The Vancouver Canucks are taking their time to announce who the final forward addition will be (or if there will be one at all). Meanwhile, the Las Vegas franchise seems to be taking their first steps toward shaping an actual hockey club.
Las Vegas Wants to Be Competitive
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“We should be able to field a very competitive team in Year One and we’ll make the playoffs as fast as we can,” Foley said after the NHL announced it would expand into Las Vegas for the 2017-18 season.