{"id":564005,"date":"2026-04-04T11:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564005\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:36:09","slug":"4-coach-landing-spots-for-bruce-cassidy-after-vegas-golden-knights-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564005\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Coach Landing Spots for Bruce Cassidy After Vegas Golden Knights Firing\u2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It might seem like a rash decision to move on from a head coach after back-to-back Stanley Cup Final appearances, especially when the story of this year&#8217;s team is still being written. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">However, if the Oilers do not make a deep playoff run, is it really hard to imagine them exploring a coaching change, especially after Kris Knoblauch has faced some <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/what-mcdavids-praise-of-cooper-means-for-knoblauch-oilers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">indirect public criticism<\/a> from a few of the team&#8217;s best players about the way it plays structurally? <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">You only get so many years of players such as Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Most teams never get one player that good, let alone two at the exact same time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">When you do get them, you owe it to them, yourself, the team, the fans and everybody involved to do everything you can to deliver a championship. The Oilers are still chasing that with this group. While there are serious roster issues\u2014from scoring depth to defensive depth to goaltending\u2014there is also a potential need for a coaching upgrade. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">A big-name coach whose name is on the Stanley Cup could be intriguing to the Oilers if this postseason does not go well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It might seem like a rash decision to move on from a head coach after back-to-back Stanley Cup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-564005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}