Late-season hire John Tortorella has Vegas in the Stanley Cup Final, poised to join an elite group‎

The late-season move by the Vegas Golden Knights to fire coach Bruce Cassidy and bring on John Tortorella might have seemed to be out of desperation on the surface. Tortorella has guided the Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Final after completing a sweep against Presidents’ Trophy winning Colorado on Tuesday night. Five of those previous times have come since 2000 with Larry Robinson's run with New Jersey Devils that year the most similar to Tortorella's as he also took over with just eight games remaining in the 1999-00 season.