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• Matthew Knies Delivers Unfiltered Take On Maple Leafs’ Roster Shakeup in Post-Mitch Marner Era
Matthew Knies gets candid about the team's future in the wake of Mitch Marner's noisy departure to the Vegas Golden Knights...2025
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• 5 Depth Players Who Stole the Show in the Golden Knights’ Preseason
As the next NHL season looms, the Vegas Golden Knights’ preseason (Sept. 21 – Oct. 3) offered a crucible: fewer top stars and more opportunity for depth players to push…...2025
• NHL Rumors: The Golden Knights Might Want $13 Million, But Jack Eichel Could be Thinking More

The Vegas Golden Knights might be thinking around $13 million for a Jack Eichel extension, but he might be thinking a little higher....2025
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• NHL Rumors: The Golden Knights Might Want $13 Million, But Jack Eichel Could be Thinking More

The Vegas Golden Knights might be thinking around $13 million for a Jack Eichel extension, but he might be thinking a little higher....2025
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• Bartnick’s Pacific Division is “what’s old is new again”
The Pacific Division sent a team 3 years in a row to the Stanley Cup Final.The Edmonton Oilers have lost in the Final the last 2 years. The Vegas Golden Knights won the Cup 3 years ago. The Los Angeles … Continue reading → The post Bartnick’s Pacific Division is “what’s old is new again” first appeared on Pro Hockey News....2025
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• NHL Rumors: Montreal Canadiens, Vegas Golden Knights, and the Carolina Hurricanes

The price will only go up for Lane Hutson. Will Jack Eichel get $14 million on an extension? Looking like Carter Hart to Vegas....2025
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• NHL Injuries: Sabres, Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Wild, Rangers, Flyers, Lightning, Golden Knights, Jets, and More

The Sabres are battling some injuries. Andrei Vasilevskiy practices. Jonathan Toews leaves early last night....2025
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• NHL Injuries: Sabres, Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Wild, Rangers, Flyers, Lightning, Golden Knights, Jets, and More

The Sabres are battling some injuries. Andrei Vasilevskiy practices. Jonathan Toews leaves early last night....2025
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• NHL Injuries: Stars, Preds, Islanders, Rangers, Sens, Pens, Kraken, Blues, Lightning, Leafs, Mammoth, Golden Knights, and Capitals

Anders Lee is out a week or two. Andrei Vasilevskiy receiving treatment and missing practice. Nic Hague out four to six weeks....2025
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• NHL Injuries: Stars, Preds, Islanders, Rangers, Sens, Pens, Kraken, Blues, Lightning, Leafs, Mammoth, Golden Knights, and Capitals

Anders Lee is out a week or two. Andrei Vasilevskiy receiving treatment and missing practice. Nic Hague out four to six weeks....2025
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• Pietrangelo hopes to avoid surgery, possibly play for Golden Knights this season

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo has not ruled out playing again for the Golden Knights — even this season — hoping to avoid surgery as he goes through rehabilitation on his injured hip....2025
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• Vegas star Pietrangelo (hip) won't rule out return
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo will not rule out a return to play this season as he continues to rehab a prolonged hip injury....2025
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• Manitoba Moose 2025-26 Outlook
The American Hockey League took advantage of the sleepy summer news-less period on the hockey calendar to announce the upcoming schedule for the league’s 32 franchises. And this article is a sure sign outlining just how little the media has been talking about our Winnipeg Jets….since I have nothing to write about other than the release of the Manitoba Moose’s 2025-26 schedule. We...2025
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• 2025 Free Agency Preview and Open Thread
It’s July 1st, which means it’s free agency day! Some of the biggest stars in the NHL are in need of a new home! Mitch Marner! (Sign and trade with Vegas, 8x$12M) Aaron Ekblad! (Re-signed 8x$6.1M) Sam Bennett! (Re-signed 8x$8M) Brad Marchand! (Re-signed 6x$5.25) John Tavares! (Re-signed 4x$4.125M) Ivan Provorov! (Re-signed 7x$8.5M… the hell???) Just like every year, the majori...2025
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• NHL mock draft 2025: Updated projection on draft day with rumors flying

GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS / USA TODAY NETWORK Here’s our latest NHL mock draft. We’re barely done getting over the Stanley Cup Finals and the NHL Draft is already upon us, and it’s going to be wild. While the 2025 class doesn’t have a surefire star like Connor Bedard two years ago, it’s a deep class with boom or bust potential all over the first round which could lead to some wild thin...2025
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• Alex Pietrangelo’s Future in Doubt, Fallout for Golden Knights

The post Alex Pietrangelo’s Future in Doubt, Fallout for Golden Knights appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. There is talk Alex Pietrangelo might miss next season with injury issues. What does it mean for the Golden Knights? The post Alex Pietrangelo’s Future in Doubt, Fallout for Golden Knights appeared first on NHL Trade Talk....2025
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• This Reality Is Pure Fantasy

It's hard to imagine that the NHL would ever find a home in Europe simply due to the NHL needing billionaires to fund teams and fans to fill arenas on a nightly basis where the sport is mildly popular in specific cities across that continent. Yes, there are lots of fans who come out for games played in Europe, but a European division in the NHL seems like pure fantasy as salaries continue to climb...2025
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images It’s just a business after all, right? This organization needs a fresh start, and it starts by breaking a few hearts. It starts with GM Chris MacFarland. When he makes the right moves on the battlefield, MacFarland comes off as a genius, but like most of your friends were while playing Call of Duty Zombies, the quick trigger finger would come back to bite th...2025
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• Recap: Avalanche can’t get out of early hole, fall 5-4 to rival St. Louis

Photo by Joe Puetz/NHLI via Getty Images Mistakes and turnovers put Colorado in a 4-0 hole, but despite a valiant effort, it was too much in the end. The mistakes were too much to overcome. The Colorado Avalanche got into a deep hole early on and ultimately fell to the St. Louis Blues 5-4 Saturday evening at Enterprise Center despite putting up a valiant effort late in the game. Ross Col...2025
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• Deadline Moves by Past Cup Champs
Before I switch my attention to the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, I decided to tackle some questions that have been bothering me for a while. Based on the comments I read on hockey blogs, in PuckPedia’s GM mode, and even in articles by the professional experts in the media…your team MUST add players at the deadline if they really want to win the Stanley Cup. And a lot of them typically ...2025
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• Meet the team giving free tattoos at Vegas Golden Knights games

Artists from local shop Revolt Tattoos set up at T-Mobile Arena to give out free Knights ink before home playoff games....2023

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"Former Blues forward Brandon Saad has signed with the Vegas Golden Knights for the rest of the season."

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"The Washington Capitals reportedly dealt left-wing Anthony Mantha to the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday evening."

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"Stars captain Jamie Benn has been suspended two playoff or regular-season games for cross-checking against Golden Knights forward Mark Stone, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced Wednesday."

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"The Vegas Golden Knights have fired coach Peter DeBoer after failing to make the playoffs for the first time in their short history."

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"Sources: Sabres trade Eichel to Golden Knights"

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"The Golden Knights have fired coach Gerard Gallant and replaced him with former Sharks coach Peter DeBoer."

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"The Penguins pulled off a repeat, while the Golden Knights came out of nowhere."

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"The Army filed a challenge to the Vegas Golden Knights' name on Wednesday, saying that the name is associated with their parachute team."

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"And -- thanks in part to the stunning success of the Vegas Golden Knights -- the salary cap and expansion fees are both on the rise."

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"Las Vegas team will be named the Golden Knights"

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"Rex Ryan's son jumps with Army Golden Knights"

