When they woke up Wednesday morning, they were enemies. By nightfall, they had become a band of hockey brothers.
The Golden Knights finally had players they could put into uniform and for their eager fan base to cheer for. Thirty in all, who were announced at T-Mobile Arena along with a national television audience in the United States and Canada.
They will always be remembered as the first ones picked by general manager George McPhee and his staff and welcomed by majority owner Bill Foley, who paid a record $500 million a year ago to join the NHL as the league’s 31st team.