Entering this season, there was potential of the NHL’s newest team building up hatred for teams that didn’t quite return the favor.
Fast forward to April, and hey, the NHL is thinking about Vegas after all.
So when did the Vegas Golden Knights stop being a curiosity and start becoming a threat? Was it when they won their first two games on the road against Dallas and Arizona? How about when they blasted the Avalanche 7-0, bringing their record to 8-1-0? Perhaps it was when Marc-Andre Fleury returned to action to bolster a team that had managed to get to 19-9-1 without him?