Vegas Golden Knights: Takeaways from DeBoer’s first ten

1. DeBoer needs help

The biggest takeaway from Peter DeBoer’s first 10 games behind the bench, although if you watch this team closely it will hardly come as a surprise, is the fact that this is a flawed roster.

I’m still convinced that the decision to fire Gerard Gallant was nothing more than a panic move, with it being no secret that Owner Bill Foley is desperate for a Stanley Cup.

However, Head Coaches can only cook the ingredients they are bought by their General Managers and DeBoer is now finding out how much Gallant had his work cut out for him.

This roster, as talented at the top end as it is, is also seriously flawed and a lack of secondary scoring coupled with a poorly constructed blueline has hurt the Knights.

The goaltending has also been less than stellar but, given everything else, trying to rectify that at the Trade Deadline should be bottom of the list.

Instead, General Manager Kelly McCrimmon should be going all out at the Trade Deadline to add a top-four defenseman and, if he can, a depth forward in order to give DeBoer some more toys to play with.

San Jose Sharks defenseman Brenden Dillon could be an attractive rental and the 29-year-old would give this lineup some more jam and grit.

Plus, DeBoer coached Dillon with the Sharks and a trade like that would certainly go a long way to helping DeBoer rectify the defense while getting the very best out of this roster.

This defense certainly needs help though, as emphasized by the fact that they have now allowed 15 goals in the last three games, and that isn’t the hallmark of a championship-winning team.

But, whatever happens, one of the biggest takeaways from this year will be the fact that the front office made mistakes when constructing this team and they could make up for that somewhat by giving Peter DeBoer some weapons to help down the stretch.