Considering Las Vegas is a city synonymous with outsized spectacle, it wasn’t exactly a surprise when the Bellagio Hotel celebrated the success of the Vegas Golden Knights by commissioning a 120-pound chocolate sculpture moulded in the likeness of Marc-André Fleury. On a strip with a 150-foot knockoff of the Statue of Liberty clad in a Golden Knights sweater, who blinks at a five-foot rendering of a goalie? Par for the course in the city of excess, where the former Pittsburgh Penguins goalie has the expansion Golden Knights four wins away from the NHL’s ultimate prize. The Golden Knights have arrived here because George McPhee, the Vegas GM, prioritized speed above all when he weaved together his expansion draft pieces. In 15 playoff games, Fleury’s number is 16.7, according to hockey-reference.com.

Source: thestar May 27, 2018 22:52 UTC