Editing Craig MacTavish (section)

===Coaching career===
MacTavish turned to coaching immediately after retiring as a player, signing on as an assistant with the Rangers. After two seasons in New York, he returned to the Oilers as an assistant coach in the 1999–2000 season under former teammate [[Kevin Lowe]]. He was subsequently promoted to the top job when Lowe succeeded Sather as general manager.

In the 2005–06 season, MacTavish led the Oilers on their run to the [[2006 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]]. In the first round of the playoffs, MacTavish shocked the hockey world by utilizing a trapping defensive system to neutralize a potent [[Detroit Red Wings]] offence. The Oilers were able to deny scoring chances by blocking shots with their bodies—something for which MacTavish was known for during his playing career. This proved effective; the eighth-seeded Oilers won the opening round in six games, against the no.&nbsp;1 seed, the Detroit Red Wings for their first postseason victory since 1998. Along the way the Oilers defeated the [[San Jose Sharks]] in six games and the [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] in five games to advance to their first Stanley Cup since [[1990 Stanley Cup Finals|their championship season of 1990]]. However, the Oilers could not complete their run, losing a thrilling seven-game final series to the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] after nearly rallying from a 3–1 series deficit to force a Game 7. As it would turn out, this was the only season in MacTavish's tenure where the Oilers won a postseason series.

On November 4, 2006, one day after the Oilers lost to the [[Dallas Stars]] due to an apparent blown call in the last five seconds of the third period by referee [[Mick McGeough]], MacTavish was fined $10,000 for expressing his anger after the game, referring to the call as "retarded".<ref>{{cite web|title=Oilers' MacTavish fined|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/oilers-mactavish-fined-1.573892|website=cbc.ca|access-date=21 December 2017|date=November 4, 2006}}</ref><ref>http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=282409&page=NewsPage&service=page{{dead link|date=December 2017}}</ref> After this incident, Oilers fans collected over $10,000 and gave it to MacTavish, who subsequently donated the money to charity.

On April 15, 2009, Oilers general manager [[Steve Tambellini]] announced that MacTavish had been relieved of his duties as head coach of the club.  The Oilers had failed to reach the playoffs for the third year in a row.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=275142|title=404|website=TSN}}</ref> He finished his tenure with the Oilers at 36th on the all-time NHL list with 301 wins, and second on the Oilers' all-time wins list behind only Sather.

During the 2011–12 season, MacTavish coached the [[Chicago Wolves]], the [[American Hockey League]] affiliate of the [[Vancouver Canucks]].  After the season, MacTavish left the Canucks organization, returned to the Oilers as Senior Vice-president of Hockey operations and was named general manager on April 15, 2013.

On December 15, 2014, MacTavish fired head coach [[Dallas Eakins]] from his duties as head coach of the Oilers. MacTavish named himself as interim coach with the intention of transitioning minor league coach [[Todd Nelson (ice hockey)|Todd Nelson]] into the role of interim head coach in the near future.

On May 16, 2019, he returned to coaching, signing a two-year contract with the Russian [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]] team [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]|url=http://www.hclokomotiv.ru/article.asp?id=KRJeJG-MAKTAVISh-%E2%80%93-GLAVNYJ-TRENER-LOKOMOTIVA-6702|title=КРЭЙГ МАКТАВИШ – ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "ЛОКОМОТИВА"|trans-title=Craig MacTavish is the head coach of Lokomotiv|date=16 May 2019|language=ru}}</ref> On September 24, 2019, it was announced that Lokomotiv Yaroslav fired MacTavish after only eight games.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/craig-mactavish-fired-eight-games-coach-khls-lokomotiv/ |title = Craig MacTavish fired after eight games as coach of KHL's Lokomotiv - Sportsnet.ca}}</ref> In December 2019, he served as head coach of Team Canada and led the squad to the title at the [[Spengler Cup]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tdg.ch/sports/actu/team-canada-detient-record-coupes-spengler/story/20452717|title=Le Team Canada détient le record de Coupes Spengler|last1=Beaud|first1=Grégory|date=2019-12-31|work=TDG|access-date=2020-01-02|last2=Davos|language=fr|issn=1010-2248}}</ref> He took over the head coaching job at Swiss team [[Lausanne HC]] on February 27, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zwei Runden vor Quali-Ende: Lausanne trennt sich per sofort von Trainer und Sportchef|url=https://www.hockeyinfo.ch/articles/zwei-runden-vor-quali-ende-lausanne-trennt-sich-per-sofort-von-trainer-und-sportchef|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Eishockey Schweiz: Hockey News und Resultate für die Schweiz}}</ref>

On July 1, 2022, MacTavish was hired by the [[St. Louis Blues]] as an assistant coach for the 2022-2023 season, after the [[Boston Bruins]] acquired [[Jim Montgomery (ice hockey)|Jim Montgomery]] as their head coach.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2022 |title=Bruins hire Montgomery as next head coach, Blues replace him with MacTavish |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/bruins-hire-montgomery-as-next-head-coach-blues-replace-him-with-mactavish/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Sportsnet.ca |language=en}}</ref> In April 2023, the Blues announced that MacTavish, along with fellow assistant coach Mike Van Ryn, would not return for the next season.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-04-14 |title=St. Louis Blues fire assistant coaches Craig MacTavish and Mike Van Ryn |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/st-louis-blues-fire-assistant-coaches-craig-mactavish-and-mike-van-ryn-1.1945837 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=TSN |language=en-CA}}</ref>