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Follow @Sheng_Peng From Nate Schmidt, it's been a loud silence. Exactly one month since the announcement of Schmidt's 20-game suspension for violating the NHL's performance-enhancing drug policy and his subsequent written response, the defenseman has not yet been made available to speak to loc...
Follow @Sheng_Peng There's another Vegas team opening their season this week. Tonight, the Golden Knights host the Flyers in T-Mobile Arena. On Friday, their AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, take on the Eagles in Colorado for a weekend series. On that note, the AHL has slashed prices dram...
Follow @Sheng_Peng On the night that the Golden Knights raised their 2018 Western Conference champions banner, they looked suspiciously like an expansion team. Gerard Gallant, when asked if he took any positives out of the 5-2 loss to the Flyers, blurted, "Nothing." Winning Play Up 3...
Follow @Sheng_Peng A moral victory in Minnesota sounds pretty boring, but that's what the Golden Knights were getting at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday night. With 1:31 to go, the Golden Knights held a decisive 27-13 5v5 Scoring Chances and 10-6 High-danger Corsi For edge, according to Natural...
Follow @Sheng_Peng Three games into the new season, the Golden Knights have held a lead for less than five minutes (4:47). On Monday afternoon, it was the Sabres who took it wire to wire 4-2. Is it time for Vegas to worry? Winning Play With Nate Schmidt suspended for 20 games, it's e...
Follow @Sheng_Peng Gretzky had his office behind the net, Ovechkin has the "Ovie Spot" -- that's the top of the left circle on the power play. For over a decade, Alexander Ovechkin has been peppering goalies from his perch, the main man on Washington's power play. Last night against the Go...
Follow @Sheng_Peng "We need to stop talking about last year," Jonathan Marchessault declared yesterday. "That's probably the problem right now." Marchessault isn't all wrong -- there's a certain point when last year will become meaningless to this season's Golden Knights -- but after a 1-4 stu...
Follow @Sheng_Peng "It hasn't been a successful trip," admitted Gerard Gallant. It could've been disastrous. It was a 2-3 East Coast swing where the Golden Knights unquestionably outplayed their opponent just once. Credit Marc-Andre Fleury -- he of 26 saves, many spectacular -- for averting...
Follow @Sheng_Peng "We're not sharp at all," admitted Jonathan Marchessault on Monday. "We're not satisfied with any part of our game." After a 2-3 road trip -- a fortunate result, I might add, highlighted by Marc-Andre Fleury's spectacular shutout of the Flyers -- the Golden Knights needed a...
Follow @Sheng_Peng What do Alex Tuch and Connor McDavid have in common? They're both forwards who have signed 5+ year extensions coming off their entry-level contracts. That's not the norm. The length of the contract is both a sign of the franchise's belief in a forward and the player's wil...
Follow @Sheng_Peng There were "a lot of things that we have to do for the rest of the year," said Gerard Gallant of Tuesday's slump-busting 4-1 victory over the Sabres. Saturday's 3-1 roasting of the Ducks was a continuation of the Golden Knights' resurgence. They pounded John Gibson with 45 s...
Follow @Sheng_Peng The Golden Knights gave away a point on Wednesday night in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Canucks. But there was bigger news after the game, as Vegas extended impending UFA Nate Schmidt with a six-year, $35.7 million dollar extension. The contract carries a 10-team no-trade clau...
Follow @Sheng_Peng Vegas just isn't good enough right now. On Saturday afternoon, the Eastern Conference-leading Lightning struck down the Golden Knights 3-2: Winning Play What's wrong? It's the big things: Not enough goalscoring, less than air-tight defense. They've scored three...
Follow @Sheng_Peng Jonathan Marchessault said three times in a two-minute-and-a-half post-game interview, "We really needed that game." Down 2-0, Vegas fought back to take a 4-3 decision from Ottawa in OT. Despite a 3-1-1 homestand, Gerard Gallant admitted, "We had a good homestand, but it...
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