The easy decision for general manager George McPhee would be to chase a Stanley Cup with those who led the Knights to such a remarkable season thus far, a run in which Neal has more than delivered on his reputation as a pure scorer.
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The latest win was a 6-3 decision against Columbus on Tuesday night before 18,231 at T-Mobile Arena.
The connection between Las Vegas and its NHL team came after an inexplicable moment of tragedy and grief was followed by an astonishing level of joy and success.
When a concussion took star goalie Marc-Andre Fleury from the lineup for two months and 25 games, those defensemen in front of him collaborated in a most impressive way.
The top team in the NHL’s Western Conference opened its second half of the season Saturday night against the side it hasn’t yet solved, as the Knights dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to Edmonton before a season-high 18,351 at T-Mobile Arena.
William Karlsson and Jonathan Marchessault have the strongest Vegas cases for inclusion on Pacific Division team.
It was 4:30 p.m, the puck wouldn’t be dropped for another two hours. But the Jersey People already had gathered in huge numbers for the latest installment of Hockey Night in Las Vegas.
The Knights departed for their off week by beating the Rangers 2-1 before a season-high 18,234 at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday, another close and impressive victory in a place where there have been many.
It’s only January. There’s still a lot of hockey to be played. But enough hockey has been played to make a case for the Golden Knights being the greatest expansion team in American sports history.
George McPhee over the next several months needs to be a general manager who thinks with his heart and not his head, as the Knights arrive to January sitting atop the Western Conference.