Devils hire MacLean as coach (AP) from Yahoo! Sports – NHL News
The fourth time apparently was the charm for John MacLean. A perennial candidate to lead the team he played for and coached as an assistant, MacLean was named the head coach of the New Jersey Devils on Thursday, replacing the retired Jacques Lemaire. MacLean was considered for the head coaching position with the Devils on three other occasions, but lost out to, in order, Claude Julien (2006), Brent…