It has been true all along that the Golden Knights could prove even better than last season and still not come close to advancing as far in the playoffs.
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Marc-Andre Fleury has a three-year extension, Winnipeg center Paul Stastny is in the fold, and general manager George McPhee was on a Twitter photograph with Bark-Andre Furry.
Just as LeBron James affected the NBA futures market when he signed with the Lakers, John Tavares did the same in the NHL when he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
James Neal is gone because Calgary was willing to offer him a five-year deal, something Vegas believed too long a tenure for a winger who will be 31 by the time next season arrives.
With a handful of signings, Golden Knights general manager George McPhee didn’t put Vegas in a potentially regrettable situation down the line.
Zach Whitecloud is a 21-year old defenseman born in Brandon, Manitoba and raised in the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation.
According to the sports arrest database Arrest Nation, the NHL went the entire 2016-17 season without having one of its players, coaches or Zamboni drivers running afoul of the law.
No matter what occurs in free agency — which big names the Knights might sign, which ones they might miss out on, which if any UFAs return to the team — general manager George McPhee will steadfastly follow analytic evaluations.
Had the winner’s card for the Jack Adams Trophy not read Gallant’s name, it would have reduced those hanging chads in Florida some years back to a minor controversy.
Two were in wheelchairs. One had a jagged scar from his hairline to the bridge of his nose. The others bore emotional scars not easily seen. And yet the survivors of the Humboldt Broncos hockey bus crash said they were happy to be reunited in Las Vegas.