It’s that time again, only the second time, but the Golden Knights will gather to begin training camp Friday as a means to prepare for The Season Following The Most Improbable Season.
They also now have The Rival.
In the world of professional sports, unless your head coach is named Belichick and your team leader named Brady, the window to legitimately chase a championship is hardly infinite.
When it’s open, the preferred reaction is to climb through it.
Vegas has done so with all its off-season moves. San Jose on Thursday did so by jumping head-first through the aperture, any kind of grave injury be damned.