On a day that saw a record-breaking 32 trades go down, the Vegas Golden Knights emerged as one of the big winners.
It didn’t seem that way, though, as reported target after reported target were dealt to other teams, and there was a fear that the Knights would squander the opportunity to improve at the Deadline.
Granted, they had traded for Alec Martinez days before but that move alone wasn’t going to move the needle for this team.
No, Vegas needed another puck-moving defenseman and they also had to address a worrying lack of secondary scoring.