@@crixy.. crazy, I think they’ve got their eyes set on other goalies, for example, big rumour, Chris Driedger, cheap and good, whereas prices contract is rough to take on, well have to see tho eh
I remember watching this expansion draft and saying, don't sleep on these guys. They could surprise a hell of a lot of people, and lo and behold they did. Who would have thought 500-1 underdogs at the start of the season, 200-1 underdogs at the All-Star Break, and they ended up going all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. Not only that, these guys rewrote the history books on expansion team success.
Reilly Smith, Alex Tuch, William Karlsson, Ryan Reaves, Zach Whitecloud, Shea Theodore, Brayden McNabb, Jonathan Marchessault, Tomas Nosek, William Carrier and last, but not least, Marc-André Fleury
@@travisstewart627 where are you getting Zach and Revo from? They weren't selected by Vegas on draft night. There's only 9 players left from the expansion draft night.
With the Expansion Draft 8 days away. Its wild to see ONLY 9 guys are still left from the original team. MAF, Tuch, Karlsson, Nosek, Carrier, Marchessault, McNabb, Reilly Smith and Shea Theodore.
(This aged bad lol.)And worst future too. Lmao🤣 Vegas front office is trash. Kraken with a good team in Second Year and a tons of picks. And a pretty good and deep prospect pool yet. Ron Francis is managing much better.
Here we are. 2 days before the Finals start. I just came back to watch Vegas select nothing but 2nd Liners and All Stars that everyone keeps talking about. Hm. Seems they picked, Fleury, like 2 2nd liners and a few good D Men who they smartly traded. Past that, HAHHHHHH. McPhee and Foley just outsmarted half the GMs in the NHL trying to do to much to protect players. This season and team has been nothing short of AMAZING. Finish History. GO KNIGHTS GO!
As of now: Pickard: DET system Sbisa: UFA Pulkkinen: KHL (Traktor Chelyabinsk) Merrill: MIN Carrier: Still with team Eakin: BUF Nosek: BOS Marchessault: Still with team McNabb: Still with team Brickley: UFA (last played in Europe) Thorburn: retired Bellemare: TBL Garrison: retired Berube: CBJ system Neal: STL system (for God knows why) Engelland: With team front office Leipsic: Let's not go there Miller: BUF Methot: retired Schlemko: retired Perron: STL (won Cup year after VGK SCF appearance) Lindberg: KHL (Dynamo Moscow) Reinhart: In the UK (Belfast Giants) Emelin: KHL (Avangard Omsk, where he won a championship) Stoner: retired Haula: BOS Karlsson: Still with team TVR: WSH Fleury: MIN Schmidt: WPG
Four original Expansion Draftees (Carrier, Karlsson, Marchessault, McNabb) and two trade throw-ins (Smith, Theodore) are Cup champs now. Just love to hear that, eh?
Craig, show me how many "flukes" went into the Finals with a 6-1 home record in a playoffs that have seen road teams doing exceptionally well. While you're at it, show me how many teams went 3-0 in their "closeout" games, winning all 3 on the road...and giving up a total of ONE goal in those 3 games. I'll wait. This ought to be entertaining...
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No you’re thinking of Vegas when they tossed Fleury to the franchise with a sexual assault case for some player they immediately dropped to the AHL (no offence to that player) because they couldn’t manage the cap. I liked vegas, really, but right now they passed Philadelphia AND Boston in my ‘most hated franchises’ list. Also, they didn’t protect him because they had a LOT of players they wanted to protect, and since hockey is a business and Murray (who is younger than Fleury) was doing a spectacular job with them it was a good decision to protect him instead (though I am also upset they didn’t protect our flower, just like Crosby clearly was). I understand, but Fleury and his family did NOT deserve what happened to them after this expansion draft. Who knows, maybe they’ll get Crosby, Letang, Malkin and Fleury back together next year. I honestly hope to see them play together one last time before one of them retires.
