Although the usual suspects, i.e. the San Jose Sharks and the Calgary Flames will pose the biggest threat to the Vegas Golden Knights this year, a new danger has emerged in the form of the Canucks and they should be taken seriously.
Now, we will preface this by stating that we will be doing a deep dive on the entire Pacific Division as a whole in the coming days, but for now we are going to turn the magnifying glass on Vancouver and why they should be considered a dark horse in 2019-20.
First and foremost, they are fundamentally a better hockey team heading into training camp and they have the pieces in place, coupled with a rich pipeline, to eventually morph into a legit contender in the not too distant future.