Knights Nuggets: Gusev despicably steals McDavid’s number

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

Let’s go over some news and notes:

- With Nikita Gusev now a member of the Devils, the Golden Knights lineup is starting to shape up, but not without a few question marks. [KOI]

- Here’s another projection of Vegas’ opening Knight lineup. See what I did there? Eh? [The Athletic]

- Nikita Gusev is stealing Connor McDavid’s number. Kick him out of the sport!

In other news...

- The Wild fired Paul Fenton not even a month after he signed a 32-year-old to a five-year contract with an NMC. Nice. [Hockey Wilderness]

- The Lightning somehow managed to trade Ryan Callahan (who will never play hockey again) to the Senators for Mike Condon. [Raw Charge]

- Chris Kunitz has retired after 15 years in the NHL. [PensBurgh]

- These two Swedes are already looking like two of the better prospects available in next year’s draft. [The Hockey News]

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