The draft rules weren't too easy, their team is full of third liners (outside a couple 'star' players).
The Knights are a good team for several reasons but the main ones being:
- They lucked out on William Karlsson. McPhee has admitted they lucked out on this pick. Nobody knew he was going to score 40+ goals. Not to mention Columbus also gave Vegas other assets and a salary dump to take him.
- Florida really botched the expansion draft. Here take Marchessault and Smith... oh yea you can have Gallant too! Vegas got a little lucky with the success of Smith but most people thought Marchessault should have been protected.
- Gallant is a really good coach.
- The entire team is motivated to give'r hell literally every single shift of every single game. Watching their relentless fore check is pure craziness.
- They've received great goal tending all season long.
Will they replicate it next season, who knows. But I can't see them falling into the basement anytime soon.
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