Ducks’ slow-moving coaching search appears to be picking up steam

Conventional wisdom suggested for many months that Dallas Eakins would be the preferred choice when General Manager Bob Murray selected the Ducks’ next coach. In fact, one NHL source said Eakins had been promised the job not long after Randy Carlyle was fired Feb. 10.
No question, Eakins would be a logical pick, having played a key role in the development of so many of the Ducks’ top prospects in his four seasons as coach of the San Diego Gulls, the franchise’s AHL team. P