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John Tortorella Still Open to Coaching at 68 After Brief Stint Ends in Vegas, Report Says
John Tortorella seeks next NHL coaching role after surprising Stanley Cup Final run with Vegas, but the team chose to promote its internal candidate.
- On Friday, John Tortorella expressed interest in another NHL coaching position after the Vegas Golden Knights declined to retain him following their Stanley Cup Final run.
- Tortorella stepped in as interim coach for the final eight games, replacing Bruce Cassidy, and guided Vegas to the Stanley Cup Final before losing to the Carolina Hurricanes.
- With 777 career wins, the 68-year-old ranks second among U.S.-born coaches behind Peter Laviolette's 846, having managed 1,628 games across seven NHL organizations.
- General manager Kelly McCrimmon promoted Ryan Craig from the AHL affiliate to head coach, a move Tortorella called "disappointed" yet respected.
- Teams often hesitate to risk upsetting locker room culture with Tortorella's intense, old-school methods, potentially making future coaching opportunities for him sparse.
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John Tortorella still open to coaching at 68 after brief stint ends in Vegas, report says
John Tortorella says he hasn't closed the door on coaching at 68, and some two months after his latest brief stint ended two wins short of a Stanley Cup and not being rehired by the Vegas Golden Knights.
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