(Photo Credit: Ken Boehlke, SinBin.vegas) Every Golden Knights fan who attended the Winter Classic in Seattle, and even those who watched on TV back at home, probably had the same thought as they took in the scenes of the Pacific Northwest.
The Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup, but it seems like forever ago. The 2023-24 roster seems complete. We will not see any organized team activities for well over a month.
A great owner puts great people in place to run their business. Great people make great decisions that lead to a business becoming successful. On July 13, 2016, Golden Knights owner Bill Foley announced the hiring of George McPhee as the team’s first general manager.
At the end of the day, there are two types of decisions; good decisions and bad decisions. President of hockey operations George McPhee and general manager Kelly McCrimmon have made a number of big decisions in their six years of running hockey operations for the Vegas Golden Knights.
“Culture. It’s all about how you treat people. -President of hockey operations George McPhee said when asked to offer career advice during the 2019 Knight to Remember Gala That seemed like such a simple answer for someone who has such a complex position.
(Photo Credit: SinBin.vegas Photographer Brandon Andreasen) The Golden Knights have a little more than two weeks to make any final adjustments to the roster they hope brings them back to the playoffs and on another long run.
(Photo Credit: SinBin.vegas Photographer Brandon Andreasen) To most this is probably going to be a minor detail, but for some reason, it bothers me that many ignore it, are ignorant to it, or simply prefer the alternate reality in which it is not true.
(Photo Credit: SinBin.vegas Photographer Brandon Andreasen) This week former Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy officially joined the available coaching class of 2022.
One of the biggest story lines surrounding the Vegas Golden Knights this season was the relationship between head coach Pete DeBoer and goaltender Robin Lehner.
(Photo Credit: SinBin.vegas Photographer Brandon Andreasen) The saga at the end of the season between the pipes for the Golden Knights was, well, messy.
As the 2021-22 season neared the finish line, Vegas Golden Knights fans were starting to become more and more frustrated with Jack Eichel, who was held without a point in five of his team’s last seven games, but a thumb injury may be to blame for his struggles.
In this edition of Vegas Golden Knights News & Rumors, George McPhee, the president of hockey operations, had some interesting comments on what it takes to build a great team on the Alz Caps podcast.
(Photo Credit: SinBin.vegas Photographer Brandon Andreasen) Late in overtime Golden Knights’ defenseman Alex Pietrangelo made an unfortunate turnover costing them an extra point in Carolina.
(Photo Credit: Ken Boehlke, SinBin.vegas) Every time Jack Eichel steps on the ice his return draws a bit nearer. What felt like it would take an eternity when he was first acquired from the Buffalo Sabres is now right there in sight.
The timing of this positive test for McCrimmon looks especially bad considering that he and President George McPhee were shown on Friday night’s television broadcast in a suite without masks, in violation of the league’s COVID Protocol.
It happens at the start of every NHL season. You tune into the first hockey tilt in months and are almost instantly thrown for a loop when you remember a few key players are sporting different sweaters.
On June 28, 1907, catcher Branch Rickey allowed 13 stolen bases in one game. Fortunately, he fared much better as a Major League Baseball general manager.
One team is in its first year of existence, the other has been a perpetual disappointment in the postseason. The Vegas Golden Knights have a chance to make sports history, and the Washington Capitals have a chance to finally and fully shed the label of playoff chokers.
Hockey fandom was in an unusual frenzy for a Sunday in mid-June thanks to teams unveiling their lists of protected players ahead of the expansion draft.
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