I’m guessing it’s this: Within the Golden Knights organization exists someone fascinated by Roman timekeeping, when midnight sat halfway between sunset and sunrise or, in this instance, about 90 minutes after Vegas tends to make major roster announcements.
The Knights, curiously so, have made habit of such things.
Timing might be an illusion, but there was nothing wrongly perceived or interpreted when it came to Vegas on Wednesday night announcing it had signed suspended defenseman Nate Schmidt to a six-year contract extension worth $35.7 million.
On paper, both sides won big, far more than Vegas in losing to Vancouver 3-2 in a shootout just minutes before an ancient sundial atop T-Mobile Arena began rotating and the team broke news of the extension.