Kaedan Korczak is filling two voids for the Golden Knights this season.

On the ice, the 24-year-old defenseman is about to become an everyday NHL player. He’s getting a long-awaited opportunity to show he can play in an 82-game season.

Then there’s Korczak’s new home in the locker room — the stall that used to belong to Alex Pietrangelo.

Locker stalls change all the time when players come and go. But with the Knights, the absence of Pietrangelo — whose playing career is likely over due to a hip injury — is still a notable one.

“Just his presence around the locker room, he was a class act every day,” Korczak said of Pietrangelo. “If he had a great game, he wouldn’t get too high or too low. He was a true pro everyday.”

Getting an opportunity

It’s a changing of the guard, so to speak, f

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