Post-Game Talk: Stanley Cup Final. Las Vegas Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup, 4 games to 1. No contest in a 9-3 final game.

[sheed36]

Stone’s earlobes, also unturned and unturnable, for that matter.

Only someone like say Columbo would notice Stone's earlobes. I had to google a pic of Stone to take a look for myself.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Holy shit! That almost sounds life threatening!

It isn't. It hurts to breathe though.

 

[Koivu11]

Well, good news is Montreal didn't give Vegas anything for free that lead to this Cup team.

Teams that essentially gave away players.

•Stone (shit trade by Ottawa - )
•Marchessault (lol Florida)
•Smith (ha ha ha Florida)
•Karlsson (given away by Columbus)
•Theodore (given away by Anaheim)
•McCabe (lost in expansion draft by LAK)
•Pietrangelo (let walk to UFA by St. Louis over $500k - dumbasses)
•Roy (lost by Carolina in expansion draft)
•Stephenson (traded for a 5th rounder by Washington. Lol)
•Carrier (lost in expansion draft by Buffalo)
•Kolesar (got from Columbus for a 2nd round pick)
•Amadio (waivers claim from Toronto)
•Howden picked up from NYR for an AHLer & 4th round pick

13 players and Vegas paid Brannstrom, two 2nds, a 4th & a 5th rounder for. Lol



I feel the Eichel trade was decent value for Buffalo. Ditto the Barbashev trade.

I remember we were afraid to lose Charles Hudon to them. Good times.

 

[red devil]

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

What I like of Mcphee is he's not static. It's not like in Mtl when we have some talented player, we don't surround the players with talent, we let them sink without help, we keep plugs long time and we don't have vision. In Mtl we are stock for long time with players we just would like to be gone asap. Right now in Mtl a real turn will take 4 years. Mtl is static and toxic.
Vegas won some trades, lost players too but they were always in movement. They had excellence the way to be in their culture. Their fans are not bandwagon bashers, they have good fans and a good GM and excellent overall organisation.

Don't worry, they'll do plenty of bashing once they a couple decades without a cup and are stuck with an idiot GM for almost a decade. They'll even have stupid fans who'll keep supporting their idiot just because, y'know, he's from the place.

 

[Koivu11]

That guy is made of glass isn’t he?

 

[26Mats]

Always easier to be masterful when you’re gifted a blank canvas and lax expansion rules. They didn’t have to wait 30 plus years nor deal with inherited, cap draining garbage players.

I don't think Seattle will win that quickly. Same rules.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I remember we were afraid to lose Charles Hudon to them. Good times.

Their pro scouting department is too good for that. Lmao

 

[Runner77]

There are no tougher athletes than hockey players. They’ll virtually try to play through anything.

 

[The Real Timo]

I've got a bad feeling about this.

Right @The Real Timo ?

I had zero feelings about these finals. Now... the draft. THAT I have a bad feeling about.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I don't think Seattle will win that quickly. Same rules.

GMs were smarter and just let them pick a player. They didn't get a whole bunch of free players like Tuch (who helped get Eichel), Theodore, Smith & Marchessault, Karlsson & a 1st, etc., etc.

Seattle walked away with no where near the draft picks that Vegas got. But still got good players, but not great

 

[The Real Timo]

There are no tougher athletes than hockey players. They’ll virtually try to play through anything.

So next season Panthers will be like Habs and finish dead last... of course, next season we don't have their first round pick.

 

[Runner77]

I don't think Seattle will win that quickly. Same rules.

Sure but the opportunity was there for the taking is the point. If Seattle’s management are idiots, it doesn’t take away the fact that the set up allowed for a ton of leverage.

Really not fair for those teams that toiled for years but hey, they didn’t mind the lofty expansion money either.

 

[Whitesnake]

So next season would have been neat to get Panthers 1st rounder...

forget it guys. WE'll never win anything. Just not in the stars. We will win a MLB title before we win a Cup....

 

[red devil]

 

[Runner77]

They ought to have a rule where a team is allowed to ditch all of its contracts every 10 years and be able to have all the privileges of a blank slate, like an expansion franchise.

 

[Habs]

They ought to have a rule where a team is allowed to ditch all of its contracts every 10 years and be able to have all the privileges of a blank slate, like an expansion franchise.

I like the pre-cap era the best, it was awesome

 

[Runner77]

Vegas doesn't have a single dman under 6'1.

Is this the blueprint that copycat GMs are going to emulate at the draft?

 

[MarkovsKnee]

So next season Panthers will be like Habs and finish dead last... of course, next season we don't have their first round pick.

No, Philadelphia does. They're going come into camp busted up, still mentally & physically weary from the Cup hangover coupled with a short summer that didn't give them enough time to both heal & train, and completely shit the bed. Probably have a ton of players on IR throughout the year, and miss the playoffs. One of Ottawa, Buffalo or Pittsburgh takes their spot.

However, it is top 10 protected, so Florida will give Philadelphia #11 probably.

However, the good news is if Florida's pick is top 10 next year then Calgary doesn't get their pick in 2025, Philadelphia does.

That would mean Montreal would get Calgary's pick in 2025 with only #1 overall protection. If it's #2+ we get that pick.

So for the 2nd consecutive year, it's actually in our interests for Florida to massively fail next year, and fall into bottom 10 like Washington did this year.

Then cheer for Calgary to be a lottery team in 2025, but not win #1 OA.

 

[Runner77]

The con about the Conn …

 

[Habs]

No, Philadelphia does. They're going come into camp busted up, still mentally & physically weary from the Cup hangover coupled with a short summer that didn't give them enough time to both heal & train, and completely shit the bed. Probably have a ton of players on IR throughout the year, and miss the playoffs. One of Ottawa, Buffalo or Pittsburgh takes their spot.

However, it is top 10 protected, so Florida will give Philadelphia #11 probably.

However, the good news is if Florida's pick is top 10 next year then Calgary doesn't get their pick in 2025, Philadelphia does.

That would mean Montreal would get Calgary's pick in 2025 with only #1 overall protection. If it's #2+ we get that pick.

So for the 2nd consecutive year, it's actually in our interests for Florida to massively fail next year, and fall into bottom 10 like Washington did this year.

Then cheer for Calgary to be a lottery team in 2025, but not win #1 OA.

i'm so confused, who's pick do we have again?

 

[holy]

Feels like I’m a fly who accidentally got into Kuznetsov’s stash.

 

[Runner77]

Meantime, on the strip as patrons go casino hopping …

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Only someone like say Columbo would notice Stone's earlobes. I had to google a pic of Stone to take a look for myself.

Ffs i thought that was photoshopped!

 

[Runner77]