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 moreAlex Pietrangelo heads to the desert to bring a Cup to the Golden Knights
Perhaps it was obvious in the Western Conference finals, when the Vegas Golden Knights made Anton Khudobin look like a prime Marty Brodeur and were dumped from the Stanley Cup playoffs in five games after scoring just eight goals. Maybe it was obvious back in January, when Gerard Gallant was shockingly dumped as head coach and replaced by Peter DeBoer.
Read moreThe inevitable break-up of the inaugural Golden Knights team makes sense, but chokes one up a bit
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For those of us who are sports fans, I’d be willing to bet our most enduring memories occurred during our childhood, or at worst, early in adulthood. Four memories stand out for me: • In 1971, Roberto Clemente led the Pirates to the World Series championship with a fantastic performance, capped by a great game in Game 7. I’d just
Read moreIt’s the least sexy idea, but standing pat at trade deadline could pay dividends for the Golden Knights
The Vegas Golden Knights went to the Stanley Cup finals in 2018 in their first year of existence, and were it not for an all-timer save by Braden Holtby on Alex Tuch in the waning moments of Game 2, the Knights could have paraded the Cup down Las Vegas Boulevard in their first year of existence. After signing Paul Stastny
Read moreTen key moments which helped Vegas Golden Knights to Stanley Cup Finals
Here are the most important developments which led the Vegas Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Finals in their first year of existence.
Read moreFacts don’t bear out revisionist history being written about Vegas Golden Knights
Some say the NHL favored the Vegas Golden Knights in expansion, but the facts don’t bear that out.
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