The 2017-18 NHL season has been a needed reminder that we're still capable of being surprised. The Vegas Golden Knights, who were listed with odds as high as 500-1 to win the championship before the season, are not supposed to be representing the Western Conference in the upcoming Stanley Cup Final. To claim a conference title in your first year of existence is nearly unthinkable. As FiveThirtyEight pointed out, the Knights are just the second expansion team to make it to the finals in a big-four American sport since 1960, following in the footsteps of the 1967-68 St.
Are Golden Knights the unlikeliest finalists in modern American sports?
