LOS ANGELES — They saved him for last back in June, because when you are the new kid on ice and all eyes are cast in your direction, you want the star to receive proper attention.
Marc-Andre Fleury was introduced that evening in Las Vegas as the face of a Golden Knights franchise unveiling its expansion draft selections, the player whose championship pedigree would serve as a template for how to win when things matter most.
For how to make future noise in the playoffs.
No one could have predicted his influence would have such an immediate impact.