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Originally Posted by Steve Bozek
I doubt anyone who is in that dressing room would really get pumped up by use of the “rejects and outcasts” yarn at this stage of the season. It might have worked back in the early days of the season, but anyone who knew anything about the draft process would have known that it was a bit of a stretch even then. Most, if not all, of the teams were forced to put players on that list that they didn’t want to lose, and that describes most of the players chosen.
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I think this is precisely the point, though. I maintain that those early weeks of the season—including what was going on in Las Vegas in October—were absolutely seminal to bringing that team together and making them who they are today. It may no longer be a point of reflection, but it was likely a crucial point of galvanization that has been reconfirmed time and again as the Knights have continued to surpass expectations.