Vegas just hired a coach who has never been a head coach in the NHL and never won anything as a head coach anywhere.
giant fucking shrug.
Well I looked him up and I see how he got the job…
“Craig joined the Vegas Golden Knights NHL expansion team as an assistant coach on June 9, 2017 and simultaneously retired from his playing career.
Craig served as an assistant coach for Vegas since the team’s first season, and had served as an assistant coach for the team’s first 6 seasons and for all three of Vegas’ head coaches up to 2023 (Gerard Gallant, Peter DeBoer, and Bruce Cassidy). He won the Stanley Cup in 2023.
Nearly 2 weeks after winning the Stanley Cup on June 13, 2023, Craig was appointed as the head coach of Vegas’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights, on June 26, 2023.
Three years later, on June 17, 2026, Craig was named head coach of Vegas, succeeding John Tortorella.”