Vegas Golden Knights' Success Should Change The Way NHL Teams Do Business June 2016: It seemed like a perfect plan. Collect $500 million from a rich Las Vegas businessman in exchange for the first new NHL expansion franchise in 17 years. Divide that money among the NHL’s 30 existing clubs, for a cool cash injection of $16.667 million per team. Surrender one player to the new franchise in an expansion draft. For that kind of money, general manager George McPhee and his team could even have access to mid-level players. What could possibly be the harm? We all had a good chuckle when Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley said in 2015 that he wanted to see his team make the playoffs by Year 3 and win a Stanley Cup by Year 8. View image on Twitter Scott Cowan @GolfYeti Listening to Bill Foley talk hockey in Las Vegas. Says playoffs in 3 yrs, Stanley Cup in 8. Positive man. 5:07 AM - Oct 16, 2015 See Scott Cowan's other Tweets Twitt
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