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Coaching and management changes around the league

herman said:
There’s no extortion per se (that other tweet from earlier is beautiful satire that I wish I thought of myself). But it certainly would be great to see the league collectively blackball the Knights.
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Holy crap I fell for that? Ok... I'm an idiot. I thought that was real.
 
Joe S. said:
I'm not disputing any of this. But no matter how you look at this, it's a dick move.

You fired the guy and are trying to extort teams who might be interested in him? If he meant so much to you why did you fire him?

I just have no respect for that organization.
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There is likely a clause in his contract - which Cassidy signed.

Teams signed coaches to guaranteed contracts for say 4 years. They then fired him after two for example. There was a time when coaches could go get another job and be potentially paid by two teams. So the contracts quickly evolved to prevent double dipping: when the coach is relieved of his coaching duties, he remains under contract with his team (potentially providing consulting opinions for example) and has to terminate that contract before accepting another. Millions of dollars are now involved. So the situation morphs into maybe tampering territory or contract violation territory ...

If the Oilers land Cassidy and a decent goalie, that's trouble for Vegas ... so their position isn't hard to figure out.

Having said that, Cassidy is a good Cup winning coach and it is in the best interests of the league to have him behind a bench in the NHL.

The devil is in the details.
 
herman said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2056889245751754968
Focusing on the playoffs? Right…

Too focused to remember to tell Torts to talk and too focused to answer an email… during their 6 days between rounds…
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"Secondly, regarding Bruce Cassidy, teams have asked for permission to speak with Bruce. We've been consistent that our focus currently is on the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the teams have respected that. I've spoken with Bruce, he understands this as well.”
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So "the Devil in the details" is buried below the BS
 
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