The Golden Knights’ inaugural season saw the NHL franchise ace every test, quiz and assignment with unexpected ease.
Summer school has been far more of a grind.
General manager George McPhee’s first true offseason in Las Vegas failed to yield the type of acquisition that could send shock waves through the Western Conference despite an enviable amount of cap space.
While there were rumors they would make a big push to win the heart of prized free agent John Tavares, the Knights barely made it through the first rose ceremony.
Then again, the young roster McPhee assembled was already good enough to hang a conference championship banner inside T-Mobile Arena, so perhaps not much needed to be done.