Posts About "George McPhee"
Did Vegas Steal the Panthers' Cup Run?
May 24th, 2018 Of all the egregious errors that allowed the Vegas Golden Knights to reach the Stanley Cup Final, Dale Tallon's blunder firmly stand out among the rest. In a move that's been roasted since the expansion draft, Tallon gave the Golden Knights two-thirds of a top line in Reilly Smith and Jonathan Marchessault. Just in case giving away...
Golden Knights Can Skip Next Expansion Draft
March 24th, 2018 The good news keeps coming for the Vegas Golden Knights. As the NHL’s 31st franchise closes in on capturing a Pacific Division crown in its first year of existence, it’s being reported that the Golden Knights will not be subjected to losing a player if and when a new franchise is awarded to Seattle. That’s the trade-off...
Golden Knights Facing Tough Decisions
November 24th, 2017 This wasn’t the plan. Expansion teams lose. The Vegas Golden Knights should have been no different. You lose just enough to earn yourselves an enviable draft position but not so much as to turn people off the product. Wash, rinse, repeat for a handful of seasons, and then, and only then, can you begin to think about making some...
Vegas Is on Pace to Win 40+ Games
November 8th, 2017 It was the night before Halloween. This was my first trip to New York City and since I was traveling alone, chose to cross the Brooklyn Bridge and see the upstart Golden Knights take on the Islanders instead of taking in a Broadway show. With a half-full Barclays Center and about 100-150 Vegas fans in attendance, the first two grey,...
How the Golden Knights Keep on Winning
November 5th, 2017 If you visit the team page at NHL.com you'll find the Vegas Golden Knights sitting at the bottom of the list. In this instance, it's merely alphabetical, yet that is exactly where many experts predicted this team would end up in the standings by season's end — dead last. After dropping an avalanche of pucks on Colorado's net en...
Golden Knights’ Success Attributed to Good Defense
October 29th, 2017 The NHL’s newest expansion team, the Las Vegas Golden Knights are doing exceptionally well this season. Never before has an expansion team hit the pave running this fast. The Knights look like a real western conference team; a team that's increasingly described as defensively sound. As of last night, they’re ranked first with the...
