{"id":570403,"date":"2026-03-30T09:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/570403\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:03:08","slug":"tortorella-lohrei-olivier-bunting-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/570403\/","title":{"rendered":"Tortorella, Lohrei, Olivier, Bunting \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this afternoon, the Vegas Golden Knights sent waves through the NHL by firing<\/a> head coach Bruce Cassidy<\/a> and replacing him with veteran bench boss John Tortorella<\/a>. Still, the Golden Knights didn\u2019t give Tortorella a long leash.<\/p>\n

According to TSN\u2019s Darren Dreger<\/a>, Tortorella\u2019s contract with Vegas only runs through the rest of the 2025-26 season. He\u2019ll be guaranteed the last eight games of the regular season for the Golden Knights, and, assuming they make the playoffs, their last game of the postseason. Unless an extension is agreed to beforehand, the Golden Knights may be looking for a new head coach in a few months.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a similar move to what the Columbus Blue Jackets did with Rick Bowness<\/a>, albeit with much more time remaining in the season. However, even if the Tortorella experiment isn\u2019t fruitful, the Golden Knights could explore a reunion with Peter DeBoer<\/a>, hire Jay Woodcroft<\/a> away from the Anaheim Ducks, or take a run at David Carle<\/a> at the University of Denver. That\u2019s all before any other teams make changes leading into the summer.<\/p>\n

Additional evening notes:<\/p>\n

The Boston Bruins were without one of their top-four defensemen in their comeback win over the Blue Jackets earlier today. Before the game, Boston\u2019s play-by-play broadcaster, Ryan Johnson, shared<\/a> that Mason Lohrei<\/a> is dealing with a minor lower-body injury and is considered day-to-day. Despite the Bruins\u2019 success, Lohrei has had a difficult month, scoring one goal and two points in 14 games with a +2 rating.
\nOn the other side of the game, the Blue Jackets lost middle-six forward Mathieu Olivier<\/a> to an upper-body injury during the game, as announced<\/a> by the club. Olivier skated in 3:06 of action across six shifts, registering one shot on goal and two hits. His injury is likely connected to fighting Bruins forward Mark Kastelic<\/a> late in the first period.
\nAlready dealing with a few injuries to their forward corps, the trend continues for the Dallas Stars. During their ongoing contest against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Stars shared<\/a> that Michael Bunting<\/a> is unlikely to return due to a lower-body injury. Bunting has not returned after skating for six shifts, and the injury update was vague.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this afternoon, the Vegas Golden Knights sent waves through the NHL by firing head coach Bruce Cassidy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[740,49,48,755,757,5718,219395,166529,219396,145231,82,767],"class_list":{"0":"post-570403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-boston-bruins","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","12":"tag-dallas-stars","13":"tag-injury","14":"tag-john-tortorella","15":"tag-mason-lohrei","16":"tag-mathieu-olivier","17":"tag-michael-bunting","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-vegas-golden-knights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}