Jesse Granger of The Athletic: Vegas Golden Knights forward Max Pacioretty on the having his name in the trade rumor mill recently.
“I played in Montreal for 10 years so this is lightweight stuff. I’ve heard a lot worse. I was a captain too, so you can imagine after a bad year the stuff I heard. This is nothing.”
Pacioretty is coming off a 32 goal, 66 point season in 71 games. During the playoffs he battle injuries, scoring five goals and adding three assists in 16 games.
The Golden Knights have moved out Paul Stastny and Nate Schmidt this offseason, and brought in Alex Pietrangelo.