There’s plenty of storylines to watch out for in the WCF if you are a Vegas Golden Knights fan.
After finally overcoming the plucky Vancouver Canucks in Game 7, the Vegas Golden Knights will now face the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Final.
Just four wins stand between the Golden Knights and a second trip to the Stanley Cup Final in franchise history.
They will have their work cut out for them, however, given that the Dallas Stars are loaded up and down the lineup.
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Dallas exploded offensively to finish off the Colorado Avalanche in seven games, and they are getting contributions from up and down the lineup.
Role players have stepped up for the Stars when some of their big hitters have been quiet, while they had hardly missed a beat despite starting goalie Ben Bishop being “Unfit to Play” for large parts of the postseason.
They are big, they play a heavy brand of hockey and they have pieces that can really change a game, so it should be a compelling matchup against a Golden Knights team that is built to win right now.
Styles make fights after all and this should be a tightly contested and highly entertaining series that goes all seven games.
There should also be a plethora of storylines to follow the deeper we go in this series, and we decided to highlight a few in particular to keep an eye out for.
Let’s delve right in…