• 5 Depth Players Who Stole the Show in the Golden Knights’ Preseason
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• NHL Rumors: Oilers Could Inadvertently Force $80 Million NHL Star Into Demanding Massive Payday
As Vegas's star center enters his contract year, one insider believes the Golden Knights' rivalry with the Oilers could drive his price tag sky-high....2025
• Mitch Marner’s Vegas Golden Knights Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place Over $61.6M D-Man
With their payroll already exceeding the salary cap, the Golden Knights may be forced to make a tough decision before the regular season begins....2025
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• Winnipeg Jets: PRE Pre-Season Preview
Well, we are at that time of the year where summer begins its preparations to depart the Canadian province of Manitoba, setting the scene for the arrival of another wintery period at some point over the next few months. Fortunately, along with the incoming colder temperatures, the return of hockey will help us deal with the forced indoor confinement that accompanies the season of winter in our nor...2025
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• Insider Makes Opinion Clear As Vegas Golden Knights’ Jack Eichel Waits On Franchise-Record Deal
Vegas Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel can become a free agent next summer, but there is hope a deal will get done before then....2025
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• NHL Rumors: Kirill Kaprizov Expected To Get A Bag Well North of Mitch Marner’s $96M Payday
Kirill Kaprizov's next contract with the Minnesota Wild could dwarf Mitch Marner's hefty deal with the Vegas Golden Knights...2025
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• Midsummer Musings on a Variety of Golden Knights Topics
The offseason has been unusually slow this time around. The 2025 NHL Draft, the first decentralized draft, wasn’t received very well, and most top free agents signed back with their…...2025
• Colorado Avalanche Sign Victor Olofsson to 1-Year Contract
The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Victor Olofsson to a 1-year, $1.575 million contract. Olofsson is coming off the best season of his career with the Vegas Golden Knights after…...2025
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• Olofsson signs 1-year contract with Avalanche
Victor Olofsson signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. Financial terms were not disclosed. The 30-year-old forward had 29 points (15 goals, 14 assists) in 56 regular-season games for the Vegas Golden Knights last season and four … Continue reading → The post Olofsson signs 1-year contract with Avalanche first appeared on Pro Hockey News....2025
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• Brisson looking to regain form, confidence

Brendan Brisson experienced a variety of firsts during the 2024-25 season. For the first time in his career, the former first-round draft choice made the NHL out of training camp with the Vegas Golden Knights. He also experienced his first trade, as he was acquired by the New York Rangers at the NHL trade deadline....2025
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• 3 Takeaways From Mammoth’s 3-2 Overtime Loss to Golden Knights
We are officially halfway through the Utah Mammoth’s preseason, and the results are getting better, despite the team still being winless. However, as mentioned repeatedly, the score doesn’t matter. It’s…...2025
• Olofsson signs 1-year contract with Avalanche
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• Hutson and Boisvert enthused for 2025-26 season; Bonino and Cohen reunite on Morning Cuppa Hockey

tw-align-centerCole Hutson following familiar path to NHL, Capitals ⤵️https://t.co/sqTr5gQWZB— NHL.com (@NHLdotcom) August 13, 2025 16.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...2025
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• Breaking down the 2025-26 Avalanche schedule

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images The fun begins October 7th! After a delay to see if any new transactions could squeeze slightly more juice out of the schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 NHL season, the full 82-game slate for every team has finally been revealed. For the Colorado Avalanche, fans had to wait 10 extra minutes for the schedule but it was finally revealed and the 2...2025
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• Manitoba Moose 2025-26 Outlook
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• 3 NHL free agency winners and 3 big losers in 2025

Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images Hot weather hockey reigns supreme. NHL free agency is still ongoing, but we’ve definitely reached a cooling off period. The biggest names have signed, leaving only potential trades and depth players on the market. It’s a fascinating time in hockey right now. Everyone sees the blueprint the Florida Panthers have run to win back-to-back Stanley ...2025
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• 2025 Free Agency Preview and Open Thread
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• NHL free agency player rankings for top-25 available in 2025

Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images Mitch Marner headlines the 2025 class. NHL Free Agency opens on July 1 and it’s going to be a rather bizarre class. Operating as a preamble for the mammoth 2026 class which could be headlined by Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, this year is light on true star power, but lands at a time where every team is desperate to get better. This could mean that th...2025
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• 5 NHL stars who could be traded before the draft

Photo by Glenn James/NHLI via Getty Images Here’s who could be on the move ahead of the first round on Friday night. It’s silly season in the NHL and this year feels much, much sillier than usual. A weak free agency pool without a lot of star power has led to a feeding frenzy over who can free up enough cap space to make an offer to Mitch Marner, this is combined with teams knowing there’s...2025
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• The NHL’s state tax problem is real, no matter how much Gary Bettman wants to ignore it

