Hart and Hill. That's the Depth Chart. That's All of It.

The roster cuts are done — 28 players in camp as of Wednesday, with five days now until Chicago comes to town — and Vegas is opening the season with a two-goalie tandem and nothing behind it. Carter Hart is the starter. Adin Hill is the backup. There is no third option on the active roster, and the organization has made no move to add one.

I've been writing versions of this note since June, when Akira Schmid was traded to Florida and Michael Hutchinson retired, and the answer from the front office has been consistent: Hart and Hill are enough. Maybe they are. Both are capable NHL goaltenders, and a healthy tandem can carry a team through the early schedule. But the margin for error is thin. If either goes down in the first month, Vegas is scrambling — and this is a team that already spent last season scrambling in close games, going 16–27 in one-goal contests.

The camp cuts didn't surface a surprise. No goaltender pushed his way into the conversation during the preseason stretch, and the depth chart reads exactly as it did at the start of September. That's not necessarily a crisis on opening night. It becomes one around game 20 if the injury luck runs out.