I'm so happy to see Jonathan Marchessault not only hoist the Cup, but also get a ring because he used to play for the Lightning and I've always had love for him. As for all this hate for the Golden Knights, I don't really get it. There's no way anyone, including even the most optimistic Golden Knights fans, could see what happened in their inaugural season coming. I figured they could make the playoffs in '18, but I never thought that team was a legit Cup contender at the time. The roster mismanagement that helped fuel their rise along with Matt Murray's emergence making Marc-Andre Fleury expendable aren't the Golden Knights' problem. I can't stand how some people think that the NHL handed the Golden Knights what amounts to a golden ticket.
Are you absolutely sure you're not mistaking Marchesault for Jonathan Drouin? March played for Florida, funny enough. Drouin was the one who played for Tampa Bay.
@@RangersFan94 He still helped Vegas finish 1st in the conference setting them up well for the playoffs and gets a cup just like every backup who dresses for the finals.
@@andersalstrup3077 Doesn't matter, those are the rules. There are players who have done more than win five regular season games for a cup winner and had their petitions denied by the NHL.
Vegas was so calm and focused. Florida became frustrated and let their heads get in the way. Vegas had so many outstanding players with outstanding determination. Bruce Cassidy was also a major part in Vegas. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS, YOU DESERVE IT!
Maybe Florida, next season , will realize that the key to winning is to put the puck into the opposite net NOT tripping , slashing , charging , starting fights ect ect thugs always finish last ..Congratulations Vegas ...
Moved to Vegas in 86! Seen this City grow. Stanley Cup or not,these boys brought family's together kept us Vegas strong in our low times. Vegas will have their backs win or lose. Congratulations VGK Hats off to Florida! True Warriors.
It’s easy to dominate when you didn’t face nearly the amount of adversity as your opponent. Florida had to go through virtually the best 3 teams in the league to get to the finals. Much like last years lightning, the panthers were too banged up to play effectively. Meanwhile there’s always 1 strong team in the west that strolls into the finals beating far worse teams and wins it all. The west is garbage, Vegas is pretty good though.
As a Minnesota fan, in the last ten years, I have seen Chicago win the cup twice, the predator make a cup, the blues win, the stars make it to the cup, Colorado win, and now Vegas win. They had to wait six long years and I’ve been waiting 23 while watching my rivals win the cup
When I was younger, I lived in Philadelphia. I was there during the first of the Flyers back to back Stanley Cup wins in the 70s. They haven't won since!
I had to wait 18 years to get a home team in Vegas and 6 more years to see them win. So if u really think about it, I have also waited a long time to see this final. Vegas fans had nothing really before this
@@vegasrenie yea but Philly has also got championships in other sports recently. The eagles are gonna be good for a while. Many people also forget the fact that we got our original team moved bc of the owner getting caught having relations with his employees by his wife, so essentially we’ve been waiting for a cup as long as Toronto has
Buddy, as far as 90s/00s expansion teams go, you and I, as a Preds fan, are in the same boat. Quite frankly, I'm still a little pissed about the new expansion rules that ultimately catered to this juggernaut of a team that has seen the SCF twice in six years and has consistently led its division or the conference in much of that time...all despite firing a coach/GM and possessing the capital to shed quality players with viable replacements. It's a slap in the face to the expansion teams that came before with far less talent, skill, or assets to utilize.
Oilers fan here. Congrats Vegas. We know that the oil are in tough to get to a cup final. As somebody else pointed out, hockey is a team sport where, unlike basketball, having 2 superstars doesnt guarantee success. It is more about chemistry, teamwork, depth, goaltending, injuries, coaching etc. .again, good job Golden Knights, you earned this!
I'm looking forward to a friendly playoff rivalry between the oilers, because honestly I said when it was oilers vs Vegas that whoever won this series would win the cup. Whether it was the oilers or us, that was the real Stanley cup championship tbh
@@garypeterson5436 I dunno man, this is maybe arrogance to say this, but to me it felt like the Oilers and the Knights were the only teams left that were champions like you said. Sure enough past that series... I don't want to disrespect Dallas too much but you know.
I’ve never looked forward to watching a hockey game before until I just so happened to watch game 1. That block by the goalie from Vegas was absolutely insane. That one play got me into watching the Stanley cup final which I would have never done before.
I'm a Vegas native. Mother is from Boston area. Father is from Arizona.. I grew up not really having a home team, so once Vegas got a hockey team, I was hooked instantly. Beforehand, I rooted for the Bruins (still do), but as soon Vegas started to sell merch I got some. I'm a proud Knights fan and was happy when we got Cassidy as a coach. The man is amazing. This team means the world to Vegas. They came when we had the largest mass shooting in American history. They lifted us up and we're forever lucky to have them. Go Knights Go!
