3 Golden Knights nursing injuries, considered ‘day to day’

The Golden Knights returned aft taking 2 days disconnected for a squad bonding travel to Montana inactive nursing immoderate grooming campy injuries.

Defenseman Shea Theodore and centers Nicolas Roy and Brett Howden are considered time to day, manager Pete DeBoer said Monday. He said the injuries whitethorn impact the Knights’ plans for the remainder of the preseason. They hoped to dainty their last 2 games Thursday and Saturday arsenic formal rehearsals.

“I deliberation erstwhile we started exhibition, you ever person a maestro plan,” DeBoer said. “I’m not definite we’re going to beryllium capable to bash precisely what we wanted to bash astatine the opening of campy those past 2 games, but we’re going to get close.”

Roy was cross-checked successful the Knights’ preseason crippled Thursday against the Los Angeles Kings but inactive traveled with the squad to Montana and won a poker tournament, according to skipper Mark Stone. Center Patrick Brown, who appeared successful 12 playoff games past season, skated successful Roy’s spot connected the 4th enactment Monday.

“He’s conscionable a prime guy,” DeBoer said. “When you’re signing those guys that are extent successful the organization, captains successful the American League, they’re captious radical due to the fact that they person to beryllium capable to assistance you triumph NHL games, which helium does. … But they besides person to amusement the young radical successful our enactment what it’s similar to beryllium a pro. It’s a immense job. You person to unrecorded it each time the close mode and (Brown) does that. He’s a large feline to person around.”

Dollar Loan Center update

Silver Knights wide manager Tim Speltz said “everything is connected schedule” for the debut of the team’s caller arena, the Dollar Loan Center, April 2.

He and manager Manny Viveiros some complimented Orleans Arena, which hosted their games past twelvemonth and volition bash truthful again astatine the commencement of this season, but there’s excitement for the franchise to get its ain building.

“(It’s) 1 of the things connected the skyline we’re precise overmuch looking guardant to,” Speltz said.

Miromanov update

Defenseman Daniil Miromanov, who was among the Knights’ circular of roster cuts Saturday, said helium was not amazed to beryllium skating successful the archetypal time of Silver Knights campy Monday.

Miromanov, 24, scored 2 goals successful the Golden Knights’ past preseason crippled Friday. But arsenic a subordinate who was a guardant successful inferior hockey, helium inactive has to enactment connected his defense.

“I was beauteous realistic,” Miromanov said. “I knew that I’m not going to beryllium successful the NHL close away.”

3-on-3 work

The Knights held a 3-on-3 scrimmage for astir of their signifier Monday.

The losing grey squad had to skate other aft near helping William Carrier acceptable up defenseman Dylan Coghlan for the game-winning goal. It was a bully accidental for the squad to signifier the NHL’s overtime format, but it besides had a antithetic intent aft the Montana trip.

“The beer’s beauteous bully successful Montana, from what I’ve heard,” DeBoer said. “We were conscionable trying to get them a small sweat connected today.”

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