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Unlike 2023 Cup Champion Golden Knights, Hurricanes Mock Stanley Cup Unwritten Rule

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On July 10, 2026

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The 2026 Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes are in the middle of a PR nightmare. The team that ended the Golden Knights’ dreams is upsetting the hockey world with an egregious case of nepotism. Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon added seven family members to the list of engraved names on the Stanley Cup trophy.

In 2023, Cup-raising owner Bill Foley and his son Robert were the only two Foleys to appear on the coveted award. Since the team’s inception, Robert has been an active member of the Golden Knights front office. He held the role of Chief Business Officer the season Vegas won the Cup and still works under that title as VGK enter Season 10.

Not only did Dundon break protocol, but he one-upped his brashness by etching his family names above the actual Cup-winning players. Now, fans across the league are mocking the reigning champions for having a small-market attitude in a major American sports league.

On the flip side, many argue that if they owned an NHL club and they won the Stanley Cup, they would etch whomever they damn well pleased on it. Fair, but VGK’s owner had a different mentality. Out of the 52 allotted engraved names, 27 were Golden Knights players. The remaining 25 names were the two Foleys, the entire coaching staff, front office, multiple trainers, and several individuals in the hockey operations department. Each person who made it onto the 2023 edition of the Stanley Cup was deserving and fundamental to the team’s 16-win success. Here’s the full list of names from the 2023 Stanley Cup Champion Golden Knights.

To be fair to Dundon, the NHL reviewed and accepted the list of names in the exact order submitted by Carolina’s owner. If the league didn’t see anything wrong with the Hurricanes’ unorthodox style, then the fans should take it up with the league office.

A similar occurrence happened in 2025 after the Florida Panthers won their second Stanley Cup trophy. Panthers owner Vincent Viola included four family members on the list of names on the Cup. However, it was Florida’s second championship in back-to-back seasons, in which Viola left his family off the 2024 trophy.

Maybe when Foley wins his second Stanley Cup championship, he will add his entire brood to the list of honored names. After all, it’s fully accepted by the league but still very much frowned upon by hockey fans in any city.

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The Creator Ranked As Top 3 Owner In The NHL By The Athletic

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On March 18, 2025

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(Photo Credit: Hugh Bryne, LVSportsBiz.com)

From firing coaches to blockbuster trades to waving goodbye to fan favorites, if there’s one thing that’s been a constant with the Golden Knights since their inception it’s that they will do whatever it takes to win. The driving force behind this overly aggressive mentality is the man who made it all happen in the first place, The Creator.

He wasted no time before the team was even granted to Las Vegas displaying his intention first and foremost was to win. Of course, the franchise has been wildly successful in just about every area, but none more than on the ice where they’ll soon clinch a 7th playoff berth in eight years and have as good a chance as any to add to the trophy case that’s already teeming.

Recently, The Athletic polled fans and their staff to gather ranking on the best owners in the NHL. VGK’s lead man finished #3 overall behind just multiple Cup-winner Jeff Vinik of the Tampa Bay Lightning and reigning Cup champion Vincent Viola of the Florida Panthers.

The Creator received a score of 4.5, a tick above Tom Gaglardi in Dallas. He ranked #1 in all of the NHL for his “willingness to spend” which garnered a score of 4.96, meaning almost every single person who voted gave him the highest score.

The only place in which The Creator slipped a bit in the ranking was in “treatment of the fan base.” I’d have to assume this is mostly to do with the organization’s willingness to move on from franchise heroes like Marc-Andre Fleury and Jonathan Marchessault, among others. This poll was conducted before the trade deadline when VGK brought back Reilly Smith though.

Despite the all-in mentality that has left the team without 1st round picks each of the next two seasons and with a single highly-ranked prospect left in the system, The Creator ranked 5th for “franchise vision.”

Both the fan base and the writers from The Athletic seem confident that whatever direction the Golden Knights head next will be a positive one, and it’s easy to understand why.

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The Creator Details VGK’s Last Offseason And Tells Which Players He Most Regrets Allowing To Leave

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On December 7, 2024

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(Photo Credit: Vegas PBS on YouTube)

From massive trades and expensive free agents coming in to fan-favorites and Stanley Cup champions walking away, the Golden Knights have not been shy to make the big move over their first seven and half seasons.

A huge part of that is their owner’s unrelenting desire to be the best. The Creator recently sat down with Vegas PBS’s Amber Dixon for an extended interview on Nevada Week. Many topics were discussed including his $300 million plan to upgrade T-Mobile Arena, his ambition to purchase an NBA team, his succession plan, and so much more in a 30-minute interview well worth a listen for every Golden Knights fan. (The entire video is embedded below.)

In it, he maintained that despite buying up a collection of soccer teams in England, France, Scotland, and New Zealand, no team is more important to him than the Vegas Golden Knights. And, there are no plans to do anything but win.

I don’t believe in rebuilding. If you are rebuilding you are losing, and I don’t want to lose. –The Creator on Vegas PBS’ Nevada Week

Along the lines of rebuilding, he spoke in-depth about the past offseason in which many prominent players left the organization.

