Ben Fisher
I may be a Leafs fan at heart (I've witnessed their highs and lows first-hand as a Scotiabank Arena employee), but I'm also a veteran freelance sportswriter who loves a good story. And there's been no better story in hockey over the past few years than the Vegas Golden Knights. I'm excited to be covering the NHL again on the Golden Knights' beat.
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The Golden Knights' Expansion Draft Could Have Gone Even Better
November 20th, 2020 Look, nobody's perfect. Sure, as general manager of the Vegas Golden Knights, the now-team president George McPhee masterfully navigated the landscape of the 2017 Expansion Draft and successfully exploited the rules to build a solid roster and stockpile future assets. McPhee's efforts not only engineered his club's storybook expansion...
Leaving Las Vegas: How These Ex-Golden Knights are Doing
November 18th, 2020 If we're being honest, it's a part of innate human nature to occasionally check up on our exes. In most cases, we want them to be doing well, just maybe not too well - or at least not better than us. Those same sensibilities apply to players who have moved on from your favorite team. There remains some attachment from your time...
10 Cool Things About the Golden Knights
November 12th, 2020 Only in 2020 are the "dog days of November" a thing in the NHL, but here we are. At a time when we should be starting to identify meaningful patterns and trends in a young 2020-21 season, the free-agent frenzy has quieted, player movement has slowed and the looming uncertainty over the start of the upcoming season leaves hockey feeling...
Vegas Golden Knights 'Untouchable' Prospects
November 7th, 2020 One of the most remarkable components of the Vegas Golden Knights' organizational success is how their current positioning among the league's elite is counter-balanced with a treasure trove of future assets. The Hockey Writers' own Josh Bell had Vegas ranked 11th in his team farm system rankings and listed four Golden Knights prospects...
DeBoer Outlines Golden Knights Priorities for Next Season
November 3rd, 2020 It has been a strange year for everyone, and Vegas Golden Knights head coach Peter DeBoer is certainly no exception. He took the reins in January after Gerard Gallant's surprise termination a little over 18 months after he won the Jack Adams Award. In an ironic twist, DeBoer replaced the man who had famously called him a "clown" as head...
4 Golden Knights Poised to Step Up Next Season
October 28th, 2020 There's no local bias involved in the Vegas Golden Knights being among the most probable Stanley Cup contenders in the early odds for the upcoming 2020-21 season. At +900, they rank just behind the Colorado Avalanche (+450) and defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning (+800) as the third-largest favorite heading into next season. And...
