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Nate Schmidt Knows What Will Decide First Round Series Between Golden Knights And Mammoth

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On April 18, 2026

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There may not be another person on the planet more qualified to speak about a playoff series between the Vegas Golden Knights and Utah Mammoth than defenseman Nate Schmidt.

The 34-year-old veteran lifted the Stanley Cup with Florida last season after a journey that began as an undrafted free agent, before becoming a Golden Knights expansion pick. He later spent time with two other Western Conference teams before joining the Mammoth this past summer.

He knows Vegas, he knows the playoffs, he knows what it takes to win, and of course, he now knows Utah.

Along with his defense partner, John Marino, Schmidt has helped a young Mammoth team turn the corner and reach the playoffs for the first time in Utah history, and the first time (aside from the weird bubble playoffs) since 2012 for the organization that moved to Salt Lake City two summers ago.

As the guy who’s been there and done that, he’s taking on the wise mentor role with the team.

The message I want to get across to our guys is you’re not going to go 16-0. That’s just not realistic. I don’t think it’s ever happened. You’re going to lose games. You’re going to make mistakes. Once you go in understanding that, knowing mistakes are part of it, it frees you up. I’m going to make one, you’re going to make one, we all are. Once you accept that, you realize it’s still the same game you’ve played your whole life, and you should be able to have some fun with it. -Schmidt

Schmidt knows the Golden Knights as well. While there aren’t many players he played with during his time in Vegas, he’s familiar with the style VGK are looking to deploy and knows the challenges it can present.

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Vegas Golden Knights All-American Team

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On July 4, 2025

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On the birthday of the United States, let’s celebrate the greatest Americans to ever play for the Vegas Golden Knights.

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Jack Eichel – Center

Clearly the best American to step on the ice in a VGK sweater, Eichel is inching his way towards being the best American to ever play in the NHL. He still has a ways to go, but it is in reach with another decade of success. Can’t wait until he brings home Olympic gold for Team USA in Italy this February.

Max Pacioretty – Left Wing

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Pacioretty played just four seasons with the Golden Knights, yet still stands as the 6th leading goal scorer in franchise history, both in the regular season and playoffs. His 15 goals in 36 playoff games outscore the competition, and his 0.83 points per playoff game rank behind only Eichel and Mark Stone. The end of Pacioretty’s time in Vegas put a bit of a damper on his stay, but he’s undoubtedly one of the most influential Golden Knights, let alone Americans.

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“You Don’t Perform In Vegas, You’re Gone”

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On August 11, 2021

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The Golden Knights have been to the playoffs every season they’ve been in existence. They’ve won the division two of the four seasons and tied for the crown in the most recent year. They’ve been to the conference finals every year but one.

But, none of it is good enough, and the front office’s actions have proven that time and time again.

From moving on from Gerard Gallant to shipping out lovable players like Nate Schmidt, Marc-Andre Fleury, and Ryan Reaves to always being interested, and often landing, the biggest fish on the free agent market, the Golden Knights will stop at nothing to win the Stanley Cup.

In many ways, it’s everything a fan can ask for. Of course, it can be tough from time to time seeing all of the change surrounding the team, but in the end, the ultimate goal is to win and the Golden Knights are absolutely trying to do it.

From a player perspective, it should be the perfect scenario as well. Every player’s dream is to lift the Cup and see their name engraved on it immortalizing themselves in hockey history. It comes with a toll though.

Speaking in a recent interview on the Cam and Strick Podcast, goalie Robin Lehner explained the general philosophy surrounding the Golden Knights organization.

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Schmidt Reviews Are High In Vancouver

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On January 9, 2021

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It feels like just yesterday Ken and I were digging up interviews and stories about all the players the Golden Knights selected in the Expansion Draft. That’s when we first discovered the personality of Nate Schmidt. We instantly declared “Nate Schmidt’s going to be your favorite player, you just don’t know it yet.”

Even though we’re watching Alex Pietrangelo suit up in a Golden Knights jersey day in and day out in camp, it’s still tough to see videos of Schmidt somewhere else. We always knew it would be the case, but Schmidt is already making an impact in Vancouver.

He looks comfortable. His skating has jumped out to me the first couple of days. It’s been very much as advertised for Nate Schmidt.-Jeff Paterson, TSN Vancouver on TSN 1040

Vegas fans knew what Vancouver was getting when they acquired Schmidt this offseason. A reliable defender with the ability to pitch in offensively and a whale of a personality. The Canucks are seeing it in person and the reviews have been high.