Came back after that shitshow of a draft for the Kraken. NHL should really get presenters who can ACTUALLY speak the English language to announce these players. Jonas Donskowwie? Like wtf Kemp?
Seattle's was much more fun. Showed landmarks around the city, brought in athletes and city ambassadors and was held outside showcasing the harbor. Hockey needs way more personality!
It just occurred to me that Fleury could’ve been the first player in nhl history back in 2017 that could’ve won three straight cups, but that now belongs to Patrick Maroon
Hmmm. False information from the one episode of Pawn Stars where a guy pawned the "first" jersey worn by a VGK player. It was Fleury's jersey, but he wasn't 'the' first player to wear a jersey. Wonder how the other jerseys would do if they ended up in this scenario, specifically from those who wore the jersey in the video.
Since the Cup championship: Pickard: EDM organization Sbisa: retired Pulkkinen: KHL (Traktor) - most recent team Merrill: MIN Carrier: CUP CHAMP Nosek: NJD Eakin: SUI (SCL Tigers) Marchessault: CUP CHAMP + CONN SMYTHE WINNER (Smith: PIT, but won Cup with Vegas) McNabb: CUP CHAMP Brickley: retired Thorburn: retired Bellemare: SEA (the newer expansion team) Garrison: UFA Berube: UFA Neal: UFA Engelland: Working with owner Leipsic: Let's not talk about that. Miller: NJD Methot: retired Schlemko: retired Perron: DET Lindberg: SUI (Bern) - was the guy in the trade to get Vegas captain Mark Stone Reinhart: retired Emelin: UFA in Russia Stoner: retired (Theodore: CUP CHAMP) Haula: NJD (Tuch: BUF - was the trade piece to get Eichel) Karlsson: CUP CHAMP TVR: WSH Fleury: MIN Schmidt: WPG
Remember that time everyone said that the team Vegas drafted would suck and then they went to the Cup Finals and the narrative changed to "they were handed a great team" 😂😂😂
It seemed like a good decision at the time. Though I agree, Fleury didn’t deserve what happened to him and Murray wasn’t ready nor comfortable enough to be left as the starter.
I think it was because, at the time of the draft, he didn't have a contract for the next season. Vegas could've still technically "picked" him. They were given an advanced window to negotiate with any unprotected, upcoming free agents. That's how they got Deryk Engelland from Calgary. Engelland signed because he had a connection to Vegas. At the time, it was highly unlikely that Thornton was going to be leaving a contender to join an expansion team
Them people are going to complain again that they're probably first or second in the league Vegas the reason why they were successful in their first year was because they drafted right in the expansion draft unlike Nashville Minnesota Atlanta now Winnipeg Columbus Tampa Bay Anaheim a little fun fact for all you guys the Florida Panthers in their first year almost made the playoffs
And once again yall not taking in Pittsburgh was 2nd last pick aka 2nd last champ before the last pick Caps aka 2018 Champs was picked & Vegas plays them😂😭🤣 sports is so rigged they put that shit in our faces and none of yall still haven't took that in what a joke....
Lol boo Chicago all you want. Even if they don’t win another championship for decades, they’ve still won more in the past 10 years than some teams have in their 50 plus year entirety. #😏
I hate the VGK, these draft picks are SOO good😏 they will go on to dominate the league n thats my reason I hate them n their fans!! I'm a hater n a Canadian
Vegas Golden Knights? No Las, okay, so the NHL will have new names like the Angles Kings, Jersey Devils, Jose Sharks, York Rangers, York Islanders. What the hell?
