The first announcement came an hour before the puck dropped Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena, when a bellowing voice welcomed those fans already in their seats to the first Golden Knights game of 2018.
The calendar has flipped, and nothing is as expected, and I’m not talking about Jon Gruden returning to the Raiders.
I would have never believed these words would be typed in this space back in October: George McPhee over the next several months needs to be a general manager who thinks with his heart over his head.
He needs to go for this thing and leave any thoughts of the future tucked away.