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- Columbus Blue Jackets
- Published: Mar. 29, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella is backmost down an NHL bench.
The Vegas Golden Knights made a coaching alteration connected Sunday, firing erstwhile Stanley Cup-winning coach Bruce Cassidy and hiring Tortorella successful his place.
The Golden Knights are only 3 years removed from winning nan franchise’s first Stanley Cup. Sitting astatine 80 points, successful 3rd spot successful nan Pacific Division and having mislaid 7 of their past ten, Vegas made nan move to bring successful Tortorella.
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He had been moving for ESPN arsenic an expert past play aft he and nan Flyers parted ways aft 3 seasons successful Philadelphia.
Tortorella was nan caput coach of nan Blue Jackets for six seasons, and he was 227-166-54 down nan Columbus bench. He helped them make nan playoffs successful 4 consecutive seasons and triumph their first and only seven-game bid successful squad history erstwhile they swept nan President’s Trophy winning Tampa Bay Lightning successful 2018-19.
Tortorella’s profession grounds stands astatine 770-648-165 pinch 37 ties. He was besides a Stanley Cup champion pinch nan Lightning successful 2003-04.
In nan years aft Cassidy and nan Golden Knights won nan Stanley Cup, Vegas has yet to return to nan Western Conference Final.
Tim Bielik been portion of cleveland.com's sports unit since 2013 and has been covering sports successful Northeast Ohio for 12 years. He is simply a wide duty sports newsman who has covered galore sporting events...
