While the Golden Knights’ focus is on the Stanley Cup Final, the team’s hockey operations staff is focusing on the franchise’s future.
As coach Gerard Gallant and his players prepare for Game 1 on Monday, general manager George McPhee, assistant GM Kelly McCrimmon and members of the team’s amateur scouting staff are headed to Buffalo for the NHL Scouting Combine, which begins Sunday at the HarborCenter.
“The combine is a critical week and we’ll be well-represented,” McCrimmon said Tuesday from Regina, Saskatchewan, where he is scouting the Memorial Cup championship. “It’s an opportunity to learn about the prospects as people and a chance to ask questions and go over our final lists and make adjustments if we need to.