GDT: 2022-23 NHL Playoffs

[TRASHCAT]

ruh roh

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Lol boys from Vegas all fired up….

 

[TRASHCAT]

gotta avenge that 5 year cup drought

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Almost over thankfully. Great for Stephenson!

 

[um]

Another overachieving team failing in the finals. Surprise surprise.

 

[Calicaps]

Not my least-favorite possible outcome... but close. Boo.

 

[Random schmoe]

I'm pretty much ready for the finals to end, regardless of who wins, because I want trade/hot stove season to kick into high gear.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

GMGM and Butch to get their 1st cups. Chandler gets his 2nd if Vegas closes out at home.

 

[um]

GMGM and Butch to get their 1st cups. Chandler gets his 2nd if Vegas closes out at home.

What a beauty Chandler is, can’t believe we gave him away.

He was 25 and his Cap Hit was 1 million. What the Fudge!

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

What a beauty Chandler is, can’t believe we gave him away.

He was 25 and his Cap Hit was 1 million. What the Fudge!

He was awful the year he was traded. 4 points in 24 games and was in the bottom one or two for almost all underlying metrics. He looked like the carriage that turned back into a pumpkin. He’s probably never the player here that he developed to in Vegas because he was never going to center guys like Mark Stone or be given the type of responsibility here that he has there. Rightfully or wrongfully he was never going to supplant Backstrom or Kuznetsov as a top six center and Eller was still one of the more effective 3Cs in the league.

Would I love to have a center lineup of Stephenson, Strome, McMichael, and Dowd next season? Obviously, and I’m not saying trading him was a good idea but the reason he was traded is because he wasn’t very good in his role and he was surplus to requirements.

 

[um]

He was awful the year he was traded. 4 points in 24 games and was in the bottom one or two for almost all underlying metrics. He looked like the carriage that turned back into a pumpkin. He’s probably never the player here that he developed to in Vegas because he was never going to center guys like Mark Stone or be given the type of responsibility here that he has there. Rightfully or wrongfully he was never going to supplant Backstrom or Kuznetsov as a top six center and Eller was still one of the more effective 3Cs in the league.

Would I love to have a center lineup of Stephenson, Strome, McMichael, and Dowd next season? Obviously, and I’m not saying trading him was a good idea but the reason he was traded is because he wasn’t very good in his role and he was surplus to requirements.

I remember, it’s just a damn shame that the coaches and management completely missed the potential of Stephenson. A lot of us fans did too.

Oh well I guess. I am enjoying rooting for him to get cup #2 though.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

Florida looks like they’re out of gas. Their game plan right now looks like they’re hoping Bob goes god mode and they can be opportunistic in capitalizing on a few scoring chances every game. Vegas has been all over them and are consistently generating quality scoring chances. Hard to see the Panthers getting back in this one… long-suffering Vegas fans will finally, after all this time, get to see their team win a Cup. (Not bitter at all.)

 

[Calicaps]

Florida looks like they’re out of gas. Their game plan right now looks like they’re hoping Bob goes god mode and they can be opportunistic in capitalizing on a few scoring chances every game. Vegas has been all over them and are consistently generating quality scoring chances. Hard to see the Panthers getting back in this one… long-suffering Vegas fans will finally, after all this time, get to see their team win a Cup. Not bitter at all.

It's gross. But this Vegas team is a machine. Watching last game I was thinking how the two are polar opposites. One (Knights) smooth clean, talented, and kinda boring/figure skate-y, the other (Panthers) scrappy lunch-pail, opportunistic, fun/cardiac. But in the end, I think Vegas' stars are just better and more numerous.

 

[PlushMinus]

Interestingly the Flyers won their Cups in years 7 and 8 of them entering the league.

Looks like the Isles won their first in year 7 as well.

Oilers won their first 5 years after entering the league.

So it's not like Vegas are doing something that hasn't been done before, by winning a Cup in their 6th year of existence.

 

[ChaosLord]

Don't say I didn't warn you --TV ratings for the Cup this year have been brutal:

Steep declines continue for Cup Final

With a non-traditional matchup and no games on broadcast television, Stanley Cup Final viewership is down sharply from last year.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

 

[crazy8888]

Interestingly the Flyers won their Cups in years 7 and 8 of them entering the league.

Looks like the Isles won their first in year 7 as well.

Oilers won their first 5 years after entering the league.

So it's not like Vegas are doing something that hasn't been done before, by winning a Cup in their 6th year of existence.

Interesting. Thanks for the stats. But it aint over until a larger size woman sings.

 

[Corby78]

Interestingly the Flyers won their Cups in years 7 and 8 of them entering the league.

Looks like the Isles won their first in year 7 as well.

Oilers won their first 5 years after entering the league.

So it's not like Vegas are doing something that hasn't been done before, by winning a Cup in their 6th year of existence.

There weren’t 31 other teams in the league then. Also Edmonton was around for seven years in the WHL before mergin with the NHL, so they were a 12 year old franchise. Phili struggled up until the won, then they took off.

 

[PlushMinus]

There weren’t 31 other teams in the league then. Also Edmonton was around for seven years in the WHL before mergin with the NHL, so they were a 12 year old franchise.

Ah yes - very true.

 

[um]

Don't say I didn't warn you --TV ratings for the Cup this year have been brutal:

Steep declines continue for Cup Final

With a non-traditional matchup and no games on broadcast television, Stanley Cup Final viewership is down sharply from last year.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

Oh no! The Billionaires and millionaires are gonna make a little less!

 

[PlushMinus]

Oh no! The Billionaires and millionaires are gonna make a little less!

Haha exactly - f*** them.

Those of us who love the sport will watch the sport. And find ways to do so regardless

 

[Calicaps]

Don't say I didn't warn you --TV ratings for the Cup this year have been brutal:

Steep declines continue for Cup Final

With a non-traditional matchup and no games on broadcast television, Stanley Cup Final viewership is down sharply from last year.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

The league's TV deal is a disaster and did them no favors this spring.

 

[usiel]

Don't say I didn't warn you --TV ratings for the Cup this year have been brutal:

Steep declines continue for Cup Final

With a non-traditional matchup and no games on broadcast television, Stanley Cup Final viewership is down sharply from last year.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

This is about as unsurprising as the full Moon coming up on time so not sure it is news.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

F it….let Vegas win this thing at home. It could be the greatest post Cup city-wide celebration ever. EVERYONE should see the sun come up in Vegas!


Wish I was there.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

A team winning Game 5 in Vegas to win the Cup… where have I seen that before??

 

[HTFN]

The post about the 70's expansion teams winning relatively in this time frame makes me feel okay about it , and maybe we shouldn't hate Vegas because, like... I mean we won, right?

But still. Would have preferred florida.