NHL’s 5 Best General Managers for 2024-25 Michael Ostrower | October 2, 2024 All successful NHL teams are built through a general manager’s (GM) vision. They must be confident and decisive, constantly making tough decisions for the betterment of their team. Today, the…
How Noah Hanifin’s Extension Affects the Golden Knights’ Future Eric Cruikshank | April 12, 2024 The Vegas Golden Knights announced Thursday afternoon that Noah Hanifin had agreed to an eight-year, $58 million extension. The first six years will have a full no-trade clause, while the…
Impact of Golden Knights’ 2024 Trade Deadline Moves Ben Fisher | March 13, 2024 Heading into the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline, the maverick, gun-slinging reputation of the Vegas Golden Knights preceded itself. With specific needs to address amidst the forward corps and some LTIR-enabled…
Ranking the Golden Knights’ Best Assets for the Trade Deadline Ben Fisher | February 9, 2024 We are roughly a month away from the March 8 NHL Trade Deadline, and trade buzz has already set in across the league. Names like Elias Lindholm and Sean Monahan…
Golden Knights’ McCrimmon Will Need Creativity Upon Eichel’s Debut Ben Fisher | December 21, 2021 Up to this point, most answers that Vegas Golden Knights general manager (GM) Kelly McCrimmon has provided to questions surrounding his team’s tight cap situation in the wake of the…
Golden Knights’ Playoffs Loss Comes Down to Personnel Whiffs Ben Fisher | June 26, 2021 When any team sees their season come to an end, there’s a natural push to reflect on what went wrong, what mistakes might have been made along the way and…
Golden Knights Are Mark Stone’s Team Now Ben Fisher | January 17, 2021 On Wednesday, Mark Stone was named the first captain in the history of the Vegas Golden Knights franchise. On Thursday, he began to prove why it was the right call.…
Golden Knights Benefiting from Foley’s Business Philosophy Michael Vidakis | December 2, 2020 There is likely no greater feeling than being at the helm of a franchise you own and have built from the ground up. This dream came true for Mr. Bill…
Golden Knights Are Becoming McCrimmon’s Team Ben Fisher | October 21, 2020 When Kelly McCrimmon shed the “assistant” part of his assistant general manager title in May 2019, he was inheriting a pretty cushy job with the Vegas Golden Knights. Though the…
Countdown to Puck Drop – Day 67 – Bill Foley’s Journey from Black Knight to Golden Knight Joe Kramer | July 27, 2019 Introducing The Hockey Writers’ Countdown to Puck Drop series. From now until the puck drops on the 2019-20 NHL’s regular season on Oct. 2 when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the…
Vegas Golden Knights Turning Assets Into Stars Lucas Main | March 16, 2019 When Las Vegas was granted the 31st NHL franchise, general manager George McPhee knew this would be no ordinary expansion draft. The game has changed immensely since the last expansion.…
NHL Vegas Hockey: Desert Heat & Hot Tickets The Hockey Writers | September 29, 2018 Almost one year ago the NHL expansion Vegas Golden Knights won their first home opener, 5-2, over Arizona with a T-Mobile Arena sellout crowd of 18,191. It was an emotional…