Kevin Smith

Early Thursday morning, the Golden Knights announced that forward Valentin Zykov has been suspended 20 games for...

Like all of you I'm sure, this summer felt so much longer than the previous summer when the Golden Knights came three wins away from winning the Stanley Cup and are back for a third shot at the crown.

This has not been as fun of a summer for Vegas Golden Knights fans compared to a year ago. A longer offseason, salary dumps left and right, and no big free agent acquisitions. Well, at least VGK can look forward to Nikita Gusev. Unfortunately for Knights fans, 'The Goose' was traded to the New Jersey Devils for a 2nd and 3rd round pick.

With the salary cap set by the league at $81.5 million for the league, this puts the Knights in salary cap hell already in their third season. Despite the handcuff, the VGK locked in fan favorite William "Wild Bill" Karlsson to an eight-year deal this past weekend.

A 3-0 lead with about 10 minutes to go in a Game 7 on the road, and...

The Golden Knights and their sluggish play the last eight games, only winning one of them in that span, followed them into Game One of the playoffs against the San Jose Sharks losing by a score of 5-2 Wednesday night.

It was an identity the inaugural year team had — a tenacity ththe players brought to the ice every game that they were going to keep coming at you in waves. It was chip-on-the-shoulder mentality that made every game a revenge for the player who was let go by that team. The story goes is the Golden Knights players used the term “Golden Misfits” amongst each other in the locker room last season to describe their team identity. It wasn’t until the second round of the playoffs where William Karlsson said “We are the Golden Misfits.”

It is that time of year. Teams are evaluating the talent they have, and how their season...