Fit for a King: Sutter had no interest in signing with any other team
The decision for Darryl Sutter to return as the head coach of the Los Angeles Kings appears to have been an easy one.
The team locked up its bench boss to a multi-year contract that will kick in during the 2016-17 season, a seemingly perfect fit.
"It was a clear and easy decision," Sutter said, according to NHL.com's Curtis Zupke. "I wasn’t interested in going elsewhere."
Sutter's new deal with LA, paying north of $3M of year, is a club option on 3rd yr but gets paid some of 3rd yr even if option not picked up
— Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) May 13, 2016
According to LA Kings Insider Jon Rosen, the team's strong nucleus ownership, and his family all played integral rolls in making his decision to stay.
In his five years as coach of the Kings, Sutter has recorded the team's best regular-season points percentage at .608 and the franchise's best playoff winning percentage at .641