A snapshot, perhaps more than anything, catches a moment in time, something impossible to replicate.
It validates history.
In this way, Las Vegas on Wednesday night will take several more photographs to further substantiate having moved into major professional sports, the blank page adding significant text, the empty ice stage finally welcoming to the Golden Knights some of those who will assume leading roles skating across it.
Yes, it’s even bigger than the jersey unveil that occurred Tuesday night, which is saying something when you consider the Knights, NHL and Adidas over the last several days treated the moment with the sort of intense secrecy as if they were about to unearth the true identity of Jack the Ripper.