WDSF Game 1: Minnesota Wild @ Vegas Golden Knights | 12:00PM | NBC, SN, TVAS

[SupremeNachos]

Ya it’s the NHLs fault the Knights are riding with Chandler Stephenson as their number one centre.

Not everyone is as fortunate to have Victor Rask as their 1C

 

[Rob Brown]

New York team being in the conference final is good for the league.

Nobody cares about Minnesota.

Oh...you were serious. What is the NHL to do about one team beating another? Do tell.

 

[crazyforhockey]

Hard fought match

Really noticed how Vegas forward, passes the puck and skates into a defender, taking him out of the play, trusting another Knight will slide into the open slot....will see if that type of interference will called in later games

 

[SP1966]

I hate the Knights (I'm a flyers fan living in Vegas), but Vegas is ABSOLUTELY a hockey market. Before covid every damn game was a sell out, every one in this town has a VGK hat, bumper sticker, jersey, etc. And as someone who has been playing in beer leagues here, its only getting significantly more popular.

I am always down to slander the Knights, its a hobby of mine, but this is a hockey town.

When a large percentage of tickets are sold to fans of the visiting team it's relatively easy to sell out. Vegas is a great hockey market because it's a great weekend getaway destination for people wanting a break from northern winters! Beyond that though Vegas has really embraced their team!

 

[Name Nameless]

Youd think Fleury was the goalie with 40+ saves with the way NBC is deep throating him

Fleury did in general have to make the better saves, IMHO. Even if Talbot had some to, of course, but the Vegas shots looked less dangerous to me on an average.

 

[TaLoN]

It just shows, Ek wanted the nuts most today.

Vegas only lost 1 nut, but that was one costly nut to lose!

 

[Tryblot]

New York team being in the conference final is good for the league.

Nobody cares about Minnesota.

I assure you, nobody cares about the islanders either.

 

[TaLoN]

Fleury did in general have to make the better saves, IMHO. Even if Talbot had some to, of course, but the Vegas shots looked less dangerous to me on an average.

Talbot is just less able to make easy saves look dramatic.

Flower suits have a couple tall nice ones though for sure.

 

[SP1966]

Really?...You do know Minnesota is the state of Hockey?

I don't think self appointed tag lines count, at least not once you leave the Minnesota border! LOL

 

[BuiumSaveUs]

Lol Chandler Stephenson is the #1C of the team they’re playing.

Are you actually trying to argue that Vegas is worse down the middle than Minnesota?

 

[LGBlues]

Vegas success in 3x3 OT in the regular season has the stuff of smoke and mirrors. It's something that isn't going to translate to playoff hockey at all and it inflated their regular season record a bit-- they were 9-0 in 3x3 OT and they're already 0-1 in 5x5 playoff OT.

They were missing Pacioretty scoring OT goals too.

 

[crab]

Not everyone is as fortunate to have Victor Rask as their 1C

The Wild aren’t expected to go far though. Has a team ever won the Cup with the quality of centres Vegas has?

 

[Johnny Tomala]

I still can't believe some people think Golden Knights are contenders. They don't have even one elite offensive player. When was the last time team without elite offensive player won a Stanley Cup?

 

[stl76]

What a shame....win the faceoff, 3 seconds left in the penalty kill, all alone behind the net...a simple play to go up the boards and out.... yikes.

Pieterangrlelo, team dinner is on you tonight.

Good luck with that, Pietro is a notorious cheap skate. Not trying to slander the guy, multiple other Blues players joked about it in interviews when he was on the team.

 

[Prior]

I don't think self appointed tag lines count, at least not once you leave the Minnesota border! LOL

I suppose the players Minnesota feeds into the college and NHL ranks as well as the overall participation lapping the rest of the US is not without anything?

 

[avsfan9]

Were you? Fleury takes himself out of position a lot making a save that should be routine look amazing

I find that too

 

[TaLoN]

Back to the series thread -> Series Talk: - WDSF: Vegas Golden Knights (2) vs. Minnesota Wild (3) MIN leads 1-0

 

[ArGarBarGar]

I guess it’s because they’re still a relatively new franchise, but the VGK GDT has like 3 pages - for Game 1 of the playoffs, lol

Who cares?