VGK needs accountability and it should start at the top with McPhee and McCrimmon
The Golden Knights’ management needs to explain why they just announced Robin Lehner will need surgery so close to the beginning of training camp.
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Bill Foley fired the wrong guy, as Pete DeBoer pays for sins of others
General manager Kelly McCrimmon stood at a podium at City National Arena on Monday afternoon, addressing a small group of reporters who had made their way to the Vegas Golden Knights’ headquarters to try to understand the firing of Pete DeBoer as the franchise’s head coach. Whoever McCrimmon, owner Bill Foley and the VGK’s Wizard of Oz, George McPhee, the
Read moreSeeds of the Golden Knights’ collapse were sown long ago
The seeds of the epic collapse that saw the Golden Knights’ miss the playoffs after entering the season as a favorite for the Stanley Cup were sown long before that 4-3 shootout loss Wednesday to the Blackhawks at the United Center in Chicago. Oh, we could look at the NHL record of more than 500-man games lost to injuries to
Read moreSo grateful for a second chance at life
I feel great, and more than great, I am extraordinarily grateful. I’m thankful to my doctor for being so thorough and encouraging me to do the heart scan. I’m thankful to my cardiologist for getting me in to have the catheterization and I’m grateful to my surgeon for taking such good care of me.
Read moreFleury deserved better than he got from VGK
There is no dispute what Kelly McCrimmon’s job is: As the general manager of the Vegas Golden Knights, he’s charged with putting the best team possible on the ice. And given that his team has gone the Stanley Cup semifinals in three of its four years of existence, it’s been a job well done. And so the news, stunning as
Read moreA heavyweight fight for the ages, an ill-advised tweet and a carefully learned lesson
For much of the past 36 hours, I’ve had a pit at the bottom of my stomach. I slept poorly. I couldn’t concentrate on anything other than the quickly increasing number of mentions I had on Twitter. It wasn’t a good thing. I did a dumb thing. I tweeted something that many people took as racist at worst or as
Read moreIf life is so sacred, then do something to help the living, like providing affordable health care
When Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill that gives her state the dubious honor of having the most stringent abortion legislation in the country, she invoked God in an attempt to argue in favor of her position that the state has the right to tell women what they can do with their bodies. “Today, I signed into law the
Read moreHappy 96th Birthday, Dad
When I was 12, I had no idea what a homeless person was. All I knew was living in a safe, warm and comfortable home with two parents who loved me. Despite having very modest means, pretty much anything my younger brother, Keith, or I wanted, we got. But if Keith or I wanted something — be it a new
Read moreAs the Stanley Cup playoffs begin, I ask myself: Do I want a Penguins-Golden Knights final?
My passion for the Pittsburgh Penguins persists, even as I’ve become a diehard Vegas Golden Knights fan. I get it when you look at me oddly when I say that. I know it’s hard to root for two teams in the same league, and I frequently would mock others who admitted to such bizarre behavior. But I now find myself
Read moreDan Wetzel is a Hall of Famer; It’s about time, guys!
I was 19 when I had my first full-time job as a journalist. I’ll be 59 in October, and I’ve seen, heard and done a lot. I’m not sure if the 40-year anniversary has passed yet or not, but there is one thing I’m certain of: In those four decades, I have never met another sports writer quite like Dan
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