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Vegas Golden Knights: Three talking points from McCrimmon’s briefing

By Andrew Steele-Davis

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 02: Vegas Golden Knights General Manager Kelly McCrimmon attends a news conference announcing his promotion to general manager at City National Arena on May 02, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/NHLI via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 02: Vegas Golden Knights General Manager Kelly McCrimmon attends a news conference announcing his promotion to general manager at City National Arena on May 02, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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GLENDALE, ARIZONA – NOVEMBER 30: Head coach Peter DeBoer of the San Jose Sharks looks on from the bench during second period action of the NHL game against the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena on November 30, 2019 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images)
GLENDALE, ARIZONA – NOVEMBER 30: Head coach Peter DeBoer of the San Jose Sharks looks on from the bench during second period action of the NHL game against the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena on November 30, 2019 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images) /

2. Limited disruption

The headline sounds crazy given what has unfolded today, but what we mean by that is the fact that the majority of the Vegas Golden Knights coaching staff will remain.

Assistant Coach Mike Kelly also lost his job with Gerard Gallant but Assistant Coaches Ryan Craig, Ryan McGill and Tommy Cruz will remain in place.

Also, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reported earlier that Goalie Coach Dave Prior is still with the team too.

GM Kelly McCrimmon confirmed that new Head Coach Peter DeBoer, who is expected to arrive in Ottawa either tonight or first thing on Thursday morning, won’t be bringing in an assistant of his own.

That could change but, for now at least, it is the right decision in terms of limiting the disruption as much as possible.

After all, there are only 33 regular season games remaining and DeBoer has a lot of work to do with his new team, so the less upheaval the better in this scenario.

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