A heat wave brings NHL hockey to Vegas

Order the Zamboni: Vegas joins the NHL for the 2016-17 season. We have a splendid new arena, an owner with lots of money and an enthusiastic local fan base. Actually, a monster fan base since Vegas gets over 40 million visitors a year. Some of them must be from Buffalo and the seven dwarf teams from Canada that didn't see a playoff game this year. I've been to 12 NHL arenas and this new one might be the best one ever. Although running through the snow to the old Olympia in Detroit during the Gordie Howe era certainly furnished the best memories. Now for a name: The Sleepless Knights, The Scorpions, The Cool Hands? Vegas deserves to be in the big leagues and the NBA and the NFL might not be far behind. But now that Vegas has an NHL team Toronto will want one too.