It's been mentioned many many times but still cannot believe how good this expansion team got in such a short amount of time. Eff the knights.
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It's been mentioned many many times but still cannot believe how good this expansion team got in such a short amount of time. Eff the knights.
Unlike previous expansion teams, the Knights were given a huge amount of protection. The league wanted them to be good out of the gate. Add a few things like getting a free starting goalie, a top center, and a coach, and you got yourself a good team.
I just don’t buy it. A top center? Who, Karlsson? The guys career high was like 6 goals before Vegas got him. McNabb is on their top pair. To me the impressive thing about Vegas is they took a bunch of nobodies and formed a team that gelled.
That said: f*** Vegas
Marchessault. Legit #1 guy and got him for free from Florida. It was a joke. But yes, the way the team pulled together has worked, but you can give credit to Gallant for that. Another gift from the Panthers.
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51 points is a bonafide number 1 center? I dunno. EVERYONE predicted Vegas was going to be awful.
On another note: San Jose looks like shit.
San Jose doubled down on the meme offensive d-men. Results are expected.
Eh. They’d have to add Draisaitl methinks.
Can you really call that defense though?
And 30 goals. He had 75pts in his first year on Vegas. Sure, no one expected them to go to the Final in their first year, but the league changed how expansion teams operate when they first come in and the results speak for themselves.
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Sorry NBCSN , when a goalie gives up 4, and doesn't allow more than that, it's not a great game by the goalie and a bright spot. They were making all kinds of excuses for the Sharks loss tonight.#SMFH
Before joining the Knights he had a career high of 51 points and that was in his year 26 season. Nobody thought of him as a legit number 1 center when he was acquired. For reference, Kopitar had a down year last season that made half the fanbase want him kicked to the curb and he put up 60 points.
GMGM did a hell of a job putting a team together in fast order. Yes they had a better set up than the older expansion teams, but that team was not handed to him at all.
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Tanner Pearson had 11 shots last night. That's about half of what he had in his 17 games with the Kings last season. Maybe he can get it going again.
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Vegas spotted a trend in speed and skating and they changed the game. Now any team like the Kings who lacks speed and skating skill is trying to catch up. About 10 years ago you could defeat speed and skill with grit, tenacity and size. With all the rule changes now the only way to beat speed and skill is with speed and skill. All that said Seattle is in a tough spot because if they can't replicate Vegas everybody is going to want to know why.
It looked less flattering from the overhead, but when I saw it live I was amazed by the amount of separation McDavid can get in a couple of strides.
His ability to accelerate and stickhandle at top speed is unmatched in his generation. Closest comp is probably Pavel Bure.
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Not sure what Tanev was thinking when he got to the bottom of the F. You can see the exact moment:
They were in fine position, until he not only basically stopped, but then turned out. That's the last thing you can do against McDavid. At least try to make him go to your outside, and then you have an extra millisecond to make up the ground, or have your partner get over. To let him walk straight down the middle, that's insanity. He's going to beat most defensemen most of the time, but stay on the inside.
I'm bummed that by the time I really got into hockey, Bure's knees were already starting to betray him.
It looked like both defenders expected the other to step up and make contact and they both decided not to. lolNot sure what Tanev was thinking when he got to the bottom of the F. You can see the exact moment:
They were in fine position, until he not only basically stopped, but then turned out. That's the last thing you can do against McDavid. At least try to make him go to your outside, and then you have an extra millisecond to make up the ground, or have your partner get over. To let him walk straight down the middle, that's insanity. He's going to beat most defensemen most of the time, but stay on the inside.
Little too lazy to find the exact CBA language, but Bouchard is a late birthday so he's considered "20" even though he doesn't turn 20 for a few more weeks.
Edit: Quick example - Nic Hague (December 1998) and Cody Glass (April 1999) were both picked in 2017 out of the CHL. Hague could play 2018-19 in the AHL because he was a '98 birthday while Glass wasn't allowed to play in the AHL until after his junior season was over.
It's a little goofy since the CHL drafts by birth year rather while the NHL which has a September 15th cutoff.
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