Tom’s Daily: Avs Nip Vegas Golden Knights; Tahoe Pics; Coyotes Turmoil

Tom’s Daily: Avs nip Vegas Golden Knights; Lake Tahoe venue coming along (pics); More turmoil with Arizona Coyotes and it isn’t pretty; Elliotte Friedman’s 31 Thoughts; Lake Tahoe venue starting to take shape; more.

VGK

The Vegas Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche is going to be this season’s classic matchup. Two powerful teams that will butt heads now and likely in the playoffs too. Here’s Danny Webster’s take on the morning after the loss. (VegasHockeyNow)

The rink at Lake Tahoe is starting to take shape, and here’s a great photo gallery to check out the progress. Vegas hosts Colorado on Saturday at noon PT on NBC. (NHL.com)

NHL

Katie Strang wrote a scathing article about the inside culture at the Arizona Coyotes yesterday (The Athletic), and the Coyotes not only bristled at the allegations but fired back and called it a ‘harassment campaign’ (The Score). Buckle up.

The New York Islanders finally got Ilya Sorokin his first NHL win as he shuts out the Buffalo Sabres 3-0. (NYIHockeyNow)

More rescheduled NHL games released this week due to COVID-19. (NHL.com)

Very interesting take by our brothers at PhillyHockeyNow.com on how the NHL might be taking an unnecessary risk by making the Flyers play at Lake Tahoe Sunday. (PhillyHockeyNow)

Hockeyverse

Elliotte Friedman’s 31 Thoughts is always a compelling read. (Sportsnet)

Men’s college hockey is trying to figure out how to do this post-season thing. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)