from Gary Lawless of VegasGoldenKnights.com,

Trades, injuries and slumps affect the bricks. Confidence, urgency, complacency and fatigue are just a few things which can change the blend of emotions.

Both need to be monitored and cared for over the stretch of 82 regular season games and in some cases additional playoff matches.

There are teams in the NHL right now fighting for playoff spots. They are fueled by desperation and urgency. They are in live and die sporting moments. They approach each shift with heightened urgency. For some clubs it works but for others it crumbles their emotional mortar resulting in a pile of rubble.

The Vegas Golden Knights have lived in various states of emotion this season. But now, with the playoffs within reach, they say they need to find a new feeling. They need to match what desperate opponents are bringing to the table with their own cocktail of emotion.

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