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Slump proof players: High floor forward and defensemen picks
More Teams. More Games. John Buccigross talks about why there is plenty of buzz around the Blackhawks debut of Connor Bedard. (1:17) Throw out the special teams bonuses. Forget about assists. And, while you’re at it, let’s toss away the goals, too. This is a look at how you can plug roster holes and, in […]
Continue readingWill Vegas win the Stanley Cup again? The cases for, against
We’d consider them now more like the “Overachievers.” It took just six seasons for the NHL’s latest desert-dwelling expansion team to earn the franchise’s first Stanley Cup championship, through a five-game triumph over the Florida Panthers in June. The Golden Knights weren’t even Cup Final rookies, either. Vegas advanced to that stage in the organization’s […]
Continue reading2023-24 Fantasy hockey top 300 player rankings
No surprises at the top, where a pair of star teammates in Edmonton lead fantasy forwards once again. Keep reading to see where postseason standouts in Matthew Tkachuk and Jake Oettinger sit, as well as much-hyped draft pick Connor Bedard. 1. Connor McDavid, C, Edm (C1) 2. Leon Draisaitl, C, Edm (C2) 3. Elias Pettersson, […]
Continue readingOne of original Golden Knights, Reilly Smith traded to Penguins
The Golden Knights just won the first Stanley Cup in their six-year history. Smith, who was part of the first Vegas squad, was one of six players from the “Original Misfits.” Moving Smith, who scored 26 goals and 56 points this season, allows the Golden Knights to shed his contract to create cap space. Smith […]
Continue readingIvan Barbashev stays with Knights, agrees to five-year deal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It didn’t take long for the Vegas Golden Knights to use their newfound cap space Wednesday, with the Stanley Cup champions signing forward Ivan Barbashev to a five-year contract worth $5 million annually. The Golden Knights were facing a bit of a salary cap conundrum with Barbashev, who told ESPN before the […]
Continue readingKnights’ parade celebrates title, honors ’17 shooting victims
LAS VEGAS — Thousands of Golden Knights fans lined the Strip on Saturday for a Stanley Cup victory parade and rally in front of the team’s home arena to mark the city’s first NHL championship. For the team that played its first game as an expansion franchise in October 2017 and for tourists in hotel […]
Continue readingHow Golden Knights disrupted the NHL, won the Stanley Cup
The first time Brayden McNabb thought about the Vegas Golden Knights winning the Stanley Cup was when owner Bill Foley spoke it into existence in Year 1. “Playoffs in three. Cup in six,” the defenseman said with a grin, recalling the owner’s words back in 2017. Then the Golden Knights went ahead and made the […]
Continue readingBest Knight ever: Vegas dominates en route to 1st Stanley Cup
LAS VEGAS — When the Vegas Golden Knights entered the NHL in 2017 as an expansion team, their owner Bill Foley said his plan was to win the Stanley Cup in six years. That prophecy was emphatically fulfilled Tuesday night in Las Vegas, as the Golden Knights blew out the Florida Panthers 9-3 in Game […]
Continue readingKnights’ Jonathan Marchessault wins Conn Smythe as playoff MVP
LAS VEGAS — In addition to being one of the Vegas Golden Knights’ six “Original Misfits,” Jonathan Marchessault can add another title to his name: Conn Smythe Trophy winner. Marchessault, 32, was named most valuable player of the playoffs following the Golden Knights’ commanding 9-3 Stanley Cup-clinching Game 5 victory Tuesday night against the Florida […]
Continue readingHow unbreakable Mark Stone has led Vegas to brink of Cup
“Whatever we’ve got to do at this time of year, we’ve got to do it,” forward Nicolas Roy said. “If we’ve got to take a hit. If we’ve got to block a shot.” Seated next to Roy was Mark Stone, the Golden Knights’ captain. He has hurt. And they have won. Like in Game 3 […]
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