Our 2018-19 Vegas Golden Knights Report Cards continue today as we turn our attention to Mark Stone, who made an outstanding impact in Sin City after being acquired as part of a monster trade with the Ottawa Senators.
Mark Stone began 2018-19 on an Ottawa Senators team that seemed to lurch from one disaster to the next. He wore an ‘A’ on his jersey and was one of the leaders on a roster that was going through a rebuild, shedding a plethora of its more high-profile stars.
After trading away franchise icons in Mike Hoffman and Erik Karlsson prior to the start of the year, there was an air of animosity swirling around Ottawa and many predicted that the Senators were heading for a turbulent year on the ice too.