Vegas Golden Knights are your 2023 Stanley Cup Champions!

[BlueOil]

congrats vegas, a resounding win to secure their first cup

nice to see pietrangelo and barbashev get their second

 

[um]

Is puckpedia correct and Vegas was 14mil over the cap? And the panthers 4.6mil over?

There's no Cap during the playoffs. You can't be over something that doesn't exist.

 

[McShogun99]

Might be the most dominating Cup finals that I can remember.

 

[ChanceVegas]

Well, it’s the next day and it’s still a good f***ing day

I'm hurtin for certain while workin, but it was all worth it.

 

[terranraida]

There's no Cap during the playoffs. You can't be over something that doesn't exist.

Yes, i am aware, but that doesn't change that I'm still curious about the numbers...

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Adin Hill is going to get 5m from some poor sucker, I just hope it's not my GM.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Must be incredible relief for those long-suffering fans in Las Vegas.

A tough 72 years months of struggle and futility.

 

[Three On Zero]

I'm hurtin for certain while workin, but it was all worth it.

I’m a little sleepy, but luckily I only report to myself

 

[LeafsandSharksfan]

Congrats to Vegas, the most dominant cup run of the past number of years and seem like a likeable group of guys. No question they were the best team this year.

 

[BMOK33]

I just want to know how you put forth that sort of effort in a must win game

 

[McFlash97]

Congrats Vegas. Best hockey team in the world.

It's painful to say but the truth.

 

[Little Bobby Boo]

Vegas deserved it the entire series.

Cassidy had them playing perfect hockey 95% of those 5 games. So near-perfect they made Aiden Hill look like a rock-solid starter. Not to say he didn't have flashes, but the team insulated him incredibly well.

Not super up-to-date on VGK's cap situation, but this team is built quite well. Could see them back again next year.

 

[BMOK33]

Adin Hill is going to get 5m from some poor sucker, I just hope it's not my GM.

I don't think anyone will fall for it. He's clearly a system goalie. Might get 3 years 7 mill or something from someone but he is not going to go to a contender IMO

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Vegas deserved it the entire series.

Cassidy had them playing perfect hockey 95% of those 5 games. So near-perfect they made Aiden Hill look like a rock-solid starter. Not to say he didn't have flashes, but the team insulated him incredibly well.

Not super up-to-date on VGK's cap situation, but this team is built quite well. Could see them back again next year.

Only if Mark Stone's back suddenly heals for round 1 again

 

[Kranix]

I just want to know how you put forth that sort of effort in a must win game

Completely out of gas. Injuries. Leader out with broken sternum.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Congrats Vegas! Best move of the offseason was hiring cassidy

 

[Pure West]

Congrats to Vegas! Well earned, they made the gutsy roster moves to get better and were rewarded. I hope this is an encouragement for all teams to constantly look to make their team better. Not just on this run, but it seems like the fans have really embraced this team and I hope it stays that way after the barrage of other pro teams enter the city.

 

[CupInSIX]

Cassidy is a stubborn man, and he won with what he set out to do in camp:

-net front presence & sniper for Eichel
-Stephenson & Stone as its own line
-Karlsson as an old school 2-way C & the Misfit line separated for the longest stretch in VGK history
-Roy sticking at 4C after his big 3M contract

He had to shake up the lineup a bit, but even after adding guys like Blueger it was more or less what he drew up at the start of the year.

I think the lines in camp were
Smith Eichel Kessel
Marchessault Stephenson Stone
Amadio Karlsson Brisson
Carrier Roy Kolesar

 

[Razamanaz]

Las Vegas won and Florida fell. Oh' well.

Earlier in the Final-round hard-boy Tkachuk tried to sink pretty boy-Eichel with a hard hit down to the Florida-gators - later on a big bad boy a'la Las Vegas-player did the same to him.

And kicked/hit Tkatchuk back almost to yesterday.
Jackpot for Vegas.

Not sayin' those hits ... well, I'm actually sayin' those hits - were more meanin' - than in any of Elvis Presley-hits ever in a Vegas win!

Lost Vegas won the whole lot - I'm not happy about it.

But the better team won this time around. Fair and square. Like a trip down The Strip ...

 

[Mathews28]

You forgot to mention the refs.... disappointing.

Refs were suspect all around, they did not affect the outcome.

Florida's lack of discipline was not even that impactful; when Bob stopped being god-like and the puck bounced the other way a bit it was over.

 

[beedee]

Congrats to VGK. As a Kings fan, it got me right in the feels seeing Marty hand the Cup off to Quickie.

 

[NYR94]

Congrats Vegas! I'll always respect management's willingness to make bold moves in order to improve the team. Eichel, Stone, Pietrangelo really paid off. Reminds me of Pierre Lacroix who never shied away from acquiring big names for the Avs in the late 90s/early 2000s.

 

[BB79]

Must be incredible relief for those long-suffering fans in Las Vegas.

They reversed the curse of that one time they missed the playoffs. I felt so bad for them.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Might be the most dominating Cup finals that I can remember.

Didn't eclipse the record for margin of victory (which I think is still Pittsburgh's 8-0 clunker over Minnesota, over 30 years ago)......but nine goals scored, in a Cup clinching game?

That's gotta be a record.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Congrats Vegas! Best move of the offseason was hiring cassidy

I guess Cassidy wasn't the problem in Boston after all.