Vegas Golden Knights face major questions as roster turnover and chemistry concerns threaten their trademark fast start. Can top names like Mark Stone, William Karlsson, and Tomas Hertl overcome aging legs and injury risk to keep VGK in contention without the scoring punch of Pavel Dorofeyev?
Chris Gawlik and Tony Dasco break down the team’s depth issues, bottom-six identity crisis, and the impact of Ryan Craig’s new coaching regime. Goaltending drama looms with Adin Hill and Carter Hart competing for the net, while defensive shakeups involving Noah Hanifin and Brayden McNabb spark debate. Plus, a fiery “WTF Friday” segment tackles NHL traditions and listener chirps. Can the Golden Knights retool quickly enough to stay atop the Pacific Division?
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No concern at all guys because we are in the Pacific Division.
Just finish top 3 and be healthy when the playoffs start
Jack Eichel has been a goal scorer. With Buffalo or here in Vegas he more than has the skill set to come up with timely goals.
Somewhere along the way either Jack and or coaching has had him leaning into elite setup forward..but he has versatility and this can certainly result in more impact with goals in 2026-2027. No doubt there are combinations of forwards who can effect goal scoring in winning ways. 🌱🏒🥅🎡🌟🌟🌟
Concerns… 😮. Anytime Tony is positive about ANYTHING on VGK
I agree with your "wtf" Gawlik, I remember reading that comment too about Mitchy, and ecerything you said is exactly what I was thinking when I read that.
I think we're going to be surprised how much this team declines. Age, injuries,no proven depth and a rookie coach spells disaster. Maybe we can get rid of Mc Crimmy.
My concern level is zero. Why? I am actually a Medieval Maniac and attend ALL GAMES.
We have goaltenders that let 3-5 goals a game and only have players that combined usually only score about 1 or 2 in a typical game. We absolutely stink in shootouts and usually lose in OT. As I had mentioned in past comments we don’t have the firepower and getting rid of Dorofeyev and signing Lauzon (1 goal in 2 years at 4 million per) and Andersson at 8 million per year would had been better spent to keep Dorofeyev.