Vegas was NEVER a Cinderella / underdog team to begin with, they were designed to WIN BIG right from the very beginning as they have dominated the NHL regular season from day 1 as well as the Stanley Cup playoffs without ever really struggling. The sports media world and the NHL ran with the FAKE Cinderella / underdog story to help promote, market, and sell the team to new fans who usually don't watch hockey because everybody loves a Cinderella / underdog story to feel good, even if it's fake. Bettman is drooling over selling the Hollywood movie rights to the VGK story right now. They used the fake Cinderella / underdog story to help cover up the fact that Gary Bettman and the NHL just sold a predetermined championship winning team to billionaire Bill Foley for half a billion U.S. dollars. Billionaires DO NOT pay a ridiculous amount like $500M for an average mediocre team that is gonna take forever to win and lose money, if they did they would not be billionaires for much longer. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman significantly altered the 2017 NHL expansion draft rules to allow Vegas to put together a highly competitive championship team right from the beginning. Bettman wanted to make sure that Vegas was not going to be another financial failure team out in the desert like the Arizona Coyotes next door. In return, Vegas owner Bill Foley paid Bettman and the NHL a whopping record-breaking HALF A BILLION U.S. DOLLARS expansion franchise fee, which was OVER 6 TIMES the price of the last NHL expansion team. What better way to ensure financial success of an NHL expansion team in a warm, winterless, sunbelt desert state like Nevada (who normally doesn't watch any hockey) than to create a FALSE NARRATIVE MASS MEDIA HYPE that Vegas is a Cinderella / underdog team who wins the Stanley Cup in it's first year.
5 years later and this team has a trash front office. And zero future. Good Expansion Team for 1 year. Better build from the ground and from picks and in the trade deadline.
I love how tons of the guys who didn’t get applause that were picked ended up being centerpiece players.
Cough cough Alex Tuch
TWDFAN101 actually used to play with him in Syracuse when he played on the Stars. Really great dude. The reason I’m a Knights fan
@@twdfan101 Alex Tuch chokes in the finals 😂
@@Cambergain so? Look how he’s doing now.
@@twdfan101 choking in the conference finals
When fleury went up Sidney looked so pissed lmao
ikr lol
Sidney looked like he was pissed off at the Knights for taking him and the Penguins for making him avalible.
he also knew,
NO THREE-PEAT
It's at that moment he knew he wouldn't win another Stanley Cup
@@AWCTB it’s cause of flower they even won the chips
Watching this today it’s such a robbery
Not really. 90% of these guys are crap.
@@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard but they made it to the finals that year, their first year, okay, doesent sound that crap to me
wait till Wednesday LOL
@@crixy.. crazy, I think they’ve got their eyes set on other goalies, for example, big rumour, Chris Driedger, cheap and good, whereas prices contract is rough to take on, well have to see tho eh
@@rhysevans4253 Will be an interesting one for sure, Seattle will have a contending playoff team right away.
Lmao Crosby's face when Fleury was drafted says it all
Getting this recommended 2 days before Seattle’s expansion draft… lol
same
@@Colbyw74 same
@@gianlucabelperio3393 Same
I remember watching this expansion draft and saying, don't sleep on these guys. They could surprise a hell of a lot of people, and lo and behold they did. Who would have thought 500-1 underdogs at the start of the season, 200-1 underdogs at the All-Star Break, and they ended up going all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. Not only that, these guys rewrote the history books on expansion team success.
It can’t be a coincidence that today of all days is when this is recommended🤔
The look on McPhee's face when the owner accidentally said 'Dallas Stars' to 'Cody Eakin'. His reaction, put into text was just: *!*
Fluery, Marchessault, Karlsson, Nosek, Tuch, McNabb, Theodore are only ones left from the original team
Reilly Smith, Alex Tuch, William Karlsson, Ryan Reaves, Zach Whitecloud, Shea Theodore, Brayden McNabb, Jonathan Marchessault, Tomas Nosek, William Carrier and last, but not least, Marc-André Fleury
@@travisstewart627 31 people liked his comment, I laughed harder then I lead on
@@travisstewart627 where are you getting Zach and Revo from? They weren't selected by Vegas on draft night. There's only 9 players left from the expansion draft night.
@@CriscoCornPop OP didnt say draft night, he said original team.
The Seattle kraken are gonna get Carey price and do what Vegas did
With the Expansion Draft 8 days away. Its wild to see ONLY 9 guys are still left from the original team. MAF, Tuch, Karlsson, Nosek, Carrier, Marchessault, McNabb, Reilly Smith and Shea Theodore.