The Canucks got better when the Golden Knights front office made the tough decision to move #88. Not only will Schmidt boost the blueline but he’ll add some veteran presence surrounding emerging star Quinn Hughes.

Not quite at Quinn Hughes level, not many are in terms of generating offense but this guy doesn’t miss an opportunity with his skating to jump up into the rush. He loves to be the trailer, loves to add another layer of attack. –Paterson, TSN Vancouver on TSN 1040

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Schmidt: Fleury Situation Was “Tough On The Room”

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On October 15, 2020

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Back in the days when the Golden Knights played games at T-Mobile Arena in front of 18,000 fans, the song “The Man” by the Killers would occasionally blare over the loudspeakers.

♪♪ I got skin in the game
I got a household name
I got news for you baby, you’re looking at the man ♪♪

That man for the Golden Knights was Marc-Andre Fleury.

When he’d make an incredible sliding save, stop a breakaway, or steal a goal with a windmill glove save, you’d hear that song, usually accompanied by a shot of him smiling through his mask on the big screen.

Fleury was the man at the Expansion Draft. He was the man in training camp. He was the man in the playoffs and into the Stanley Cup Final. Since the moment the Golden Knights got him, Marc-Andre Fleury has been “The Man.”

Then, he wasn’t.

Marc-Andre is a guy that I look at and he’s one of the best humans, the biggest personalities, one of the greatest guys and it was hard to see what happened. But you have a chance with Robin and he’s a fantastic goalie as well so those things are difficult. It was tough for the room. –Nate Schmidt to Sportsnet 650

This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. In the next 50 years of the Golden Knights franchise, they’ll probably never have a guy as universally liked as Marc-Andre Fleury. So for his teammates to see him placed in an unenviable position was always going to be rough.

Plus, it wasn’t the only thing that was “tough for the room.” The firing of Gerard Gallant and Mike Kelly was incredibly challenging for everyone as well. Throw in the pause in the season, the bubble, and the pandemic itself and it becomes fairly clear the Golden Knights were set up to fail.

Sometimes, change is necessary. The results may have indicated that with both the firing of Gallant and the switch from Fleury to Lehner. But in a league with as much parity as the NHL, a few percent increase on the ice may not be worth the ripple effect it causes off it.

The Golden Knights should know this as well as anyone in the history of the league. They rode the “Golden Misfits” label all the way to the Stanley Cup Final in a year that most believed their talent level should have had them staring at the NHL’s cellar rather than the mountain top.

The organization has gone to great lengths to make the team better, and it’s hardly in question that’s exactly what they’ve done. But there’s been an emotional toll along the way, none bigger than the fallout from the benching of Fleury.

There’s no way to prove the exact empirical effects but professional sports are a binary business. Either you win or you don’t. The Golden Knights didn’t and hearing a now-former player share how tough the Fleury situation was on the team, it’s hard to believe it didn’t at least contribute to how the season unfortunately ended.

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NATE SCHMIDT TRADED TO VANCOUVER CANUCKS FOR 2022 3RD ROUND PICK

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On October 12, 2020

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Golden Knights Building Dangerous Reputation Concerning Loyalty

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On October 12, 2020

In Team Ops

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The Golden Knights are on the verge of landing the biggest fish in NHL free agency, Alex Pietrangelo. The former Stanley Cup-winning captain of the St. Louis Blues is expected to make his decision at any moment and it would come as a shock to the entire hockey world if he ends up anywhere but Las Vegas.

Like they did with Robin Lehner, Mark Stone, and Tomas Tatar at the last three deadlines, or Max Pacioretty and Paul Stastny in prior offseasons, the Golden Knights will have made a splash in the name of bringing Vegas one step closer to winning the Cup.

However, as Isaac Newton taught us, with every action comes an equal and opposite reaction.

I worry about the Vegas reputation now. They are trying to win, which is admirable, but if they are getting a reputation for being a place that talks you into coming, what do you think the free agents today that are watching these guys get shipped out are saying to themselves? ‘That can be me in two years if I go there.’ There’s a fine line between trying to win and having some organizational loyalty. –Brian Burke, former Stanley Cup winning NHL GM

That reputation might end up getting even stronger after the fallout from the Pietrangelo deal too.

As Burke said, it’s all done in the name of winning, which is great, but when dealing with highly-paid professional athletes with families, that loyalty piece has to be kept in mind.

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