Vegas Golden Knights: Takeaways from DeBoer’s media conference
Peter DeBoer began his reign as the Head Coach of the Vegas Golden Knights with a big win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.
After what was a turbulent couple of days, snapping a four-game losing streak was just what the doctor ordered for DeBoer and the Vegas Golden Knights.
Although the Senators are enduring an horrific regular season, they aren’t pushovers and they didn’t make it easy for the Golden Knights.
It was an important win for both Vegas and DeBoer, who met with the media for the first time as the Head Coach of this franchise prior to the game.
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There is such a thing as winning the press conference, and DeBoer certainly did that as he approached the situation with honesty and humor.
After all, DeBoer was behind the bench for the San Jose Sharks, the arch-nemesis of the Golden Knights and he was the architect of that controversial First Round playoff series between the two rivals last year.
So, it was to be expected that things would be awkward between coach and players at first given the amount of ill-feeling that has swirled around between the Knights and the Sharks.
Like bumping into an ex-girlfriend at the store.
But DeBoer addressed that perfectly and he went on to outline what he expects from this group of players and the plan going forward.
It was an impressive press conference from the Vegas Golden Knights’ new Head Coach and we had three main takeaways…