Holy moly, they just won the Cup.
I cant wait to see Fleury play again. Im a huge Penguins and Fleury fan. Im sad hes going but Im happy he will be playing and not warming the bench.
AlexanderKrah look at him now , leading VGK
@@lvbest18 look at him now
@@paradiseconnor look at him now
Anyone here after the cup
THE MISFITS 🤩🤩🤩
Way better presentation and overall team than Seattle
Seattle isn't bad defensively or goaltending, but they are gonna have a hard time scoring
This was pre covid bruh lol
@@iamthechosenone10 that has nothing to do with the team, also COVID isn’t as big of a thing in the states so they can’t use that as an excuse
@@southsider3542 a year later and they're the exact opposite. Great offense with questionable goaltending
(This aged bad lol.)And worst future too. Lmao🤣 Vegas front office is trash. Kraken with a good team in Second Year and a tons of picks. And a pretty good and deep prospect pool yet. Ron Francis is managing much better.
Anybody just got this recommend after the Seattle Expansion Draft?
Im here after they won the cup to happy cry over the great job those guys did picking and what the boys did in 2018 SC and 2023 SC
31:23 Syd looks p****d
Thanks for all the great uploads.
27:36 Tortorello looked sad and proud.
Here we are. 2 days before the Finals start. I just came back to watch Vegas select nothing but 2nd Liners and All Stars that everyone keeps talking about.
Hm. Seems they picked, Fleury, like 2 2nd liners and a few good D Men who they smartly traded.
Past that, HAHHHHHH. McPhee and Foley just outsmarted half the GMs in the NHL trying to do to much to protect players.
This season and team has been nothing short of AMAZING.
Finish History. GO KNIGHTS GO!
this entire draft should be the sequel to Moneyball.
I get recommended this days before the Seattle draft
This was so much better than the Seattle draft. Not everyone got leaked, and it was just more fun to watch
Everyone watching this after the kraken expansion draft. The kraken have no chance
Best of luck to you Neal. You will be missed by Nashville. You were my favorite player.
Best of luck to you Neal’s teeth. You will be missed by James Neal. They were his favorite teeth.
Florida got robbed
Right? Straight fleeced.
They didn't get robbed, they gave him for free which is even worse.
Florida and Columbus. Just cleaned up.
They got robbed, and the robber asked for 100 bucks and he gave them 10000
Who were Florida protecting?
As of now:
Pickard: DET system
Sbisa: UFA
Pulkkinen: KHL (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
Merrill: MIN
Carrier: Still with team
Eakin: BUF
Nosek: BOS
Marchessault: Still with team
McNabb: Still with team
Brickley: UFA (last played in Europe)
Thorburn: retired
Bellemare: TBL
Garrison: retired
Berube: CBJ system
Neal: STL system (for God knows why)
Engelland: With team front office
Leipsic: Let's not go there
Miller: BUF
Methot: retired
Schlemko: retired
Perron: STL (won Cup year after VGK SCF appearance)
Lindberg: KHL (Dynamo Moscow)
Reinhart: In the UK (Belfast Giants)
Emelin: KHL (Avangard Omsk, where he won a championship)
Stoner: retired
Haula: BOS
Karlsson: Still with team
TVR: WSH
Fleury: MIN
Schmidt: WPG
lol Sid And 66 getting butt hurt should have protected him
you can only protect 1 goalie if you could protect 2 goalies they would protect him
@@hokceyfan1291 yeah and they protected murray
@@salvprev72 And he doesn't even play for them anymore, so doubly stupid
MONCTON, NB here. Didnt even know Calvin pickard was from here.
Four original Expansion Draftees (Carrier, Karlsson, Marchessault, McNabb) and two trade throw-ins (Smith, Theodore) are Cup champs now. Just love to hear that, eh?
From just a expansion team to 2023 Stanley Cup Champions.
What a amazing team. Go Knights Go!
Remember when no one thought these guys would go anywhere?
