{"id":860548,"date":"2026-06-11T19:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/860548\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T19:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:37:12","slug":"bruce-cassidy-reportedly-willing-to-coach-bruins-original-six-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/860548\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Cassidy reportedly willing to coach Bruins\u2019 Original Six rival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe 61-year-old told\u00a0The Athletic\u00a0this week that he would \u2018have interest in any opening\u2019 and was open to speaking to the Leafs, if allowed, to see if the fit was right on both sides,\u201d\u00a0Siegel wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cassidy, 61,\u00a0was surprisingly fired by the Golden Knights\u00a0with just eight games to go in the regular season<\/a>, with Vegas replacing him with John Tortorella en route to a run to the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n

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The Golden Knights do have the ability to limit Cassidy\u2019s coaching opportunities for the upcoming 2026-27 season, given that Cassidy is still technically under contract for next year.<\/p>\n

Speaking to\u00a0The Athletic\u2019s\u00a0Michael Russo last week, Cassidy said that he\u2019d be willing to forfeit the $5 million the Golden Knights are on the hook to pay him in 2026-27 if it means he\u2019d get the chance to resume coaching next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m getting paid money to sit at home,\u201d\u00a0Cassidy told Russo<\/a>. \u201cWell, I\u2019d rather go to work, to be honest. I would. I\u2019d rather earn it. So that\u2019s my position on that. I\u2019d give (the salary) up tomorrow and bet on myself if that freed me up to go interview, but it doesn\u2019t. So that\u2019s the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d quit and give up the money. It doesn\u2019t let me go to work, though. I\u2019m still waiting for Vegas to let me go. They just get off the hook for salary. I\u2019m not an idiot. I\u2019m not going to do that. But if it was that easy, I would\u2019ve done it a month ago, to be honest, and bet on myself, because I know there\u2019s some openings out there \u2014 teams that have asked.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Golden Knights have yet to shift their standing on Cassidy\u2019s coaching opportunities, the Kings have already hired Peter Laviolette as their next bench boss, while the Oilers have reportedly expressed interest in hiring Mike Babcock.<\/p>\n

Cassidy\u2019s track record speaks for itself as a head coach who has found success at several stops, including the Bruins and Golden Knights.<\/p>\n

During Cassidy\u2019s six seasons as head coach of the Bruins, Boston went 245-108-46, made the playoffs all six seasons, and advanced to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final in 2019.<\/p>\n

The Bruins fired Cassidy at the end of the 2021-22 season after Boston fell to the Hurricanes in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n

Cassidy was hired by the Golden Knights a little over a week after he and the Bruins parted ways. He led Vegas to a Stanley Cup title in his first year at the helm.<\/p>\n

In his four seasons with the Golden Knights, Cassidy sported a 178-99-43 record.\u200b<\/p>\n

Cassidy\u2019s return to the Atlantic would cause some headaches for the Bruins, even though the Maple Leafs might be staring at a long-term rebuild or retool after a disastrous 32-26-14 record in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

Boston should be holding out hope for a few rough seasons in Toronto, as the Bruins still hold Toronto\u2019s future first-round pick \u2014 likely in 2028 \u2014 after the Leafs retained their own first-round selection<\/a> this year by winning the NHL Draft Lottery.<\/p>\n

Conor Ryan can be reached at conor.ryan@globe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe 61-year-old told\u00a0The Athletic\u00a0this week that he would \u2018have interest in any opening\u2019 and was open to speaking…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":860549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[42],"tags":[32072,293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-860548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-bruins","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116733165436816227","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}