George McPhee was apparently concerned any Canadians or Venezuelans in the room might take offense — I’m pretty sure there isn’t a Golden Knights beat writer from Caracas — but the general manager’s answer to a query that his contractual strategy in building the Vegas franchise has a socialist sense to it was nice attempt at humor on both sides.
“In terms of a particular model, are we married to this?” McPhee told reporters last week in announcing an extension for forward Alex Tuch. “Not really, but what we’d like to do is have a lot of good players on contracts that make sense.