Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas did the impossible in its first-ever season, reaching the Stanley Cup Final as an expansion team in a sport where expansion franchises are supposed to lose for years before contending. That instant success rewrote the expansion-draft playbook entirely, forcing every league to rethink how much protection existing teams get when a new club enters. The fanbase this team built from scratch in a city with zero prior hockey history is now one of the loudest, most identifiable atmospheres in the league, built around the Knights' unapologetically theatrical pregame production and a roster the front office has never been shy about reshaping aggressively whenever it isn't winning immediately. That win-now impatience is the whole organizational philosophy here: Vegas doesn't do rebuilding years, and a fanbase raised on instant contention has zero tolerance for anything less. Club news is at Golden Knights.com.