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Ice hockey’s most hated team is a PNG Chiefs blueprint in waiting
The Vegas Golden Knights are widely regarded as one of the greatest expansion teams in sporting history.
And there are easy parallels with the NRL’s PNG Chiefs that could make them worth studying, but they’d be taking a blueprint from a league villain.
Since Vegas’ inception in the 2017-18 NHL season, they have defied the traditional, agonisingly slow birth of a new franchise.
Instead, they built an instant juggernaut, capturing the Western Conference crown and booking a ticket to the Stanley Cup Finals three times in nine seasons.
No team in the NHL has won more division titles, playoff games or playoff series since Vegas entered the league.
Golden Knights embracing villain persona in Stanley Cup Final run
The Golden Knights are the âvillainsâ in this yearâs Stanley Cup Final, and it is a ârole theyâve embraced, not just as far as this final but as the defining quality of their entire existence,â according to Sean McIndoe of THE ATHLETIC. The âlist of reasons to hate the Knights starts with jealousy, as they enter their ninth season of perpetual contention without ever really suffering through a bad season, but it doesnât end there.â Their âwin-at-all-costs mentality is enviable on some level, but at some point some folks startâ¯getting tired of their whole actâ (THE ATHLETIC, 6/1). In Boston, Steve Conroy wrote the Golden Knights have ânow become the black hat-wearing Oakland Raidersâ of the NHL. They âtake on players no one else will touch,â like G Carter Hart who was acquitted of sexual assault charges, they âblow off post-game press conferences and refuse to let the coach they just fired interview with other teams.â Conroy: âWhatever. Just win, babyâ (BOSTON HERALD, 6/1).
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NHL Playoffs R3 Review: Vegas rolls the dice as Presidents' Trophy curse continues
Round 3 of the Stanley Cup playoffs is over, and so only the top two teams remain alive with finals now set to take centre stage. But who picked up the most points in the round just gone, which goalie shone, and what was trending on social media throughout? You can find all that and more in this review!
The conference finals featured just nine games, and player productivity reflected that. The top spot went to Danish forward Nikolaj Ehlers from Carolina, who scored two goals and added three assists in five games.
His goal in the second game against Montreal in overtime was especially crucial, tying the series at 1-1 and setting up the Hurricanes to advance in five games. The former longtime Winnipeg forward clearly showed why he was one of the most sought-after free agents last summer.
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