What in the world is going on with our Vegas Golden Knights?
Alright, let's just rip off the band-aid, because there’s no comping this loss. The Vegas Golden Knights dropped another one last night, a brutal 2-0 shutout against the Buffalo Sabres right here at home. If you fell asleep before the first intermission, lucky you – because that’s when the Sabres opened the scoring, with J. Doan finding the back of the net at 18:02 of the first. We had our chances, the shot clock shows 29 shots on their guy, but nothing was getting past him. Then, just to twist the knife, J. Norris buried an empty-netter with a minute left in the third, assisted by P. Krebs and M. Samuelsson. A 2-0 regulation loss at T-Mobile Arena, and honestly, the mood on the Strip this morning feels as quiet as a casino floor at 5 AM on a Tuesday.
This one stings, not just because it’s a shutout, but because our boys look like they’re playing with house money they don’t have right now. This makes it three losses in a row, and our record over the last ten games is now a shaky 3-7-0. We’re still sitting third in the Pacific with 76 points, but the cushion is getting thin, and teams are breathing down our necks. We need to find that expansion-year grit, that all-in mentality, and we need to find it fast. With the standings tightening up, every single point is crucial, and leaving two on the table at home against an Eastern Conference team just isn't acceptable.
The vibe across Las Vegas today is just… flat. You can feel it, from the Arts District to Henderson. People are asking, what happened to the team that won the Cup last year? We’ve got to turn this around, starting with our next game. We know what this team is capable of, we’ve seen the magic happen since 2017. It's time to dig deep.
Vegas Born, Vegas Raised — Let's Go Knights.
You know Keith and the crew are already going all-in on this on the morning show – check it out live at mornings.live.