The Vegas Golden Knights have long surpassed being the best story in hockey to become arguably the best story in sports.
It's an expansion team that, in the course of its inaugural season, has shattered records for first-year teams, sits eight wins away from capturing a Stanley Cup that teams four decades their elders have yet to win, and has helped heal a city that was staggered by an unconscionable shooting massacre that occurred just days before their first home game.