There was a time where no one thought hockey in a warm-weather city like Los Angeles could work. Fifty years and two Stanley Cups later, those doubters have been proved wrong. Add in the combined 50 years between the San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks – Anaheim’s 2007 Stanley Cup victory included – and those doubters have even more so been proved wrong.
Now that the 2016-17 season has concluded with the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the Stanley Cup for the second season in a row, the focus shifts to the league’s off-season and the Vegas Golden Knights.