SportsPulse: The Vegas Golden Knights are going to the Stanley Cup Final. Trysta Krick looks at how the impossible became possible. USA TODAY Sports
The Vegas Golden Knights making the Stanley Cup Final in their first year of existence is, bar none, the most remarkable long-shot achievement in the history of American professional sports.
Yet for many NHL fans, the reaction since the Golden Knights' series-clinching victory Sunday over the Winnipeg Jets hasn't been to celebrate a feel-good, logic-defying story that is resonating beyond the usual niche hockey market.