ESPN.com · Jul 18, 2023
Will Vegas win the Stanley Cup again? The cases for, against
The Vegas Golden Knights were once known as the "Misfits."
We'd consider them now more like the "Overachievers."
It took just six seasons for the NHL's latest desert-dwelling expansion team to earn the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship, through a five-game triumph over the Florida Panthers in June.
The Golden Knights weren't even Cup Final rookies, either. Vegas advanced to that stage in the organization's inaugural 2017-18 campaign too (it lost to the Washington Capitals), further proof that while Vegas may have joined the NHL about 100 years into its existence, these Golden Knights wasted no time making their mark.