While many of the general managers around the NHL are busy preparing for the opening of free agency, George McPhee packed up his metaphorical rod and reel and hung a sign on his office door for the summer.
“Ideally, you’d like to be in a place with respect to free agency where you could just go fishing,” he said.
McPhee, the Golden Knights incoming president of hockey operations, doesn’t expect to have a line in the water when the league-wide shopping spree commences at 9 a.m. Monday.
With the few holes to plug in the lineup and little to no room left under the salary cap, McPhee’s focus this week appears to be re-signing players that were with the team last season.