Dave Lewis Hired As Scout

In a game of musical chairs that the former Red Wings head coach lost, Dave Lewis has accepted an offer to be an NHL scout for the Wings, after failing to find a coaching position elsewhere. The Wings' late signing of Mike Babcock compounded the problem of few coaching positions vacant this summer. It has to be embarrassing to Lewis that former Wings associate coach Barry Smith found a coaching position with the Coyotes, and the former head coach is left as a scout. Or maybe Lewis is that attached to the organization that he can't leave. He played two seasons with the Wings (86-87, 87-88) and joined the coaching staff in 1987 (after playing six games in the 87-88 season), where he's remained ever since. As for Joey Kocur, Mike Krushelnyski is now listed as video technician (which was Kocur's old position). So either the Wings offered Kocur a position elsewhere, or he declined becoming video guy. Some trivia on Mike Krushelnyski: he played for the Wings in 1994-1995 and was an assistant coach during the 1996-1997 season.