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.
The Vegas Golden Knights released a hysterical video today with popular defenseman Ryan Reaves dressed up as a Golden Knights statue at the team's practice facility. Reaves scared the "puck" out of his teammates.
It used to not be a "major" deal when May rolled around and there wasn't professional hockey in Las Vegas. You know, back in the dark ages. In fact, other than the local Triple-A baseball team, it was basically reverse hibernation from the brutal desert sun. But, ever since the Vegas Golden Knights stole the hearts and minds of Sin City with its Stanley Cup Final run last year, May feels empty without VGK hockey.
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.
When the San Jose Sharks scored against the Vegas Golden Knights in less than 30 seconds on Monday night, I audibly sighed and said to my sisters, “It’s going to be that kind of game.” I was not prepared for the 7-3 beating Vegas was going to put down on the second half of a back-to-back, especially with Malcolm Subban starting both games.
