Stanley Cup Finals: (WC2) Florida Panthers vs (P1) Vegas Golden Knights | VGK Lead 3-1

[CatOTails]

That's one is easy. Vegas in 4.
Had Boston in 4, forgot to vote for Toronto in 4, had Canes in 4. So far so good.

 

[UFO]

Glad to see someone is going to end up with a cup who doesn't have one yet. With that being said, I hope that someone will be the Panthers. Go Panthers!

 

[Chainshot]

Thought it would be Toronto vs. Vegas when the playoffs started, so why not the team that rocked Toronto vs Vegas instead?

 

[Leonardo87]

Hoping for a nice long series, 6 or 7 games. I think it’s cool we will get a 1st cup winner. Go Cats!

 

[wintersej]

I’ve been rooting for Florida since they took out my Bruins, but after the Heat took out the Celtics last night I just kinda remembered I hate the state of Florida, what it stands for and everything in it (unless it’s inside the district formerly known as Reedy Creek).

Kidding aside, I do think Cassidy will get his team to play a smart, safe and simple game against Florida, but with more offensive skill than Carolina could muster. Vegas in six.

 

[Laus723]

Florida takes it in 7 if Bob keeps the shield up but boy this Vegas team is a really really good team. It can go either way.

Vegas is far deeper in all areas and it’s not even close. Vegas bottom 6 kill Floridas bottom 6 and it’s not even close.

That’s two “not even closes” in the same paragraph, to the box for two minutes.

Vegas is for sure a strong team, not remotely going to take anything away from them and I’m nervous, but Slavin and Burns were deployed against the Bennett-Tkachuk line and Barkov stepped up as did Duke and Verhaeghe. The 3rd is solid, Reino-Lundell-Listerine all play a strong forechecking game and have good speed as well. The 4th line is a weak point, just need them to not cave in. Bennett will still run their guys as will Gudas.

Two similar styles of play also.

 

[Leonardo87]

 

[cbcwpg]

NHL trying to drag this out as long as possible. What's with the 3 days between games for travel? Teams going by train?

 

[pb1300]

I’ve been rooting for Florida since they took out my Bruins, but after the Heat took out the Celtics last night I just kinda remembered I hate the state of Florida, what it stands for and everything in it (unless it’s inside the district formerly known as Reedy Creek).

Kidding aside, I do think Cassidy will get his team to play a smart, safe and simple game against Florida, but with more offensive skill than Carolina could muster. Vegas in six.

Maybe you can help me out here, but who did Cassidy coach last year? I believe it was the Bruins, right?

Here is to hoping the Panthers can add a former BOSTON coach to their, and the Heats, kill list!

 

[um]

On paper, Boston is a better team in all positions than Vegas and Florida handled them no problem.

No problem? It went 7 games!

 

[Leonardo87]

NHL trying to drag this out as long as possible. What's with the 3 days between games for travel? Teams going by train?

I think they are trying to avoid going against the NBA finals. There are no NHL and NBA games on the same night together. So there will be some gaps. Smart thinking, imo.

 

[PanthersPens62]

That's one is easy. Vegas in 4.
Had Boston in 4, forgot to vote for Toronto in 4, had Canes in 4. So far so good.

Similar to me. I had Boston in 5, Leafs in 5, Canes in 5, so I gotta go with Vegas in 5.

 

[BTO]

On paper, Boston is a better team in all positions than Vegas and Florida handled them no problem.

Yeah I’d hesitate to say that Florida handled Boston “no problem”. Boston imploded and Ullmark was either hurt or imploded himself. Doubt that’ll happen with Vegas. But it’s all about Bob. If he stays in God-mode Florida wins. If not then Vegas wins. Although Florida seems like a team of destiny. But so did Boston.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

What is the LV fan base like? Honnest Q. Is there a big local base of support that sort of topped up by tourists transmitting through and bandwagonning? Is there a regional or even national base of support from folks that have some sort of attachment to the city? Will a bunch of SCFs attendees be there on free tickets? I know so little about what surrounds this team.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Awesome finals!!

What is the LV fan base like? Honnest Q. Is there a big local base of support that sort of topped up by tourists transmitting through and bandwagonning? Is there a regional or even national base of support from folks that have some sort of attachment to the city? Will a bunch of SCFs attendees be there on free tickets? I know so little about what surrounds this team.

I mean believe it or not people live there and the greater las vegas region has as much population as many teams around the NHL. Apparently the team is super hot and very popular over there, for how long? we will see but it seems to be a success

 

[Matty Sundin]

Florida is the favourite for once it looks like. That’s usually when teams like them lose.

 

[SoupNazi]

Vegas in 6.

 

[acor]

Yeah I forgot about that one, that's definitely the most recent one. Before that, it would be the 2012 Kings correct?

Honestly I thought it was a bigger deal, I thought you'd have to go back like 20-30 years to find a matchup like this.

2012 Kings played Devils, who won cup before... Previous finals between 2 teams that never won (pre 2018) were 2007 (OTT/ANA), 1999 (DAL/BUF) and 1996 (FLA/COL)...

 

[94 Oil Drops]

The Panthers beat the Hurricanes in 5. Vegas isn't as good as the Hurricanes. Tkachuk and Bob are playing way too good. Panthers win in 5.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

That's one is easy. Vegas in 4.
Had Boston in 4, forgot to vote for Toronto in 4, had Canes in 4. So far so good.

LOL, took Florida in 4 too.

 

[Ducks in a row]

Let's go Panthers

 

[SEALBound]

This is going to be a good series. I have no idea who is going to take it but I am leaning Florida.

 

[Ms Maggie]

Gut feel says Vegas.

Same gut feel that called Panthers win over Boston.

Though to be fair my gut feel barely hits .500.

Nice to see some fresh contenders.

 

[BattleBorn]

What is the LV fan base like? Honnest Q. Is there a big local base of support that sort of topped up by tourists transmitting through and bandwagonning? Is there a regional or even national base of support from folks that have some sort of attachment to the city? Will a bunch of SCFs attendees be there on free tickets? I know so little about what surrounds this team.

Last time I was in town the wife in, I think, March and we did a little unscientific survey. Around 8% of the cars we encountered on an errand run had VGK license plates. More with stickers/plate frames and no plates.

About 3x as many VGK license plates as Raiders.

Again, unscientific and my house is like a mile from the VGK head office. The hype is big and has been since year 1.

Outside of Vegas I’ve met a few people with Knights stuff on and they’re usually from Vegas or transited through town, hit a game, and fell in love. Arena experience can probably convert most first time attendees or casual fans of other teams.

 

[Nico Hischier]

Thanks Stars for winning two and setting up my preferred travel schedule. Looking forward to booing Reilly Smith in person since he apparently struggled to notice the fans during his stint here.

It was funny lol