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 moreGolden Knights have better players, but are they a better team?
The two words to say to a Vegas Golden Knights’ player which are guaranteed to draw a blank stare are “last year.” The Knights made an incredible run to the Stanley Cup Final in their first season in the NHL, and it’s hard to forget that. But players like William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault and Reilly Smith, who shocked the hockey
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 moreThe difference in the Vegas Golden Knights with and without Nate Schmidt is startling
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt has been a catalyst to the team’s turnaround after a slow start, and has become one of the NHL’s elite players. Nate Schmidt’s name was the last one announced during the NHL Expansion draft in 2017, and it caused next-to-no reaction among the faithful at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights fans who showed up
Read moreGM George McPhee’s work in the next few days will determine Golden Knights’ Year 2 fate
Rarely, if ever, has there been a successful, championship-level NHL team built largely through free agency. Even before the NHL instituted a salary cap, drafting and developing players was still the surefire way to build into a contender. As the Vegas Golden Knights head into their first offseason and the start of free agency looms, many in the team’s fan
Read moreGolden Knights’ success was unexpected by many, but not all have been shocked
Modest success by the Las Vegas Thunder in the 1990s convinced some NHL hockey could work in Las Vegas.
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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