David Perron in the Player's Tribune

[LadyStanley]

Viva Las Vegas

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[sabresfan65]

Viva Las Vegas

For those of you who have twitter blocked at work here is the link to the article by David Perron from the Players Tribune. Vegas? VEGAS! | By David Perron

 

[BattleBorn]

And some SinBin.vegas followup:

Las Vegas Shaped The Golden Knights As They Shape Las Vegas - SinBin.vegas

 

[Nevada Jones]

Viva Las Vegas

I have read this piece twice now. It is a beautiful story, beautifully written. Kudos to Perron.

 

[Nevada Jones]

And some SinBin.vegas followup:

Las Vegas Shaped The Golden Knights As They Shape Las Vegas - SinBin.vegas

I live right next to Raphael Rivera! (The renamed frontage road, not the Mexican.)

Some great writing being linked here today.

 

[IceNeophyte]

We never learned about Raphael Rivera in Nevada history in school. Interesting.

 

[hangman005]

Nice piece by Perron.

 

[Nevada Jones]

We never learned about Raphael Rivera in Nevada history in school. Interesting.

When they renamed the frontage road some years back, I had to look him up. I was guessing Geraldo's younger brother.

I was wrong.

Seems like at least giving him some mention in local/state history would be a given.

 

[Matias Maccete]

Good articles, thanks for posting.

 

[VanIslander]

The heart of the matter:

...one of the things that was so clear to me when we first got on the ice was the amazing job our management did to build this team. Our lines don’t change too much, and that’s for good reason. They make sense. Our first line of Reilly Smith, William Karlsson and Marchy wasn’t just hacked together. It was crafted. Reilly and Marchy have a really strong connection from their time with the Panthers — they know how to work together. And William is one of those guys — like I mentioned before — who was given a chance to show his potential. He’s an incredibly talented player and the perfect piece to have between those two guys.

And when I started playing with Erik Haula and Neal, there was chemistry right away — because our staff built a team to work together. They knew how we liked to play, even before we got there, and put the pieces in place to give us something to work with.

 

[VegasKnightlife]

Ended up reading this randomly while looking up Golden Knights news on Google. Very heartwarming and well written article by Perron.

These guys are so easy to root for. The chemistry and character they have on the ice makes all the difference in close games.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Just finished reading this. I love hockey and their players. Always humble.

 

[Nevada Jones]

It's one reason I've always been drawn to hockey...just a different culture compared to other major pro sports. With few exceptions, you just don't see the low-character/no-character types that infest some other sports.