*HELLO WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS*
*GO KNIGHTS GOOOOOOOO!!!*
#CupIn1 #GOKNIGHTSGO
poeticore
IKR? Who would have thought that the Golden Knights would be this good?
Lol I'm happy for them. I hope they win the cup. HOWEVER it was a fluke season. Let's see next season.
Craig, show me how many "flukes" went into the Finals with a 6-1 home record in a playoffs that have seen road teams doing exceptionally well. While you're at it, show me how many teams went 3-0 in their "closeout" games, winning all 3 on the road...and giving up a total of ONE goal in those 3 games. I'll wait. This ought to be entertaining...
RobdaVegasMailman hey knob wait until next year. Enough said.
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Sooo many people editing their comments right now lol
And now they are Stanley Cup Champions 🙌🏻
Can you do expression draft for the Ottawa Senators in 1991- 1992 , just to bring memories
and Fleury just won the Vezina lol
Bad move from the pens to not protect him ..
No you’re thinking of Vegas when they tossed Fleury to the franchise with a sexual assault case for some player they immediately dropped to the AHL (no offence to that player) because they couldn’t manage the cap.
I liked vegas, really, but right now they passed Philadelphia AND Boston in my ‘most hated franchises’ list.
Also, they didn’t protect him because they had a LOT of players they wanted to protect, and since hockey is a business and Murray (who is younger than Fleury) was doing a spectacular job with them it was a good decision to protect him instead (though I am also upset they didn’t protect our flower, just like Crosby clearly was).
I understand, but Fleury and his family did NOT deserve what happened to them after this expansion draft.
Who knows, maybe they’ll get Crosby, Letang, Malkin and Fleury back together next year. I honestly hope to see them play together one last time before one of them retires.
Can you imagine getting just 6 goals in a 4 year nhl career and still being a professional athlete and being paid salary. That’s just f..insane.
Came back after that shitshow of a draft for the Kraken. NHL should really get presenters who can ACTUALLY speak the English language to announce these players. Jonas Donskowwie? Like wtf Kemp?
Seattle's was much more fun. Showed landmarks around the city, brought in athletes and city ambassadors and was held outside showcasing the harbor. Hockey needs way more personality!
@@maxbolton5227 everyone got leaked before the draft, and the people didn’t know the player’s name
@@terrancegore1fan461 The leak was unforunate, but who cares if they mispronounce names.
It just occurred to me that Fleury could’ve been the first player in nhl history back in 2017 that could’ve won three straight cups, but that now belongs to Patrick Maroon
Many players won three cups in a row ☠️
@@les_teven Name them, besides players in the 60s. I’m talking the post-Original Six Era
@@FirstNameLastName-vf9hf dude, you legit said nhl history so it would’ve been known to me that you were talking about since 1917 ☠️
@@les_teven my bad
@@FirstNameLastName-vf9hf all good now
Please do one for Seattle
@Green Controller Date?
I tried to find when but all the articles and people who talk about it,never say it.
@@bison8745 July 21st
It has happened
Hmmm. False information from the one episode of Pawn Stars where a guy pawned the "first" jersey worn by a VGK player. It was Fleury's jersey, but he wasn't 'the' first player to wear a jersey. Wonder how the other jerseys would do if they ended up in this scenario, specifically from those who wore the jersey in the video.
29:24
Pisten Teufel he probably not happy lol
How did this draft work? Did each team have a certain amount of players they could protect?
yes exactly
When Shea Theodore was thrown in for them to take Stoner
Hi, Im new to a hockey sport. What is Trade means?
itstrexy it’s when two team owners trade their wives with each other for sexual purposes
It is actually when to teams swap players or draft picks
@@gseth671 LMFAO
Since the Cup championship:
Pickard: EDM organization
Sbisa: retired
Pulkkinen: KHL (Traktor) - most recent team
Merrill: MIN
Carrier: CUP CHAMP
Nosek: NJD
Eakin: SUI (SCL Tigers)
Marchessault: CUP CHAMP + CONN SMYTHE WINNER
(Smith: PIT, but won Cup with Vegas)
McNabb: CUP CHAMP
Brickley: retired
Thorburn: retired
Bellemare: SEA (the newer expansion team)
Garrison: UFA
Berube: UFA
Neal: UFA
Engelland: Working with owner
Leipsic: Let's not talk about that.
