"The Stanley Cup Final that was never meant to be," said Vegas defenseman Nate Schmidt, who was plucked from Washington in the expansion draft that launched the Golden Knights last June. "You know what, though, you look at this group — on both sides — they were both down and out. You look at the players that we have and we were supposed to be down and out. They weren't supposed to be that great. And a closing window for another team that just got younger and got hot.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 28, 2018 03:11 UTC