The Senators have an eye on a big name for their open head coaching job.
Ottawa is expected to interview Hockey Hall of Famer and 2014 Jack Adams Award winner Patrick Roy for its head coaching job, according to a report from the Ottawa Sun.
Roy played 19 years in the NHL with the Canadiens and Avalanche, winning four Stanley Cups, three Conn Smythe Awards and three Vezina Trophies.
After retiring in 2003 he went on to be the general manager and head coach of the Quebec Remparts of the CHL where he won the Memorial Cup in his first year with the team.
He stayed with Quebec for nine seasons before taking over the head coaching job for the Avalanche in 2013. That year he won the NHL's Coach of the Year Award (Jack Adams) after leading Colorado to a 112-point season.
Colorado ultimately lost in the first round of the playoffs and failed to make the postseason in both of Roy's final two years with the team.
Roy stepped down as head coach in 2016, citing a lack of input in personnel decisions. Jared Bednar has been the team's coach since.
The 11-time All-Star goalie is second all time in wins (551) behind only Martin Brodeur.
Ottawa fired head coach Guy Boucher during the season and has been looking for a replacement ever since.
If Roy does interview with the Senators, he would be the seventh to get a look from Ottawa. He'd join the likes of interim coach Marc Crawford, Belleville’s Troy Mann, Pittsburgh assistant Jacques Martin, Toronto assistant D.J. Smith, Dallas assistant Rick Bowness and Nate Leaman of Providence College.