VGK Should Take Lesson In Postseason That Produced “Some Of The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had”

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The 2025-26 common season was probably the most taxing the Golden Knights have ever gone by. The schedule itself was crammed right into a tighter house than ever earlier than due to the Olympics. Then the best way the season really went, with ups and downs, trades, accidents, the coach firing, off-ice storylines, and possibly 10 different issues I’m forgetting, it was exhausting to comply with alongside, not to mention play by.

Watching evening in and evening out, it was simple to see and really feel. It was a grind from Opening Night all the best way to Game 82. Then, the actual season started, and the whole lot modified for a workforce that regarded crushed up bodily and crushed down mentally.

The Golden Knights went from a workforce that misplaced extra video games than it gained to the juggernaut many anticipated when the season started. Obviously, it’s a chicken-and-egg state of affairs, however they began to have enjoyable once more. Once they acquired by the Utah collection, you may really feel a shift within the power of the workforce, and there was real pleasure again within the locker room for the primary time shortly.

Fast ahead by the tip of the postseason, albeit developing two wins brief, and nearly each participant stated they’d bear in mind the run fondly after they have an opportunity to look again.

The previous two months was among the most enjoyable I’ve ever had. I’d kill to have gotten two extra wins with the fellows however nonetheless it was a lot enjoyable and went by so many issues. It’s a season I’ll bear in mind for a very long time however hopefully there are much more thrilling ones coming. -Tomas Hertl

There’s an ideal energy in having fun with the sport, and the Golden Knights have to discover a solution to harness what occurred in May and June and be taught from what occurred from October to April.

The workforce that ripped by three rounds of the playoffs was free. They loved the gauntlet of the playoffs in a method they clearly didn’t throughout the 82-game common season.

Now, as they head into the primary 84-game season in franchise historical past, they need to discover methods to maintain the enjoyable alive. There are going to be large swings of emotion between the primary sport on September twenty ninth and the beginning of the playoffs practically seven months later. To succeed and attain the summit they got here so near final yr, enjoyable needs to be a relentless theme.

The grind is inevitable; the distress that got here with it in 25-26 doesn’t must be. When they didn’t embrace having fun with the sport, the Golden Knights regarded as common as will be, however after they did, they have been the very best workforce within the league. That’s an essential lesson that should follow them as they embark on Season 10.