I’m not sure how many media members who cover the Golden Knights passed out from shock following a morning skate Thursday at City National Arena.
The exact carnage wasn’t immediately reported across social media, probably because Erik Brannstrom couldn’t somehow be entwined in the narrative.
But hours before a 4-2 victory against the Islanders before an announced gathering of 18,226 at T-Mobile Arena, Knights coach Gerard Gallant said defenseman Colin Miller would miss the game with injury.
Which wouldn’t for a team that has been hit in this manner so often lately be normally viewed as significant, if not for the mixed messages filtering from the Knights this past week about who’s playing and who’s not and who might be hurt and who could be a healthy scratch.