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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Seeds 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 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 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 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.
Read morePenguins or Golden Knights? The battle for a hockey fan’s heart heading into the Stanley Cup playoffs
On May 25, 1991, I sat in an oversized chair in a small room off of the Las Vegas Hilton SuperBook and wept uncontrollably. I was not quite 32 years old, but I saw something I’d never thought I would see in my lifetime. The Pittsburgh Penguins had won the Stanley Cup. I was born and raised in Pittsburgh
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