Golden Knights Take Game 1, While Wild Trade Talk Heats Up

Vegas opened the Western Conference Final with a statement, and that changes the mood around the entire bracket. Elsewhere, Minnesota is not exactly acting like a team that wants to sit still, and that kind of openness usually means the phones are already buzzing. Carolina also gets a little prospect business done with Fransen signing his ELC, which is the sort of tidy roster note that can get buried under playoff chaos.