Mark Stone: People want to see the Golden Knights crash and burn

[SomeDude]

I just hope another young player trying to make a roster has the audacity to hit Stone in a full contact preseason hockey game just to see the outrage again.

 

[theVladiator]

As far as other teams putting bull's eye on their back, Stone can cry me a river. Every recent Cup champ gets that treatment. Privilege of a winner.

As far fans whining about cup circumvention - please go join Stone in the river crying exercise. No rules were broken. The rules that you would have liked to have in place do not count. Write a letter to the NHL if you must.

 

[Chainshot]

Seems like Stone is trying to generate some “us against them “mentality for the team. *shrug*

 

[WhataKnight]

It's that, but also the way they let MAF find out he was traded via Twitter.

That and the way the coaching staff shit on Lehner's performance to the media, even though Lehner was playing hurt, and they wanted him to play through an injury, knowing that he had prior substance abuse issues.

If I had the post I made on this in another thread, I’d just link it here.

People should be blaming Fleury’s agent Allan Walsh for how that went down.

Fleury lost the confidence of the team against MTL in those playoffs, and agreed to being open to a trade. His agent - Walsh - then proceeded to tell any team open to taking in Fleury that retirement was likely, killing return value.

That trade is most definitely a two-way street, and it’s easier for non-VGL-fans to refrain from digging and blame the team, understandably. The full story includes Walsh trying to force McCrimmon’s hand.

 

[NVious]

The Golden Asterisks will have their championship stripped sooner or later, the Houston Astros of the NHL, sad, but they will eventually be moved too so hopefully they can get it together in Hamilton or Quebec or maybe even Halifax.

 

[WhataKnight]

The Golden Asterisks will have their championship stripped sooner or later, the Houston Astros of the NHL, sad, but they will eventually be moved too so hopefully they can get it together in Hamilton or Quebec or maybe even Halifax.

 

[Czechboy]

I used to hate the ltir thing.
I used to hate the playing a 90 mill roster vs 80 mill roster thing.
I used to hate that the free agents all seem to go there
I used to hate the stone annual injury

Now I'm hoping my oil do the ltir thing with Kane and can send a 90 mill roster to playoffs. I wish our GM's were more like vegas.

 

[Dfence033]

I wonder how many people also dislike them because of the clear signal that bending over backwards to have the “most successful expansion franchise ever” in the gambling capital of the world was a clear signal that the NHL was chasing sports betting as a revenue stream, and would do some seemingly unsavory things to get it.

Do I exclusively blame VGK for that? No. But the symbolism of their existence being the final sign that gambling was here to stay in this sport makes me like them a hell of a lot less than I otherwise would. If Seattle had done what VGK did, and Vegas never existed, I’d likely care quite a bit less about it.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

I'd just like to point out. The Panthers were cap compliant when they won the cup.

 

[WhataKnight]

I'd just like to point out. The Panthers were cap compliant when they won the cup.

Yep!

One thing that often gets overlooked:

The Cup-winning Vegas roster was also cap compliant.

 

[GOilers88]

Success breeds jealousy.

People are simple.

 

[WSS11]

As sharks fan, I don’t like Vegas in general. Their fan base was born on third base. Having their unprotected 1st next year, I really hope they crash and burn.

Well this post aged well.

 

[Crow]

Seems like Stone is trying to generate some “us against them “mentality for the team. *shrug*

This and it’s coming off as a bit self important. I don’t think people really care that much about the golden knights much more than other teams that won recently.

 

[wingerdinger]

Every team cant use the ltir like vegas does, you need chronically injured players with a high enough cap hit to make it worth while.

While not illegal to me it goes against the spirit of competition.

But my real beef is with the league that enable this clownish behaviour.

Anyways the knights need to make this window count they've sold there future to compete in the present with a team that's not so special.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Which Knights player goes on LTIR in February?
We should place bets.

We have our answer!

Who had Theodore?

 

[Czechboy]

We have our answer!

Who had Theodore?

Legit jealous at this point. LTIR GOATS!

 

[hangman005]

Legit jealous at this point. LTIR GOATS!

I think we would have preferred Hannafin, worth more and I'm not sure we'd notice he was injured.

 

[chris kontos]

I only want POS mark stone to crash and burn

 

[TheBeard]

I think Vegas wanted to send as many players as they could to this tourney in the hopes something like this would happen. The timing is perfect. Just before the deadline and a long enough but not too long window the slowplay the mystery rehab.

 

[Kaners PPGs]

We have our answer!

Who had Theodore?

I posted on another forum that Theodore would be ready to play on April 1st but wouldn't return till game 1 but I was only exaggerating. At least I thought I was.

Is there a worse loophole in any sport that can throw off competitive balance than these LTIR games teams can play? To be honest, I wouldn't mind Vegas beating Winnipeg to see those fans lose their minds over this. Best sport/worst league!

 

[Hale The Villain]

I think Vegas wanted to send as many players as they could to this tourney in the hopes something like this would happen. The timing is perfect. Just before the deadline and a long enough but not too long window the slowplay the mystery rehab.

Yeah it's not like they would want their best defenseman for the rest of the season to help compete for the divison.

This was obviously 4d chess from Vegas. Now they'll be able to fit in so many good players using Theodore's massive 5.2 million dollar cap hit.

 

[TheBeard]

Yeah it's not like they would want their best defenseman for the rest of the season to help compete for the divison.

This was obviously 4d chess from Vegas. Now they'll be able to fit in so many good players using Theodore's massive 5.2 million dollar cap hit.

Well, a 5.2 million dollar player is about what they could probably get with the sheer lack of picks/prospects left in the system so it worked out.