Only days after the Vegas Golden Knights lost the Stanley Cup Finals 4-2, it was announced that head coach John Tortorella will not return for the 2026-2027 season. Tortorella was hired in March, took over a team in chaos, coached the last eight regular season games, then helmed the playoffs; his record over the three months was 21-8-1. But his contract expires on the 30th of this month and it will lapse. According to various reports, Tortorella wanted to return to the job, but the VGK, in their usual fashion (which started when they fired the first head coach, Gerard Gallant, in the middle of a road trip, his bags were unloaded from the team bus, and he and an assistant coach were left stranded outside PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina), shook his hand and showed him the door. When the new head coach, Ryan Craig, who’s been promoted from his head coach position with the Henderson Silver Knights, takes over, he’ll be the team’s fifth at the start of its 10th season. Note to Craig: On road trips, keep cab fare handy.
Source: Las Vegas News