A salary cap imbalance in the NHL is having a profound effect. Take a spin around social media during the Stanley Cup Finals and there’s no shortage of discussion about the impact of state income tax on the league. It’s become a hot-button issue in hockey for fans, many of whom unfairly attribute the success of the Panthers to their ability to sign players for less due to Florida lacking a state i...2025
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• Mitch Marner Breaks Silence on Maple Leafs Fans’ ‘Unacceptable’ Threats, Opens Up on Threats to His Family’s Safety
After years of pressure and harassment in Toronto, Mitch Marner admits his family’s safety was a factor in leaving the Maple Leafs for the Golden Knights....2025
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• Hutson and Boisvert enthused for 2025-26 season; Bonino and Cohen reunite on Morning Cuppa Hockey
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• Manitoba Moose 2025-26 Outlook
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• 3 NHL free agency winners and 3 big losers in 2025
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• All-star Marner looks forward to fitting into Golden Knights' family culture

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Family. Winning. Culture. All three have become synonymous with the Vegas Golden Knights through their first eight years in the NHL....2025
• Marner thrilled to be with 'unbelievable' Knights
Mitch Marner, 28, who spent nine seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs before joining the Vegas Golden Knights this week, told reporters Tuesday in Nevada that, with his family, "this is the place we want to be" now that his eight-year deal is finalized....2025
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• Golden Knights Rundown: 3 Storylines to Watch as the Draft & Free Agency Near
Nearly two years ago, before the horn even sounded, all the players, coaching staff, and fans alike were celebrating. It was a monumental moment for a franchise that had only…...2025
• The Edmonton Oilers obsession with Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’ is sports’ greatest mystery

Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Oilers players are guarding this like the nuclear launch codes. Iconic arena music after a home team win is a staple of the NHL. From the Calgary Flames playing “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash, the Boston Bruins with “Dirty Water” by The Standells, and the Las Vegas Golden Knights with Elvis’ “Viva Las Vegas,” it’s just part ...2025
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• Do or Die: Will Golden Knights Rise to the Challenge Against Oilers in Game 5?
After a magical ending to Game 3, with Reilly Smith scoring an improbable go-ahead goal with 0.4 seconds left, the Vegas Golden Knights looked to ride the momentum in Game…...2025
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• 3 Takeaways From Golden Knights’ 3-0 Loss to Oilers as Series Slips to 3-1
When Reilly Smith buried the game-winning goal with just 0.4 seconds left in Game 3, it felt like a momentum-shifting moment for the Vegas Golden Knights. After the game, they…...2025
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• Las Vegas team will be named the Golden Knights
The name and logo for the league's 31st team was revealed on Tuesday night....2016
• Las Vegas bets on Golden Knights as NHL name
Las Vegas bets on Golden Knights as NHL name...2016
• Army files challenge to Golden Knights' name
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• Sources: Sabres trade Eichel to Golden Knights

Buffalo has traded Jack Eichel and a 2023 third-round draft pick to Vegas in exchange for Peyton Krebs, Alex Tuch, a first-round pick in 2022 and a third-rounder in 2023, sources confirmed to ESPN....2021
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• Sabres send Jack Eichel to Golden Knights for top prospect Alex Tuch, multiple draft picks in blockbuster deal
The star center is officially out of Buffalo...2021
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• Sources: Blackhawks to get Fleury from Vegas

Three-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is headed to the Chicago Blackhawks after agreeing to a trade with the Vegas Golden Knights, sources told ESPN on Tuesday....2021
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• Stars' Benn suspended 2 games for hit on Stone

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• 10 things we learned at the NHL Board of Governors meetings
Seattle looks likely to get a team, while Houston is on hold. The Hurricanes and Coyotes are staying put. And -- thanks in part to the stunning success of the Vegas Golden Knights -- the salary cap and expansion fees are both on the rise....2017

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• Golden Knights’ Mitch Marner Settles Outside NHL’s Top 20 Following $96M Toronto Maple Leafs Breakup
Mitch Marner ranks 24th in NHL.com’s 2025-26 fantasy hockey list after a $96M move to Vegas, chasing his first Stanley Cup with the Golden Knights....2025
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• This Reality Is Pure Fantasy
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• Big Ten 2025-26 Men’s Hockey Season Preview: Are odds in conference’s favor of finally bringing home a national championship?
Let’s go to Vegas, baby. The 2026 Frozen Four will be played in T-Mobile Arena, home of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights, and wouldn’t any team from the Big Ten love to ride a streak all the way to the final buzzer of the national championship game next April? … The post Big Ten 2025-26 Men’s Hockey Season Preview: Are odds in conference’s favor of finally bringing home a national c...2025
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• Golden Knights’ Stanley Cup Odds Shift as Barkov Injury Reshapes the Season
The Stanley Cup race just shifted. With Aleksander Barkov likely sidelined for the season, the Florida Panthers face a massive void down the middle. His absence reshapes the championship landscape,…...2025
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• Mitch Marner hits the ice as Golden Knights open training camp with Stanley Cup in mind

