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Vegas Vibes: Round 1 – Game 1

VGK Starting to Get Back on Track: According to the morning skate report, Laurent Brossoit was to be the expected starter in net. Captain Mark Stone made a huge return as he’s been injured twice this season, as well as many other Vegas players. The Golden Knights have had many injuries this season, requiring many […]

Golden Knights: 4 Different Goalies in 4 Games

Gold for the Golden Knights: The win-streak record for the Vegas Golden Knights is ten which they set during the shortened 2020-21 season. Their record that season was 40-14-2, and they finished first in the Western Conference with 82 points. This season’s record so far is 46-21-6, and they have also ranked first in the […]

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Varlamov Continues to Be Reliable on Long Island

Decades ago, teams in the NHL played their starting goaltender anywhere between 60-70 games. Back in those times, it was pretty much a given that it was the starter’s net for almost the whole season unless he faltered for long stretches. The backup’s job was to play anywhere between 10-15 games in the regular season. […]

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What is Going on With Vegas?

Last season was one to forget for the Vegas Golden Knights. They missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, fired their head coach, dealt with many injuries, and were just a disappointing hockey team to watch. When you put all those things together, you have a team that deserved to miss the […]

Jack Eichel is Expected To Return Thursday

The Vegas Golden Knights should get a big lift on Thursday as Jack Eichel is expected to return to the lineup. Bruce Cassidy told reporters after Wednesday’s practice that, barring any setbacks, Eichel would be in the lineup. The center has missed 11 straight games due to a lower-body injury. While a relatively short time […]

Chandler Stephenson Speaks on What Vegas Needs to do to Prepare for the Regular Season

Last night the Vegas Golden Knights took on the Los Angles Kings in their sixth preseason game as they continue to adjust to the new system implemented by newly hired head coach Bruce Cassidy. With a new coach comes new expectations, a new message, a new system, and new lines as the coach tries to […]

Golden Knights New Head Coach Bruce Cassidy Plans to Experiment During Camp

Training camp is right around the corner, and so is the 2022-2023 season, which kicks off in October. For the Vegas Golden Knights, they will have a new bench boss this season, with former Boston Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy now at the helm. With a new coach comes a new style of play and […]

Red Wings: 10 Potential Free Agent Forward Targets

Two definites are surrounding the Detroit Red Wings this offseason. One, Steve Yzerman has set up the Red Wings nicely with the ability to take advantage of the projected fourth-most cap space in the NHL, whether that be taking on bad contracts from cap-strapped teams for draft capital or making a splash in free agency. […]

Opinion: Does it make sense to trade Georgiev

There have been a lot of rumors of teams interested in Georgiev, some of them being Vegas and Edmonton. However, does it makes sense for the Rangers to trade him? Maybe they should keep him with the jam-packed schedule coming up. Or what if Shesterkin goes down with an injury? Reasons why the Rangers shouldn’t […]

Opinion: New York Rangers: Pretenders to Contenders?

The New York Rangers have been a peculiar team this season, having an outstanding record of 19-7-4 in 30 games (3rd in their division as of today), but does that tell the whole story? They are 13-0-1 against teams under .500. However, they are 6-7-2 against teams that are above .500. This record shows that […]