Vegas Golden Knights general manager George McPhee outsmarted his 30 NHL counterparts and put together a team that, in its inaugural season, is four wins away from winning the Stanley Cup.
That has prompted this question from frustrated fans of the local hockey team: How can an expansion club be so good so fast, while the Flyers haven’t won a Stanley Cup since Gerald Ford was in the White House in 1975?
There are numerous reasons, including the unmatched teamwork the Golden Knights have displayed. They were thrown together by circumstances and, to McPhee’s credit, he not only plucked on-the-way-up players from teams, but he also selected character guys who play for each other and not for individual statistics.