The Golden Knights have earned the mythical label of “team nobody wants to meet in the playoffs” thanks to their play over the past 10 games.
But it’s not just the fact the Knights are winning (9-1 since the trade-deadline acquisition of right wing Mark Stone).
It’s how they are winning that bodes well for the postseason and is putting fear into the rest of the Western Conference.
“I don’t know if it’s something that we’ve individually spoken about, but it is something that the way our lineup looks — you’ve got a lot of guys with speed, a lot of big guys, you can play a lot of different ways,” defenseman Nate Schmidt said.