You are partly correct; the real problem with Vegas is the approach adopted by ownership. I have said this before, and at the risk of sounding repetitive, I say again that Vegas is for winners. Winners at the tables and at the slots, winners in the entertainment business, and now winners in pro sports. Vegas collectively hates and has no patience with losers of any kind. Losing is unacceptable, so the pressure is on the hockey team to be a championship calibre club each and every year. This means they have no time for developing players that need two or three seasons to be ready for the NHL; they want players who can play at a high level right now. This obviously costs a lot of money so they go out and chase the marquee names that will both fill the arena and (they hope) guarantee wins. Now in order to bring in high powered names, they have to send good players, prospects and draft picks the other way. Hence, you lose Cody Glass, Nick Suzuki, Eric Brannstrom, Peyton Krebs, Alex Tuch and other futures for older, far more expensive players at or on the downside of their peak. Vegas ownership seems to believe in the idea that you can buy a championship team and compete every year. Yeah, that doesn't work in a hard cap system. And I would say that in the fullness of time, they will come to regret acquiring Jack Eichel, if for no other reason than he has cost them Tuch, Krebs and more as they scramble to get under the cap this summer. And one more thing: look at Vegas' farm team and tell me that if there is anyone in Henderson ready to play regularly in the NHL next season. I'll wait.