‘So without cap issues, what did the Knights do to get good fast? Certainly they finagled the expansion draft with some teams (raise your hands, Florida, Minnesota, St. Louis and Anaheim). But McPhee’s team is following the current blueprint of speed, speed and more speed. Heavy hockey is over, as evidenced by the first-round sweeps of Los Angeles and Anaheim. The Kings, in fact, haven’t won a single playoff game since their 2014 Cup triumph over the New York Rangers.’
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Source: Buffalo News