It was the middle of January when colleague Ed Graney referred to the love affair between Las Vegas and its Golden Knights as a perfect storm. This was right after the local purveyors of pucks had edged in front of the Tampa Bay Lightning for the NHL’s best overall record.
Say it again. An ice hockey team based in the desert that had no players in the middle of the previous June had the best record in the NHL in the middle of the following January. Hell may not have frozen over, but they were sending the salt trucks out.