The rivalry between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights is picking up despite the two teams not playing each other since April.<\/p>\n
After being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, the Oilers elected to fire head coach Kris Knoblauch. Their top replacement seems to be Bruce Cassidy, whom the Golden Knights fired in late March.<\/p>\n
The issue for the Oilers is that they have not received permission to talk to the 2019-20 Jack Adams winner.<\/p>\n
As is their right, the Golden Knights have not allowed the Oilers, nor the LA Kings for that matter, to interview Cassidy in hopes of making him their next head coach. The decision has drawn plenty of criticism, with Cassidy himself admitting<\/a> on Thursday that he\u2019s frustrated with how the process has been playing out.<\/p>\n Perhaps growing frustrated by the criticism, Golden Knights GM Kelly McCrimmon fired back on Thursday. In an appearance on TSN 1050 in Toronto, he says the only reason this has even become a story is that the Oilers leaked it to the media.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s only news because Edmonton leaked it. This isn\u2019t something that came out of our organization,\u201d McCrimmon said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been forced to respond to it, which we did prior to our series against the [Colorado] Avalanche.\u201d<\/p>\n NEWS: Kelly McCrimmon on OverDrive says \u2018it\u2019s only news because Edmonton leaked it\u2019 in regards to Bruce Cassidy and the decline to interview with the Oilers #ForgedInGold<\/a><\/p>\n