Miller: NJD
Methot: retired
Schlemko: retired
Perron: DET
Lindberg: SUI (Bern) - was the guy in the trade to get Vegas captain Mark Stone
Reinhart: retired
Emelin: UFA in Russia
Stoner: retired
(Theodore: CUP CHAMP)
Haula: NJD
(Tuch: BUF - was the trade piece to get Eichel)
Karlsson: CUP CHAMP
TVR: WSH
Fleury: MIN
Schmidt: WPG
Damn there in the finals now
Who else is here the day before the Seattle kraken expansion draft
A lot of players are still there
I have always liked shea theodore he's a really good player
I wonder if Seatle can rob the league like Vegas did here
Remains to be seen, but I think the GM’s are gonna be a bit smarter this time.
Remember that time everyone said that the team Vegas drafted would suck and then they went to the Cup Finals and the narrative changed to "they were handed a great team" 😂😂😂
Now, only five remain from the misfits as Smith was traded to PIT a few weeks after the Cup win.
Watching this 4 years later, on half of these picks I'm just like fleeced, fleeced, fleeced again, WTF MEGA FLEECED.
360p is not HD
Fnargl your not hd
Jesper Fast? #19 - Right Wing, New York Rangers 3rd line forward.
Oxi Clean Imagine if they did
A Seattle Kraken pick? It’s possible.
Not even Marly from SJS
Anyone here because of the Seattle expansion draft?
Anybody else get this in their recommended?
Not protecting flower ended up being our fatal mistake...
Ikr
It seemed like a good decision at the time.
Though I agree, Fleury didn’t deserve what happened to him and Murray wasn’t ready nor comfortable enough to be left as the starter.
They better take from pitsburgh crosby!
Ik, but fleury is great
Joe Thorton wasn't protected, why didn't he get picked?
I think it was because, at the time of the draft, he didn't have a contract for the next season. Vegas could've still technically "picked" him. They were given an advanced window to negotiate with any unprotected, upcoming free agents. That's how they got Deryk Engelland from Calgary. Engelland signed because he had a connection to Vegas. At the time, it was highly unlikely that Thornton was going to be leaving a contender to join an expansion team
And less than a week Seattle will be picking there players lol
Vegas is actually exempt from giving up a player to Seattle, I believe cause they have only been in the league less then 5 yrs.
@@FishingwithGod365 Yes, because they only been in the league for 5 years so they let them developed
I don't think the NHL will expand theirs
Florida...yikes.
LOL and they still suck
They should not do it like this for Seattle, so weird
cant wait for the seattle seamen to yoink players from teams
It’s the fucking Seattle Kraken. Worst name in NHL history. It’s fucking garbage.
Them people are going to complain again that they're probably first or second in the league Vegas the reason why they were successful in their first year was because they drafted right in the expansion draft unlike Nashville Minnesota Atlanta now Winnipeg Columbus Tampa Bay Anaheim a little fun fact for all you guys the Florida Panthers in their first year almost made the playoffs
@@bobby50229 better than golden knights
Wtf were these trades 😭😭😭
“here, have a top 6 forward AND a first round draft pick”
@@seankorch6280 Yeah what do the teams trading get in return I don't understand how this works
@@Yizee they get the other team not picking a more valuable unprotected player, that’s it
@@seankorch6280 oh strange is that what the Canadians might do with Price or Taresenko whatever team he's on?
*That Shea Theodore conditional, really looks terrible. #1 dman for nothing. Keep running us into the ground, Bob Murray 🤌😬*
Lmaooo sid
Nate schmiodl should not be drafted because if he stay he could won the Stanley cup
Can’t wait until Seattle drafts Carey Price
They didn’t
They won’t it’s a trick from Marc Bergevin
Just me or were Darren and Kathryn both really bad at this?
