The Vegas Golden Knights have reached the playoffs in both years of the franchise's existence, and now they are promoting from within for the general manager position.
On Thursday, the team announced Kelly McCrimmon will be the new general manager starting on Sept. 1 after he was named assistant GM in 2016. The announcement noted McCrimmon will report to president of hockey operations and current general manager George McPhee, who will remain in his hockey operations role.
"Kelly has been a tremendous addition to our hockey operations group and the entire Vegas Golden Knights organization as a whole," McPhee said.