The Vegas Golden Knights clearly had no interest in letting Kelly McCrimmon leave and join another front office. McCrimmon, who served as a sistant general manager from the team's inception,was promoted to general managerThursday. He takes over the role from George McPhee, who will remain Vegas' president of Chuma Okeke Jersey hockey operations. Vegas with big news in its hockey ops department. Kelly McCrimmon taking over as the Golden Knights GM and George McPhee is staying on as the Dominique Wilkins Jersey president of hockey operations. Obviously, Vegas didn't want to lose McCrimmon and McPhee in this role will still be heavily involved. Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) "Working with the Golden Knights has been an incredibly rewarding experience and I am very grateful for this new opportunity," McCrimmon said. McCrimmon will now absorb the responsibilities of representing the Golden Anfernee Hardaway Jersey Knights at league meetings and serve as the point of contact for other general managers. "Kelly has been a tremendous addition to our hockey operations group and the entire Vegas Golden Knights organization as a whole," McPhee said. "His character, leadership, hockey acumen, and player evaluation at both D.J. Augustin Jersey the pro and amateur levels is exceptional. We are confident Kelly will thrive in this new role. Now we know why McCrimmon wasnt in the mix in Edmonton. Shows the experience and Team first attitude of George McPhee recognizing the value of McCrimmon to the Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) The promotion hands a heavy blow to teams with GM-vacancies acro s the league, specifically the Oilers,as McCrimmon was considered one of the top candidates to inherit his own front office. Edmonton was heavily pursuing McCrimmon to take the reigns of their Al-Farouq Aminu Jersey rebuild.