30:03 sid’s face☹️
Florida was the worst.
Watching this Penguins got robbed they lost Fleury
The wild and panthers look dumb now
And once again yall not taking in Pittsburgh was 2nd last pick aka 2nd last champ before the last pick Caps aka 2018 Champs was picked & Vegas plays them😂😭🤣 sports is so rigged they put that shit in our faces and none of yall still haven't took that in what a joke....
Western Conference Champions lol.
Mcnabb you traitor
Lol boo Chicago all you want. Even if they don’t win another championship for decades, they’ve still won more in the past 10 years than some teams have in their 50 plus year entirety. #😏
I really don't think Vegas will be competitive in their first year
Hey O Most expansion teams are not. They're getting the other teams leftovers after all.
Hey O what a shocking and unique opinion! you should be on NHL network
+Maurice Gilliard yes I know but the nhl said they are trying to make Vegas as competitive as possible in their first year
+WyomingPTT I'm sorry, are you going to be ok?
You never know the Avs won the Stanley Cup in their first year
I hate the VGK, these draft picks are SOO good😏 they will go on to dominate the league n thats my reason I hate them n their fans!! I'm a hater n a Canadian
Vegas Golden Knights? No Las, okay, so the NHL will have new names like the Angles Kings, Jersey Devils, Jose Sharks, York Rangers, York Islanders. What the hell?
People just say Vegas all of the time, nobody who lives in Las Vegas constantly calls it that. Everyone says Vegas. Nobody says "Angeles" or "Jose."
Lol who the hell says jose sharks. That just sounds Mexican. People say the sharks or the kings or rangers so on and so fourth lol.
Oxi Clean how is it so hard for idiots, such as yourself, to understand only tourists call it Las Vegas? Moron.
Oxi Clean everyone says Vegas people aren’t really picky with names and people like to shorten names
I❤️ Fleury
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Vegas was NEVER a Cinderella / underdog team to begin with, they were designed to WIN BIG right from the very beginning as they have dominated the NHL regular season from day 1 as well as the Stanley Cup playoffs without ever really struggling. The sports media world and the NHL ran with the FAKE Cinderella / underdog story to help promote, market, and sell the team to new fans who usually don't watch hockey because everybody loves a Cinderella / underdog story to feel good, even if it's fake. Bettman is drooling over selling the Hollywood movie rights to the VGK story right now. They used the fake Cinderella / underdog story to help cover up the fact that Gary Bettman and the NHL just sold a predetermined championship winning team to billionaire Bill Foley for half a billion U.S. dollars. Billionaires DO NOT pay a ridiculous amount like $500M for an average mediocre team that is gonna take forever to win and lose money, if they did they would not be billionaires for much longer.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman significantly altered the 2017 NHL expansion draft rules to allow Vegas to put together a highly competitive championship team right from the beginning. Bettman wanted to make sure that Vegas was not going to be another financial failure team out in the desert like the Arizona Coyotes next door. In return, Vegas owner Bill Foley paid Bettman and the NHL a whopping record-breaking HALF A BILLION U.S. DOLLARS expansion franchise fee, which was OVER 6 TIMES the price of the last NHL expansion team.
What better way to ensure financial success of an NHL expansion team in a warm, winterless, sunbelt desert state like Nevada (who normally doesn't watch any hockey) than to create a FALSE NARRATIVE MASS MEDIA HYPE that Vegas is a Cinderella / underdog team who wins the Stanley Cup in it's first year.
Youre an idiot.
The golden knights weren't the first hockey team in Vegas
Vegas was projected to be a middle of the pack team at best, with Fleury doing all the heavy lifting.
your panties need changing!!!
5 years later and this team has a trash front office. And zero future. Good Expansion Team for 1 year. Better build from the ground and from picks and in the trade deadline.
LMFAOOOOO
Madonna aged better than this. Nice job! 😛
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