New faces can bring change. In the room. On the ice. Within a structure that has produced, thus far in an NHL season, something pretty special and rare.
The Golden Knights aren’t the same team as they were when the week arrived, deeper on the offensive end, more physical overall for a side that really isn’t one.
But whether they’re better for the additions— and it’s pretty impossible to top what Vegas accomplished as an expansion team before Monday’s trade deadline — won’t be known just yet. New faces and games need time to acclimate.
That, and Ryan Reaves hasn’t yet fought every opposing player.