The way Pierre-Edouard Bellemare sees it — and I’m not sure anyone in the Golden Knights locker room gets it more than the fourth-line center — Vegas shouldn’t be spending its free time searching for Jeff Probst or any Tiki torches.
Survival is rarely a desired reality of professional athletes, especially early in a season. They’re creatures of habit. One guy gets suspended or injured, another steps up.
It doesn’t require much depth of thought.
“Last year, that philosophy worked pretty well for us,” Bellemare said. “Guys came in and played the system and we were able to get a bunch of points.