Online report sparks Bruce Cassidy speculation involving a struggling Canadian NHL team

Bruce Cassidy is still without an NHL bench job in mid-November, and a post on X by a Leafs insider is nudging front offices, particularly Toronto's, to take another look at the Stanley Cup winner.

The real question is less about whether he is good enough and more about who controls his availability.

Vegas fired Cassidy on March 29 with eight games left in the regular season and handed the job to John Tortorella.

His contract runs through June 30, 2027, so any team that wants to talk to him needs permission from the Golden Knights.

Edmonton reportedly asked for a chance to meet him, and Vegas allowed one interview during the Stanley Cup Final with a team that was never named and did not hire him.

Tortorella was not retained, and Ryan Craig was promoted to the job.

Cassidy went 178-99-43 in four seasons in Vegas and won the 2023 Cup in his first year.

Across 12 NHL seasons he is 470-254-96 with nine ties, and in Boston he reached the playoffs six straight years before being fired.

That résumé rarely sits idle, which is why his situation looks so unusual.

There is also a financial wrinkle. Vegas still owes him $5 million this season, and he has said he would give that up for a chance to coach.

For now he is staying busy with Canada's women's national team ahead of the World Championship in Denmark this month, though he has been clear he wants another NHL job.

No recent team request to interview him has surfaced, so the post reads as a fan-driven push rather than a report.

Still, any club that stumbles has a ready name to consider, and Vegas has to decide how long it wants to keep him on the shelf.

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