The Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup on Tuesday night after blowing out the Florida Panthers 9-3 in game 5, but one of their best defenders just revealed that he almost wasn't around to lift the Cup.
Family is the most important thing in this world and after Pietrangelo‘s daughter was unable to eat, speak or walk due to a brain lesion, I can only imagine hockey was the last thing on his mind.
Only time will tell and with his daughter continuing to recover, maybe he feels like he doesn't have to retire, but at this point in his career, no one would blame him if he did.