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Golden Knights are always going for it, constantly willing to chase top talent in order to make a run at the Stanley Cup....2025
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• Mitch Marner hits the ice as Golden Knights open training camp with Stanley Cup in mind

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Golden Knights are always going for it, constantly willing to chase top talent in order to make a run at the Stanley Cup....2025
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• NHL Rumors: Los Angeles Kings, and the Vegas Golden Knights

Is Adrian Kempe looking for over $10 million a season? Before the playoffs, Nicholas Hague had a verbal agreement with the Vegas Knights....2025
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• NHL Rumors: Los Angeles Kings, and the Vegas Golden Knights

Is Adrian Kempe looking for over $10 million a season? Before the playoffs, Nicholas Hague had a verbal agreement with the Vegas Knights....2025
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• Penguins Update: Points vs. Hits
Shelly Anderson posted an intriguing article on Pittsburgh Hockey Now a while back that referenced a study and report published by RotoWire.com, ranking NHL teams from most aggressive to least aggressive. No great surprise that our Penguins were tied for next-to-last with the Red Wings and Oilers. The article also seemed to suggest an inverse relationship between aggression and on-ice success, cit...2025
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• Kirill Kaprizov’s Contract Delay Might Be a Good Thing
The Minnesota Wild’s offseason has been filled with disappointments. The pain started when they were bounced from the first round of the playoffs by the Vegas Golden Knights last May. It continued when Craig Leipold’s Christmas promise turned into a bad Christmas story....2025
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• 5 Non-Playoff Teams From 2024-25 That Can Win the 2026 Stanley Cup
It’s a long shot for a team to win the Stanley Cup one year after missing the playoffs. It’s not impossible. The Vegas Golden Knights missed the playoffs in the…...2025
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• Winnipeg Jets: PRE Pre-Season Preview
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• Big Ten 2025-26 Men’s Hockey Season Preview: Are odds in conference’s favor of finally bringing home a national championship?
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• Golden Knights Lineup Projection 3.0: Preseason Underway, Season Around the Corner
T-Mobile Arena is still buzzing with reminders of a Stanley Cup run not too far in the rearview. Yet, as pucks drop in the preseason, Vegas’ focus turns inward: playing…...2025
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• ‘It’s Shameful’ — Golden Knights GM Goes on Explosive Rant Against Narrative Around Mitch Marner Trade
The Vegas Golden Knights' general manager defended the Mitch Marner trade, calling rumors involving moving other players false and “shameful.”...2025
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• NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs, Vegas Golden Knights, and Mitch Marner

The latest with pending UFA forward Mitch Marner, and the sign-and-trade speculation between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights....2025
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• NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs, Vegas Golden Knights, and Mitch Marner

The latest with pending UFA forward Mitch Marner, and the sign-and-trade speculation between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights....2025
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• NHL Rumors: A lot of Speculation Surrounding the Vegas Golden Knights

There has been lots of speculation around the Vegas Golden Knights this week, including William Karlsson, Tomas Hertl, Nic Roy, and Nic Hague....2025
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• NHL mock draft 2025: Updated projection on draft day with rumors flying
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• Nic Hague Rumors: NHL Insider Names Two Eastern Conference With Vegas Knights D-Man On Their Radar
The offseason could bring big changes for Vegas Golden Knights' Nic Hague, who is now a key name in NHL trade speculation....2025
• Summer Concert Nights - Part One

With the warmer weather upon most of us in the Great White North, there will be a rise in the number of concerts that happen outdoors at various venues across Canada. I suspect that a number of you who stop by this blog will take in a performance or two when it comes to those summer concerts, so HBIC decided to save all its best performers in hockey jerseys for this occasion! Being that I'm not a ...2025
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• ‘Offense Should Be Ashamed’ – Golden Knights Fans Livid After Game 4 Shutout Loss Pushes Them To Brink
Vegas Golden Knights fans can't believe what they witnessed as their team was shut out in Game 4 by the Edmonton Oilers....2025
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