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Vegas Golden Knights: Dreaming About What If

By Andrew Steele-Davis

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 17: Ryan Reaves #75 and Tomas Nosek #92 of the Vegas Golden Knights take to the ice for a game against the Washington Capitals at T-Mobile Arena on February 17, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Golden Knights defeated the Capitals 3-2. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 17: Ryan Reaves #75 and Tomas Nosek #92 of the Vegas Golden Knights take to the ice for a game against the Washington Capitals at T-Mobile Arena on February 17, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Golden Knights defeated the Capitals 3-2. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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Ryan Reaves and Tomas Nosek of the Vegas Golden Knights take to the ice for a game against the Washington Capitals at T-Mobile Arena on February 17, 2020.
Ryan Reaves and Tomas Nosek of the Vegas Golden Knights take to the ice for a game against the Washington Capitals at T-Mobile Arena on February 17, 2020. /

We should be feasting on a mouthwatering buffet of Vegas Golden Knights Playoff Hockey right now.

However, due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19, the reality of seeing the Vegas Golden Knights entrenched deep in postseason battle seems remote to say the very least.

While of course the health of everyone coupled with the efforts to defeat this virus is first priority, the sports fans among us will feel pretty down right now.

Without COVID-19, we would have been tucking into a tantalizing menu of not just the NHL playoffs but also the NBA postseason, not to mention the start of the Major League Baseball season.

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Instead, we are all having to make do with re-watching classic games or playing out seasons on NHL 20.

So, as an Easter treat, we decided to delve into fantasy land by mapping out what we at Vegas Hockey Knight would have loved to have seen unfold if the NHL 2019-20 season was never paused…

Down The Stretch

On the day the NHL hit the pause button on the regular season, the Golden Knights were due to take on the Wild in Minnesota.

Starting to really hit their stride under Head Coach Peter DeBoer, the Knights would have taken care of business by beating the Wild before rounding off a long road trip with a narrow but tough loss to the Colorado Avalanche.

However, the Golden Knights would rebound perfectly by ripping off five straight wins, including successes against the Vancouver Canucks and the Arizona Coyotes to wrap up the regular season at T-Mobile Arena.

Then, with four remaining regular season games remaining on the road and with the Pacific Division already wrapped up, Vegas opted to rest certain players and ride Robin Lehner against the Winnipeg Jets, the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks.

The Golden Knights lost to the Jets, beat the Oilers and the Flames before losing to the Canucks in overtime with the Nashville Predators awaiting them in the First Round of the Playoffs.

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