Bruce Cassidy ‘would’ve liked to see it through’ with Golden Knights
Sitting away from the motion whereas his former workforce is tied 2-2 of their first-round collection, Bruce Cassidy needs he might have been on the bench for this Vegas run.
Suddenly fired from the Golden Knights in late March with solely eight video games to go within the common season, Cassidy spoke about his sudden departure from Vegas in an look on NHL on TNT Tuesday night time.
“You grind for 74 games and you wanna be there at the end. That’s the payoff, right? Playing for the Cup, getting your name on the Cup again,” Cassidy mentioned when requested if he was shocked in regards to the sudden firing. “But Vegas, that they had their normal, they felt they weren’t there, so that they made a change.
“Great guys in that locker room, great players, so I’m excited for the guys but disappointed I didn’t get a chance to finish the job with them.”
Cassidy was fired on the tail finish of a 4-9-2 file in March, a run that started with Vegas on the high of the Pacific and ended with the workforce in third, six factors behind the first-place Anaheim Ducks.
He was changed by John Tortorella, who had been away from the NHL since being dismissed from the Philadelphia Flyers on March 27, 2025, however had served as an assistant for Team USA on the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Over these remaining eight video games, the Golden Knights went 7-0-1, guiding the workforce to first place within the Pacific, and are 2-2 of their first-round collection towards the Utah Mammoth.
Cassidy gained the Stanley Cup with the Golden Knights again in 2023 — his first 12 months with the workforce — and would’ve liked to be a part of one other run with a promising facet trying to find one other title.
“I would’ve liked to see it through… We’d won once before, so we knew what it looked like to win,” Cassidy mentioned. “We were a first or second-place team most of the year — I felt we would’ve got in (to playoffs). I don’t know where we would’ve finished at the end, that’s speculation, but yes, I would’ve loved to have had the opportunity. But didn’t work out that way, so you start thinking about your next challenge.”
The Golden Knights, beneath Tortorella, get again in motion Wednesday night time for a Game 5 return to their dwelling barn. Catch the motion on Sportsnet at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT.
