LAS VEGAS (KTNV) \u2014 The first night felt familiar, yet different.<\/p>\n
For years, Rasmus Andersson skated into T-Mobile Arena trying to survive the noise, the theatrics and a Golden Knights team built to overwhelm visiting opponents. This week, he finally heard it from the home side.<\/p>\n
Rasmus Andersson talks to Channel 13’s Taylor Rocha about becoming a Golden Knight:<\/p>\n
Rasmus Andersson embraces fast start in Vegas after debut at Fortress<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a whirlwind\u2026but I\u2019m really excited to be here,\u201d Andersson said after his home debut. \u201cIt feels like it\u2019s nice to finally be on the right side.\u201d<\/p>\n
That side comes with volume.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe atmosphere is great, the setup is great,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of tough battles in there\u2026it feels like the boys really love playing in front of their home fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the defenseman learned Vegas was interested, he said the appeal was immediate.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood organization, always goes for it\u2026the skill we have is right at the top of the league,\u201d Andersson said. \u201cIt was a very attractive place for me to go\u2026I was just super excited to be here and be part of this amazing team.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Knights\u2019 championship r\u00e9sum\u00e9 only strengthened the pull.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have won, the coaching staff have won,\u201d he said. \u201cThe reputation is that Vegas always goes for it\u2026my biggest dream within hockey is to win the Stanley Cup, so I feel like I\u2019m in the right spot to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n
Behind that reputation is coach Bruce Cassidy, whose mix of structure and freedom has already caught Andersson\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe sets his demands on the team. He wants to win every game,\u201d Andersson said. \u201cIt\u2019s very detailed within the system, but at the same time, there\u2019s a lot of freedom. I\u2019m getting more and more comfortable each day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Inside the locker room, the adjustment has been smooth.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a pretty outgoing guy. It\u2019s a great group of guys,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been very easy so far.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vegas fans may also soon get acquainted with Andersson\u2019s signature staredown celebration \u2014 dubbed the \u201cRazzy Stare\u201d \u2014 which he traced back to an emotional goal early in his career.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt became your own signature,\u201d he said, adding he hopes to bring it to the Fortress soon \u2014 as long as the target is wearing the wrong sweater.<\/p>\n
Asked what supporters should expect, Andersson leaned into both sides of his personality.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the ice, I bring it every night, try to play a 200-foot game,\u201d he said. \u201cOff the ice, I\u2019m a pretty loud personality. I like to have fun and joke around quite a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
For a player eager to chase a Stanley Cup, the message was clear: Vegas didn\u2019t just look right from afar.<\/p>\n
After one night at the Fortress, it already feels like home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (KTNV) \u2014 The first night felt familiar, yet different. For years, Rasmus Andersson skated into T-Mobile…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5129],"tags":[3504,6803,149,5317,5,3511,10697,4,10698,86,5754,74,39,10699,5316],"class_list":{"0":"post-439169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vegas-golden-knights","8":"tag-13-action-news","9":"tag-abc-13","10":"tag-golden-knights","11":"tag-goldenknights","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-las-vegas-sports","14":"tag-las-vegas-sports-teams","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-sports-in-vegas","17":"tag-sports-news","18":"tag-sports-stories","19":"tag-vegas","20":"tag-vegas-golden-knights","21":"tag-vegas-sports","22":"tag-vegasgoldenknights"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115993404060596706","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}