Earlier in the season, the Athletic ranked the Vegas Golden Knights’ prospect collection 23rd out of 32 NHL teams. Since then, the Golden Knights traded away their top prospect David Edstrom to San Jose in the Tomas Hertl trade.
The Saginaw Spirit returned to the ice for the week of Dec. 25 – Dec. 31 after a 12-day break for three games without two of their key players, Rodwin Dionicio (Switzerland) and Matyas Sapovaliv (Czechia), who are in Sweden helping lead their teams in the World Junior Championship (WJC).