Going into the Vegas Golden Knights inaugural season fans and media members kept their expectations low. Most people (including me) had this team finishing in the 12th-14th range in the Western Conference. I just didn’t think their roster was going to be able to score enough goals and defend sufficiently.
We all knew the strength on this team was in net with Marc-Andre Fleury. The thing is we couldn’t quite predict the numbers he would have because of the team’s performance around him. But if you told me before the season started that Fleury would remain out of action for two months, I would’ve said 15th place finish.