{"id":647845,"date":"2026-08-23T01:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T01:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/647845\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T01:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T01:54:23","slug":"mcphee-explains-why-vgk-are-willing-to-give-second-chances-and-why-they-wont-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/647845\/","title":{"rendered":"McPhee Explains Why VGK Are Willing To Give Second Chances, And Why They Won’t Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a> (Photo Credit: @GoldenKnights on X\/Twitter)<\/p>\n

Over the last few seasons, the Golden Knights have made waves with some dubious signings and draft picks because of off-ice concerns in their backgrounds. There\u2019s no need to rehash the past of each of these three players, but Carter Hart, Trevor Connelly, and Kai Uchacz each came to Vegas with past controversies that many other teams would have likely passed over.<\/p>\n

On a recent episode of the Cam and Strick Podcast<\/a>, President of Hockey Operations George McPhee offered a bit of insight into why the Golden Knights are willing to take chances on players who have had issues in the past.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t stop young people from being young, right? They\u2019re going to make mistakes. I think George Bush, former president, said, \u2018When I was young and reckless, I was young and reckless.\u2019 And you know, there\u2019s a big difference between someone who might be a bad seed and a young person who made a mistake. \u2013George McPhee on Cam And Strick Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n

He continued by saying people should not be defined forever by mistakes from their past.<\/p>\n

If we start cancelling good people who made a mistake, it\u2019s not the right thing to do. Just imagine some of these good kids who made a mistake and people forgave them for it and they turn out to be really good adults. I just don\u2019t believe in cancelling young people like that because if they get cancelled, they can become a problem because now there\u2019s no hope and there\u2019s nothing out there and they could go the other way for a long time. \u2013McPhee on Cam And Strick Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n

He added that he does not expect the Golden Knights\u2019 approach to change.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re willing to give young people who make mistakes a second chance, and God help us if we ever stop doing that. \u2013McPhee on Cam And Strick Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a fine line between \u201csecond chance\u201d and \u201cdoing whatever it takes to win,\u201d and the Golden Knights have never been afraid of walking it. They\u2019ve shown they\u2019ll go to places and do things others feel uncomfortable doing, and thus far, it has worked extremely well.<\/p>\n

And, it doesn\u2019t appear they\u2019re going to veer from that style any time soon.<\/p>\n

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