As a Vegas local and a VGK fan, 6 years ago, we weren’t a hockey town, nor did we have any sports team. In a time where our city needed healing, these guys came in to heal our city, doing the unthinkable, and for them to win last night was absolutely amazing.
you could put a team anywhere, if you rig the game with an expansion draft, no taxes and gambling everywhere of course you're gonna win. this league is a joke. "we weren’t a hockey town' you're still not. people follow the team because they win bets.
@@dixonhill1108 you can say what you want. I admit, I wasn’t a hockey fan, and most of the city thought that having a hockey team was a weird idea. But when Oct 1 happened, the Knights came to be the light to our city. The knights mean more to our city, beyond hockey.
@@dixonhill1108you live in Vegas? Obviously not, if you knew anything about Vegas you'd realize the majority of locals don't visit the strip, don't gamble and rock the Knights gear. You stand in any parking lot, go in any store and all you see are hats, shirts, bumper stickers, flags. Look at the crowd singing we are the championship. There's hundreds of youth hockey lea g ues in 5 separate rinks. Vegas IS a hockey town,, stick to commenting on what you actually know
@@addesigncntr2708 you missed the playoffs once in 6 years, and off the bat were a contender. you're hockey fans when your team isn't winning. it's like during the world cup, obvious you have a ton of tag alongs.
I respectfully disagree. Vegas has been a hockey town for much longer. We had two minor league teams I am from the East so this was an eye opener. A friend of mine, her son graduated high-school and went to play for University of Denver. "Really?" This was at least four years before the Knights were a twinkle in Foley's eye.
As a Leafs fan who has enjoyed watching Vegas come into the league with such a strong start, I'm glad to see them take the Cup. It doesn't hurt the team largely consists of Canadian players, but it is mostly comprised of heart and soul guys that will leave it all on the ice. Comparing Vegas and Toronto it is so clear how far away we are from winning the championship. Stone > Tavares, Hill > whoever Toronto starts, and playoff Eichel > playoff Matthews. I wish my team could learn from this season and try to build towards something similar. Congratulations Vegas, it's a well earned and well deserved Stanley Cup win!
Great points. It is so obvious, seeing Vegas as a successful template for success, and comparing them player by player with the Leafs? The Leafs got exactly as far as their true composition allowed them to get. The difference and the contrast between the two groups of personnel is enormous. WE saw a winning team this year full of grit, toughness, willingness to buy into a system, and guys with huge heart up and down the lineup fully willing to sacrifice for a greater cause. Toronto does not add up to this at all. Little flashes of individual and personal and selfish stardom, thinking about a big payoff down the line on a different team that can win them a cup - the Eichel move. But hey, I don't hold that against him. Buffalo is a train wreck. That makes Toronto look special. So you have to sell it to a bunch of guys, not a superstar among them, to care about those jersey colors, and do it with pride. That is a tall order to take all the way to a cup. I'm glad Vegas won. I was not at all a Florida fan. Whatever I suspected about them was proven to me at 0.00 of the third period in game 4. Game 5 seemed like divine retribution, after that one.
I think something can be learned from Eichel. I have several friends who are Sabres fans and all they could do was say how happy they were that he was gone. He comes to Vegas, is no longer the focal point, no longer the captain. He just needed to come in and contribute to the rest of the team. He did that. Then he bought a wig and some cheesy looking glasses, and turned the post game locker room into a bonding experience. He was a cancer in Buffalo, because Buffalo was cancerous to him. Are expectations of the "Core Four" too much for the guys in Toronto? Is four too many? That´s something Toronto´s new GM is going to have to figure out...
Hamilton will never get a Pro Hockey team......cuz then Toronto would want one. LOL..its the same old story...why build a team?..the place is packed every night.
I started watching hockey in 2017. Living in Oklahoma there isn't much to cheer for (wouldn't be caught dead with a Dallas team). I really wanted to be invested in the sport as it was new to me, Vegas was new, figured they needed fans! That first season was wild, picking a new team, learning the game, seeing them go to the end JUST to come up short. I stayed loyal, learned as much as I could, and all these years later it's paid off! Ordering my champs shirt tomorrow! I wanted to thank you for providing analysis that I just wouldn't get on my own, giving a new fan a deeper understanding of the game!
