Not a particular Vegas fan, but definitely a torts fan and coach salty liquid of love is a whiner. So I'll be cheering for Vegas, and especially for Nick Dowd who deserves a Cup.
I had that same qualm in their earlier years, but they've graduated from that imo.
That front office did an incredible job of identifying players left unprotected that had more value than their existing contracts indicated, for sure.
Indeed, most of the guys driving the team now are trade acquisitions. Notably, McPhee hasn’t been the gm for that. Drafting, rather than trading, has always been his superpower.
I tend to agree, but tip of the cap to the front office for keeping it going.
People that are saying this is an "upset of the century" situation based on regular season records are discounting the fact that Vegas was missing their goaltender for more than 1/3 of the season.
I don’t think it can definitively be said that the favorable expansion rules have run their course. Vegas also stockpiled a good number of additional draft picks from deals related to their original player selections.
Agree that their GMs, decision makers, and players deserve credit for the success the team has had.
And Carolina upped their game to another level by being the aggressor. Great series so far. Hope it goes 7 to LVK.
Crazy ending on the own goal. I was watching when it was 4-0, flipped over to ball game for a minute, and came back and it was 4-3. Marner's 2nd leg of the hat trick was an own goal even though he got credit.
I think that was a fair criticism the first 5 years, but this is year 9 or 10 and they've reached the finals twice in the last 4 years. They have a damn good front office.
Ok I’ll let you get that jab in. It’s deserved but hey we finally flipped the script after almost a decade. Lots of young talent.Yeah... But everyone does.
Anaheim is a cool rink. Enjoyed the game I caught there.
I think it was finally getting rid of that god awful logo and returning to the duck mask. Now they just need to go back to the original color scheme.
Owner loves the Orange County theme. I don’t hate it but yes would love the eggplant/teal back.
We were out there for spring break/Disney (hated Disney less than I thought I would. Still wouldn't go back over other options). Regular season wasn't going yet but I plan to get out there for a game. I'm not sure if there's a greater example of a player who's talent has been wasted than Trout (even considering the injuries).
I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen a game where a player was so out of the other teams control as marner was the other night.
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