Tortorella has new head coaching job with Cassidy’s sudden firing originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
At the beginning of his tenure in Philadelphia, there was word that the Flyers would be John Tortorella’s last head coaching job.
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But the 67-year-old clearly still has it in him.
He was hired Sunday by the Golden Knights as the team’s new bench boss after Bruce Cassidy was fired in his fourth season leading Vegas.
Cassidy won a Stanley Cup in 2022-23, his first season with the Golden Knights. The news comes as a real surprise considering the timing and the fact that Vegas was on the verge of making the playoffs for a fourth straight season under Cassidy.
But the Golden Knights, in third place at 32-26-16, have also benefited from playing in the Pacific Division, which is by far the NHL’s weakest this season.
Tortorella was fired by the Flyers at almost exactly this time last year. He was in his third season with the club, which had nine games left. Now, Tortorella takes over a Vegas team that has eight games left and is poised for the playoffs.
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The veteran head coach did impressive work in getting the Flyers to be significantly more competitive and respected as the organization embraced a rebuild. But in Year 3, things had stalled and the rebuild went into another gear.
Tortorella goes to the Golden Knights with tons of experience and looking for his first Stanley Cup title since 2004, when he won with the Lightning.
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