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 readingThe Pittsburgh Penguins made it known Saturday that goal prevention was a priority, re-signing goaltender Tristan Jarry and adding defenseman Ryan Graves. Jarry got a five-year extension carrying a $5.375 million cap hit while Graves, who spent last season with the New Jersey Devils, signed a six-year deal that’s worth $4.5 million annually. The signings […]
Continue readingOne method is free agency, another is the draft, and another is by making trades with their fellow GMs. We’re tracking that third avenue here with an updated tracker listing all the deals made since the start of the offseason, and links to grades for the most high-profile swaps. Note that deals are listed with […]
Continue readingNASHVILLE, 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 readingLAS 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 readingThe 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 readingLAS 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 readingThe Vegas Golden Knights will try to close out the Florida Panthers in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday night. Florida is trying to become just the second team in NHL history to rally from a 3-1 series deficit (or worse) to win the Stanley Cup. The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs came […]
Continue readingAre the Panthers destined to knot this series up? Or was this just a bump in the road to Stanley for the Knights? Wager accordingly. Here’s what I like for Game 4, scheduled for 8 p.m. ET on Saturday night in Florida. Resources: Injuries | Schedule | How to watch on ESPN+ | Daily lines […]
Continue readingThere isn’t anything special about the rankings here compared to every week, but that’s because these rest-of-season rankings aim to capture a snapshot of what a draft might be like every single week of the season. With that in mind, we are going to highlight some of the biggest swings in value since the puck […]
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