I am from Vegas, was a Kings fan growing up in Vegas as there wasn't any sports period. Just recently moved to Oklahoma In December, figures i move and they go to the Final and when. lol i drove from Ardmore up to Stratford looking to watch the game to no avail. Sat in my Car on the side of the highway Cheering for the Hometown team on an internet cell phone radio app, better than nothing i guess. Been a diehard VGK fan since day one ' Vegas Born". But i will admit when they play The Kings i dont watch the game...
As a new fan of Hockey…. And a Vegas resident for 6 years….. the first season of the Knights meant more to the city than anyone outside of the Vegas Valley could ever know. We love our Knights. GKG!
I get what you’re saying but I was in Vegas for the wsop for a week and talked to several fans and barely any of them even knew the names of the players lol. I’m from Edmonton and knew more about the knights then people from Vegas . I mean congrats and all but y’all are fair weather fans lol. Y’all were blessed with an expansion draft that favoured u over previous expansion teams . Where you’re team got to pick from more players then past teams . You guys have no idea what it’s like to suck lol. If the knights were as bad as the coyotes there wouldn’t be any fans ….
Oh yeah, means a lot when you only support a team when its winning. If you don't understand the sport, you guys are cap cheats/tax cheats and cheated with the expansion draft.
@@MrJaymac87you act like all knights fans don't know anything about sports. You know that a lot of knights fans supported other teams before the vgk came to the city? Also, other sports exist. A lot of knights fans support other sports and teams.. like the raiders and they are trash. You can't really say we are fair weather fans when you haven't seen us with a 60 percent full rink like the Sabres. Give it time before making things up
@@MrJaymac87 I’m sorry your favorite team hasn’t done well. That has nothing to do with me being excited to support the only “hometown” professional team I’ve ever had when they win a national title.
All the while, I was hoping they'll remember the 58 of Route 91. Congrats, VGK. As a Wings fan living here in Vegas I am a bit tinged with jealousy, but really and truly and deliriously happy beyond measure for the whole city. You earned it. Absolutely earned it.
I'm a Buffalo fan since 1971 made it the the finals twice and lost. I have loved Vegas since they got into the league. Eichel is my favorite player I'm so happy he got to hoist the Cup after all he went through in Buffalo.
I'm a die hard Kings fan who lives in Vegas, so I call it like I see it. Vegas was the best team. Just so the rest of you know, Vegas is a hockey town. This is the franchise this city is behind. If you're a hockey fan, you should embrace this. The city handled last night with class, and people were having fun. I don't like the Knights for obvious reasons, but the team, and the city earned this. Another team to hate, and worry about only helps the sport. They've set the bar on entertaining fans inside, and out of the arena. If you hit the burbs here in Vegas you see Knight gear all over, all year long. From Corporate, to small business owners, from 1 year old to 80 year old, it's everywhere. Good for Vegas, good for hockey. It's hard around here to not smile as a hockey fan seeing so many embrace the team and wear the merch. If you're a hockey fan, this is what it's all about.
As a panthers fan I congratulate VGK on a great series we had to fight just to see Boston we played hard af threw the playoffs to even get to the cup we where outmatched in this series I’m not one of these blame refs cry about it in the car fans I’m proud of my team for this season it was great even though we didn’t get to raise it 🤷♂️ again congratulation to VGK can’t wait to chirp everyone again next season this hockey
As a coach I have coached teams that knocked off the #1 seed. No small accomplishment. As often happens and also happened to us, there is often another team that has your number. This Vegas fan showing much respect to the Panthers. Best of luck to the Panthers and fans in the future!
You have to be proud of your team, the panthers had sensational series against Boston, Toronto and Carolina, maybe it’s not the last final for the panthers, the team is good!😊👍🏼
Your analysis is spot on. While the Panthers earned a trip to the final, they were unable to adjust to Vegas style of play. Thus a dominant series that was a joy to watch, although quite one sided.
The VGK mean a lot to Las Vegas. Not only because they won the Stanley Cup, but for what they represented to our city after the October 1 mass shooting. I, for one, appreciate our “misfits” for their talent as well as their heart! 💛💛💛 #VegasStrong
I stopped this 7 seconds in because I burst out laughing after you said "after 6 long excruciating years" hahaha - as a fellow Leafs fan we have endured 60 YEARS! Now that's actual suffering.
