{"id":340747,"date":"2026-05-26T04:27:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=340747"},"modified":"2026-05-26T04:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:57:57","slug":"does-john-tortorellas-run-alter-the-vegas-golden-knights-plan-for-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/does-john-tortorellas-run-alter-the-vegas-golden-knights-plan-for-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Does John Tortorella’s Run Alter the Vegas Golden Knights Plan for Next Season?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is John Tortorella\u2019s success behind the Vegas Golden Knights bench throwing a wrench of their future plans?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

NHL Media<\/strong><\/a>: Elliotte Friedman, when asked in regards to the Vegas Golden Knights and their coaching future. If John Tortorella guides the Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup, do they need to bring him back? He\u2019s only under contract until the top of the yr. The Golden Knights could have their future head coach within the AHL.<\/p>\n

** NHLRumors.com transcription<\/em><\/p>\n

Kathryn Tappen: \u201cElliotte, I\u2019m going to start out with what we were just chatting about before you got here in, and it\u2019s the long run of John Tortorella. You understand, it\u2019s very interesting to see what he\u2019s done with this group, and what do you recognize about what his future is likely to be there in Vegas?<\/p>\n

Friedman: \u201cYou understand, Vegas all the time keeps these items very near the vest, Kathryn. But I do know is that the Golden Knights, their coach within the American Hockey League at Henderson, is Ryan Craig<\/a>. And Ryan Craig has been within the Vegas system, I believe, for the reason that starting, and he\u2019s got an extended history with Kelly McCrimmon. And the explanation that one in every of the explanations they sent him down there was to get bench experience.<\/p>\n

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And I do imagine that there have been, that there are individuals who think that Ryan Craig was going to be the subsequent head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, each time Bruce Cassidy<\/a> was done. Now they decided to not do it here, but there are individuals who think that he was pencilled in to be their head coach next yr. Craig, they got knocked out early within the American playoffs, but people I do know who watch the that league much closer than I do said he did a extremely good job with that team and a few of their prospects.<\/p>\n

So I can\u2019t say this with 100% certainty, but I believe there was possibility that Tortorella was to complete the yr, after which Craig took over. But I heard what you guys were talking about, and I don\u2019t disagree. Like, if Tortorella wins the Stanley Cup, then how do you, how do you are taking them out?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll inform you guys something else. What if you will have an open head coaching job at once. And John Tortorella doesn\u2019t have a contract after June 30? Do you wait and see if Vegas is keeping them, because if I had an open job and I used to be this, I could be saying that guy is much from done, removed from done on this league.\u201d<\/p>\n

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