Nine years of preparation — six as an NHL assistant and three as an AHL head coach — have brought Ryan Craig to this moment: Head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights.

NHL.com is providing in-depth prospect analysis for each of its 32 teams from Aug. 1-Sept. 1. Today, the top five prospects for the Columbus Blue Jackets, according to NHL.com.

Andrew Agozzino announced his retirement Tuesday in a post on his Instagram account.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have named Trent Vogelhuber as an assistant coach for the NHL club, and have hired Nick Bootland to succeed Vogelhuber as head coach of the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired forward Luke Tuch from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for forward Hunter McKown.

The Toronto Marlies secured a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday with a stunning 3-2 win over the Cleveland Monsters in the deciding Game 5 of the teams’ North Division finals series.

Toronto pushed the North Division finals to the limit with a 5-2 win over Cleveland in Game 4 at Coca-Cola Coliseum on Friday night.

Cleveland rode another stifling defensive effort to a 4-0 victory at Toronto on Wednesday night, taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five North Division finals.

Cleveland took a 2-0 lead for the second game in a row, but this time the Monsters fought off a Toronto comeback to even their best-of-five North Division finals series with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night.

Toronto scored five unanswered goals en route to a 5-2 road victory over Cleveland in Game 1 of the teams’ North Division finals series at Rocket Arena on Thursday evening.