He is fired, the Vegas Golden Knight head coach Bruce Cassidy ….
After two and a half seasons in Vegas, the Golden Knights announced a little over a year ago that they had fired head coach Peter DeBoer.
In the present, as the Golden Knights prepare for the 2023 Western Conference Final, there is a well-known player on the opposite bench.
The 2023 conference finals pit the Stars and Golden Knights against one another. DeBoer, who is the head coach of the Stars right now, has one of the best narratives in the game as he tries to get rid of his old employer.
In the 2020 Western Conference Final, which is being rematched in this series, Dallas prevailed in five games. 2020 saw DeBoer leading that Vegas squad. Having been brought in midseason to take Gerard Gallant’s place when DeBoer was fired by the Sharks, it was his first season behind the bench with the Golden Knights.
One series away from a Stanley Cup Final trip, the Golden Knights were twice advanced to the third round of the NHL playoffs under the tenure of the longstanding head coach. However, DeBoer was let go by the Golden Knights following his failure to make the playoffs the previous season. This allowed him to accept the Dallas position that became available when Rick Bowness decided to step down.
In his coaching tenure, the 54-year-old bench leader has never won the Stanley Cup. Will he get another shot in 2023, or will he be eliminated from the postseason by his previous team?
