It is a glorious time to be a hockey fan right now and there isn’t long to wait now until the Vegas Golden Knights pull the curtain back on their third year in the NHL, with their eagerly anticipated matchup against the Sharks one of four games tonight.
All of the preparation, all of the summer grind and all of the hope and expectation leads to tonight and there it is a huge year ahead for the Golden Knights who are bang in the middle of their Stanley Cup window.
However, they couldn’t have asked for a tougher start to 2019-20 with tonight’s opener followed by a road trip to San Jose on Friday, a tough test against Stanley Cup finalists the Boston Bruins next Tuesday before rounding off a burdensome slate by facing the Arizona Coyotes and the Calgary Flames.