Vegas Golden Knights Discussion Thread

[creasecollector]

The announcement... well... er... I think that spoke for itself.

But all that stuff aside, I'm excited to see what this team is going to do when it's finally put together. Plus some new patches will be a great thing for some collectors and their collections.

The logo I'm sure will grow on me eventually. I don't hate it or love it either right now. I need more time to digest it.

For the name, I personally would have preferred the Las Vegas Knights, as it's more compact and cleaner (but wasn't there a dispute between the CHL 'Knights' and this new NHL team? So maybe that wasn't an option after all?). But hey, I'm sure they had many discussions back-and forth behind closed doors and ownership is happy with the name. So good for them on that.

[RGM81]

Here's a list of 66 players that NHL teams are required to protect in the expansion draft:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/o...ins-surprises/

[Cunnuc]

Love that vegas has a team. I think a team will do well there. I would love to go to Vegas and watch practically any team play. I think the tickets would be fairly cheap and let's face it the more time you spend away from the casinos the more money you will have in your pocket lol.

Love the logo. Not too fond of the name. I heard on a radio station they should call it the Vegas Rat Pack. I thought that was a cool name on many levels. Also I tend to like names that don't end in 's'.

[the_chief]

Totally agree with you...

Anything that involves Gary Bettman introducing something is a fail :)

Agree with poster above, need to hear the name a few times... we will see how the team shapes up!

I like the name and the colors...not sure i like the logo...looks more like a shoulder patch to me.

[BeLeafer]

The logo is ok but kinda reminds me of Magneto. Also why did they drop the Las from Las Vegas? Can't wait until they play the Jose Sharks or the York Rangers.

[Rraincock]

Looks more like an ancient Roman helmet to me.

[Goggy29]

The logo is ok but kinda reminds me of Magneto.

Lol I never noticed that. Maybe thats why I like it so much!

[RGM81]

The logo is ok but kinda reminds me of Magneto. Also why did they drop the Las from Las Vegas? Can't wait until they play the Jose Sharks or the York Rangers.

York would be the Leafs. LOL

[RGM81]

Pretty cool story here on TSN about the process of building a team, and also whether teams can voluntarily expose otherwise-exempt players (they can't): http://www.tsn.ca/nhl-on-expansion-d...xempt-1.616726

[brian045]

Will they get top draft pick or be involved in the lottery?