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Knights Nuggets: Too many days without hockey

Start off your morning by reading up on some news and notes from Vegas and around the NHL.

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Let’s go over some news and notes:

- Remember when Knights players literally weren’t allowed to say the word “playoffs?” Well, that’s different now. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

- Could the Golden Knights be interested in any college free agents? [SinBin.vegas]

In other news...

- Morgan Rielly didn’t use a homophobic slur the other night, but that doesn’t mean homophobia isn’t still present in the NHL. [The Hockey News]

- Folks. The Arizona Coyotes, as of right now, are a playoff team. [NHL]

- Evgeni Malkin has officially reached the 1,000-point mark. [PensBurgh]

- In the same game, Alex Ovechkin scored his 1,200th career point. Pretty impressive. [Japers’ Rink]

- There may not be a better rivalry than Caps-Pens.

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