Las Vegas' NHL expansion team doesn't yet have a name, but its front office is coming together.
Former Washington Capitals executive George McPhee will be named general manager of the club by owner Bill Foley, according to multiple reports. The announcement will be made Wednesday at a 4 p.m. ET press conference at T-Mobile Arena.
"I can't comment right now," McPhee said Tuesday, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Steve Carp.
McPhee turned 58 on July 2 and made his mark with the Capitals. He was general manager in D.C. from 1997 through 2014, winning seven division titles and making one Stanley Cup Final appearance. He served as a special advisor to New York Islanders GM Garth Snow in 2015-16.
In McPhee, Foley gets an experienced executive and general manager who over the years certainly made strong relationships throughout the league. The Vegas franchise will begin play in the 2017-18 season, and McPhee will now be tasked with putting together his club through what will undoubtedly be a fascinating expansion draft.
"I'd go to Iceland to (be a general manager again)," McPhee said after his time in Washington concluded, according to Carp. "Doesn't matter where it is."
Even better than Iceland: Las Vegas.
