs, like Trent Yawney in Anaheim. I also wonder about a couple of guys – Kevin Dineen in Chicago and Scott Arniel in New York. These are guys who are legit candidates and I wonder if anybody is going to wait to speak to them after their teams have been knocked out.

“Doug Wilson is interviewing a lot of guys. I’ve been told he’s in no hurry. Watch, I’ll say that and they’ll announce the coach in two minutes. But I’ve been told he’s in no hurry. And he’s going to interview a lot more guys, too.

On if there’s any talk of Randy Carlyle, anywhere:

“Oh yeah. He’s in the mix there, yes. Yes. There’s so many names…

“As far as I knew, and I haven’t checked back since last week, San Jose was the only team that asked permission to speak to him. And this was last week that I knew that. It’s worth going back and checking on today.

Source: Sportsnet 960/ Transcript: Nichols

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