Analysis

Members of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate a win against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game One of the Western Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: The Good, The Bad, The Strange from Game 1 win

Vegas Golden Knights put in solid effort to take Game 1 over Blackhawks

Vegas Golden Knights: Tuch’s brilliance, other takeaways from Avs win

Vegas Golden Knights: Tuch the hero in Overtime to secure No. 1 seed

Nate Schmidt #88 of the Vegas Golden Knights is congratulated by teammates William Karlsson #71 and Jonathan Marchessault #81 of the Vegas Golden Knights in the third period against the Dallas Stars in a Western Conference Round Robin game. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Three Keys to taking the No.1 seed from Avs

Zach Whitecloud #2 of the Vegas Golden Knights is congratulated by his teammates after scoring a goal against the St. Louis Blues during the Third period in a Western Conference Round Robin game. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights lock up No.2 seed after beating the Blues

William Carrier #28 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates with teammates Tomas Nosek #92 and Ryan Reaves #75 after he scored the game winning goal in the third period as Ben Bishop #30 of the Dallas Stars reacts. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights draw first blood against Stars in round-robin games

Reilly Smith #19 of the Vegas Golden Knights skates during warm ups before the game against the Arizona Coyotes in an exhibition game. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Three Storylines to watch in Dallas contest

Derek Stepan #21 of the Arizona Coyotes and Tomas Nosek #92 of the Vegas Golden Knights face off in the second period during an exhibition game. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Main Takeaways as hockey is back!

Darcy Kuemper #35 of the Arizona Coyotes is unable to stop a power play goal by Reilly Smith of the Vegas Golden Knights as Nick Cousins #21 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights look sharp in the Bubble as Coyotes brushed aside

Alex Pietrangelo #27 of the St. Louis Blues shoots the puck. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Predicting what might have happened on July 1

Vladimir Tarasenko #91 of the St. Louis Blues waits for a faceoff against the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Return of Russian star makes St. Louis huge threat in West

Ryan Reaves #75 of the Vegas Golden Knights takes a break during a stop in play. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights strike it right with Reaves extension

Ryan Reaves #75 of the Vegas Golden Knights takes a break during a stop in play. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Grading the Ryan Reaves extension

The Vegas Golden Knights celebrate their 2-1 shootout victory over the Arizona Coyotes. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

A Vegas Golden Knights catchup with The Athletic’s Jesse Granger

William Karlsson #71 of the Vegas Golden Knights is congratulated by teammates. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Three key ingredients for postseason success

Jack Eichel #9 of the Buffalo Sabres warms up prior to action against the Toronto Maple Leafs.(Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights should look to rescue Eichel from Buffalo hell

Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Vegas Golden Knights blocks a shot by Patrick Kane #88 of the Chicago Blackhawks. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Why avoiding the Blackhawks in the Postseason is wise

Max Pacioretty #67 and Shea Theodore #27 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Rounding up nuggets from Return To Play Plan

The scoreboard shows the 3-2 final score of the Vegas Golden Knights' win over the San Jose Sharks that clinched the Pacific Division. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Regular Season is in the books, Vegas Golden Knights are Pacific Division Champions

Max Pacioretty #67 and Chandler Stephenson #20 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Main Takeaways from Bettman’s Conference

Matt Duchene #95 of the Nashville Predators skates with the puck against Shea Theodore #27 of the Vegas Golden Knights. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Sizing up potential opponents in 24-team Playoff format

Ryan Ellis #4 of the Nashville Predators knocks the puck away from Mark Stone #61 of the Vegas Golden Knights. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Pros and cons of a 24-team Playoff format

Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his goal. (Photo by Rich Gagnon/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights should adopt the Boston Bruins blueprint

The Washington Capitals and the Vegas Golden Knights shake hands on the ice after Game Five of the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Final. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: More details emerge on 24-team Playoff format

Robin Lehner #90 of the Vegas Golden Knights in action against the Calgary Flames. (Photo by Derek Leung/Getty Images)

Assessing what the Vegas Golden Knights need from a backup goalie

Tomas Nosek #92 of the Vegas Golden Knights skates against the New Jersey Devils. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: It is time to say goodbye to another Golden Misfit

Sam Anas #62 skates in the 2015 New York Islanders Rookie Scrimmage. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

AHL star could be worth a gamble for Vegas Golden Knights in off-season