We lost some good players and we knew we’d lose some good players, it’s just inevitable. You have players you really like and you want them around but hockey players are a little bit fungible. They get older and they get slower and they stop playing good defense. And these guys like Marchessault, Stephenson, Carrier, and a few of the other guys had contracts coming. This was kind of their last contract so they were looking for a payday and I can’t blame them. But we made fair deals with all of them, offered them a fair transaction. But in the meantime, we knew some of them were going to leave so we took action at the trade deadline. –The Creator on Vegas PBS’ Nevada Week

The Creator is quite pleased with the current makeup of the team mentioning on multiple occasions that they could make another run to the Stanley Cup Final. (Though, he was pressed and wouldn’t quite make another “Cup In Six” like prediction.)

However, he still looks back at a few moves with regret, most notably, choosing Robin Lehner over Marc-Andre Fleury.

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Golden Knights Will Continue To “Spend To The Cap And Not Be Shy About It”

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On November 25, 2024

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Fans of a sports franchise only ever really ask for one thing from ownership of the team. Always try to win.

In Vegas, that’s never been in question. From the moment the team was announced to the day they lifted the Stanley Cup at T-Mobile Arena, it’s been abundantly clear that the most important aspect of owning the team has been to give them a chance to win.

And according to The Creator in a recent interview with CNBC’s Money Movers, that’s not going to change.

We spend to the cap every year and we’re not shy about it. We feel if we’re going to be competitive we need to pay our players right to the cap. And we provide a lot of other incentives for them to play for us. So, the salary cap has never been a problem for us. We’ve been sold out every night we’ve been in existence. We cash flow reasonably well for a sports team. And we feel like we have the angle to make this team really really successful. –The Creator on CNBC

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons to be a Golden Knights fan, but there’s no better one than this. At all moments, you can be 100% sure that your desire for the team to win is matched by the man at the very top, which means it’s demanded from every single person down the ladder.

It’s nice that this reminder really isn’t necessary because there’s never been anything to suggest otherwise, but it never hurts to keep the confirmation coming.

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Stanley Cup Headed To West Point

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On January 4, 2024

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When The Creator made his declaration that the Golden Knights would win the Cup in Six, one of the promises he made was to bring the Stanley Cup to a place he’s called home for a long time, Whitefish, Montana.

It took a while to make it happen, but last week the Keepers of the Cup hopped aboard a chair lift with the Cup in tow and fulfilled another Foley prophecy.

He has one more on the bucket list before his team has to return to the Cup to the NHL though, and it’s one that’s near and dear to his heart.

It’s going to West Point. –The Creator to Hockey News

View from the poop deck. (Photo Credit: @WestPoint_USMA on Twitter)

Every aspect of the Golden Knights has been littered with military motifs, so it only seems right to bring the ultimate prize to the place that inspired so much of what VGK have become.

Ever the military man, The Creator has that visit meticulously planned.

The team is going up on the 24th of January for a day. We’ve got the Stanley Cup for that day and we’re going to take it up to the top of the poop deck and I hope to go up there with Mark Stone and hold the Cup up. They’ll go crazy for it. –The Creator to Hockey News

The team has a back-to-back with the Devils and Islanders the two days before and then have a pair of days off before another back-to-back with the Rangers and Red Wings. In between, they’ll embark on what will likely become one of the most memorable experiences since winning the Cup itself.

Can’t wait to see those photos.

**The quotes for this story came from an extended interview on The Graeme Roustan Show on The Hockey News. It’s an excellent listen for any VGK fan.**

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National Media Expect Golden Knights To Be “Big Players” At The Deadline

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On February 8, 2023

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Blockbuster trades are exciting and Vegas is always rumored to be an interested party. It’s looking like that’ll be the case once again on March 3rd.

I don’t want to connect names to the Golden Knights but you lose a piece like Mark Stone for an indefinite period, we don’t know what that means. There’s so much uncertainty. I know that Vegas felt they would likely add a forward before the Mark Stone situation. I can’t imagine Kelly McCrimmon, George McPhee and Bill Foley, who’s as hungry as an owner as there is in NHL, not going to swing for the fences one more time. -Darren Dreger on TSN 690 Montreal

While many expect the Golden Knights to be in the mix, there’s no indication which direction the front office will go. With the devastating news of Mark Stone’s indefinite absence, which impact winger is Vegas targeting? Who are the in-demand players are the front office willing to risk picks and prospects for?

So who is that? I think it’s all of the above. Vegas is being real careful. I think for sure Vegas could be a big player here. -Dreger on TSN 690 Montreal

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Toronto Talking Heads Count Vegas Out For 2022-23

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On August 17, 2022

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When the news dropped that Robin Lehner was scheduled to have hip surgery and miss the 2022-23 season, the hockey world reacted.

Your season is done. I credit them for what they accomplished that first season. Ever since that success they’ve been drunken sailors. They’re in video game GM mode. Trade this guy, sign that guy, don’t need that guy, dump that guy, trade this pick, trade that prospect. It’s karma in a way, you’ve been too reckless. –Bryan Hayes on OverDrive radio show on TSN1050 Toronto

For the second time in team history, Vegas isn’t considered a Stanley Cup favorite. The first year was a shock to everyone, this time around, there is concrete evidence based on history for doubters to point to. The Golden Knights missed the playoffs, swapped scoring for dead money, and are without their starting goaltender for the entire season.

Losing Lehner was the breaking point for some around the sport.

I think somebody can really hold up Vegas right now. This is a team that’s built to win now. You can’t go a year without a goaltender if you’re built to win now. They have no money but they also have no goaltender. –Dave Poulin on OverDrive radio show on TSN1050 Toronto

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