Anyone that wants the NHL to remain healthy and competitive in the sports world should love this story. Vegas is a market that could easily turn to failure, but the NHL took a chance with a gung ho ownership group where other leagues didn't want to be first.
The NFL really put pressure the NHL to succeed there, early, with their "Ohh, another league went there, okay we're in!!" strategy. Make no mistake, Vegas is now the new "it" market for pro sports and every league is looking there with the Knights success, which is a combination of being the first and being really great.
Fans of hockey should be proud of this, it's really incredible watching locals in a desert city fall in love with our sport and act like it's the biggest thing in town in a city that the entire world flies to for entertainment.
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