It's been an ever-evolving storyline throughout the winter.
Who will be the first head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights?
Rumors have persisted, names have been bandied about. And as the NHL season has worn on and other teams have made coaching changes, the plot has certainly thickened.
In a Wednesday interview with SiriusXM NHL Network, Golden Knights general manager George McPhee shared some insight into what qualities he will be looking for in the team's first head coach.
"We met several months ago on this," McPhee said. "We talked about what we were looking for in a coach. The personality traits and the experience and everything else and decided that there would be a short list that we could put together. That we'd want someone who'd be the right fit for the Vegas Golden Knights, short term and long term. And that we would prefer to have an experienced coach.
"If it took us to the spring to exhaust that process, we would."
What Will We Value In A Coach?
Golden Knights general manager George McPhee addressed the topic on SiriusXM NHL Network
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