Ya but as a knights fan and a redwings fan and a fan of my other Detroit teams,I haven’t got to see any of my teams win a championship my whole life I’ve been waiting 17 long years to me that’s long enough. I know redwings won it 15 years ago I believe but I wasn’t a hockey fan back then I was baseball. So I get your feelings but it will come to you
Vegas was the team that finally made Bob look normal. They figured Bob out and alongside that, Officiating not allowing Panthers to borderline murder their opposition, managed to show how Panthers were carried this far by both Bob and Chuck. Always winning with one goal difference, winning into overtime, etc. Sure, they went 4-1 and 4-0 on the East, but that REALLY doesn't translate how lucky and dominated they were throughout the playoffs. The better team actually won this time and I'm happy for Vegas. Side note: Goudas and Chuck being dealt what they have been dealing felt like revenge. Would love to see Chuck not actually get injured on that CLEAN HIT, but it is what it is
I'm a Canes fan, but Panthers are my 2nd team. I knew Panthers wouldn't win the final series considering how close it was against a horribly injured Hurricanes team. Non of the major commentators really know what the Hurricanes playstyle looks like when they are normal, and Canes really padded the stats of Bob by shooting muffins from the blue line. I thought Vegas in 5 or a sweep.
By all the analytics, Carolina was actually the better team throughout their series against Florida. But the last time I checked, whoever scores the most goals always wins, statistics aside. Translate: Bob had to stand on his head to get Florida to the finals and he did exactly that, I think it may have been expecting too much for him to carry that level of play into the finals and indeed his play faltered against Vegas leading to Florida's defeat
It was disappointingly lopsided, but the Knights deserve it. The whole "rigged" talk is ridiculous on all levels because you know they wouldn't be saying that if it was their favorite team hoisting the Cup. It will be interesting to see who the Knights retain for next season.
I’ll always have 2016 to hold on to, even though we lost to the Pens in 6 games. I never say it is rigged at all, because it sure as hell isn’t. You never know at all, it’s unpredictable.
Not a fan or any NHL team. KHL is a better product. NHL's inept officiating is American Football NFL levels of bad. Vegas got a lot of calls going their way.
North American sports fans are generally forget that pro sports is a BUSINESS. There's no rule against a sports team fixing a game outcome if they really wanted to. I'm Not saying the NHL fixed it here for Vegas. But to say all 4 of North America's major sports leagues wouldn't fix an outcome once in awhile or at all is extremely naive. Especially when we remember the 1919 world series, the 2002 NBA western conference finals. All it takes is a few referees (company employees) to make a few calls here, a no call there.... And it can tip the scales in a team's favor.
You can't talk about this without the context that Vegas was almost 14mil over cap cause of LTIR shenanigans, assisting their depth throughout the playoffs even if the ones suiting up are under cap. You also need to account for Panthers being in an off year with multiple injuries and dead cap space. Next year was supposed to be the Cats year; the fact they made it this far this year with their cap situation and lack of depth is a miracle.
Everybody needs to find the excuse...sociologists have well documented this. The 3 who shared the Nobel prize called it "phase-1", which is the emotional that doesn't progress to the intellectual-"phase-2". It's essentially adults stuck in childhood adolescence. It's also why you are you and won't become a Bill Foley.
As a Bruins fan I'll be honest, I'm actually glad Florida knocked them out, because losing in the finals to the coach you just fired would've been about the most painful experience ever.
Nothing is more annoying than the fact that some random right place right time goalie Aidan Hill has a ring while Henrik Lundquist, Carey Price, Pekka Rinne, Roberto Luongo and Ryan Miller do not
I thought overall the playoffs were amazingly entertaining. Remember when all the experts unanimously said it would be Edmonton vs Boston in the Finals? We had a lot of great upset series. The only thing that would have made it better is if Seattle could have lasted one more round to face Vegas. Florida's run was just epic, even if they did fizzle out after a 10 day layoff.
As a Knights fan I appreciate your unbiased views on our team and the game. I look forward to your commentary next season when VGK REPEATS!!!! GO KNIGHTS GO!!! #StanleyCupChampions
As soon as it was announced that Vegas was getting a team I was immediately on board, then their inaugural season they didn't finish the magic. Then this year happened and they did it. So stoked for the city, so stoked for the Misfits. Go Knights!
corporate bullshit hockey club. the criminality behind the creation of this team will be a smear on hockey forever. of all the people who attend regular season vegas night games, only 237 actually lived in or near vegas. most people in this comment section loving vegas only jumped on board the ban wagon when they were given an all star team from day one. worse than national tom brady fans.
Honestly I find it rather cool that they got their first cup in 6 years after being founded. It's a story kinda similar to the Avs tbh. The Avs never won a cup when they were the Quebec Nordiques but right after they moved to Denver, they won their first in franchise history.
Of course 5 different goalies all season and holding on to 1st place home ice advantage was hardly mentioned. Bettman’s plan was using Hill, the backup goalie to beat Edmonton and Dallas and to win the Finals? Brilliant!
Gary Bettman and the refs scored all those goals for the Knights, and they also played defense and goalie too! 😂😂😂. So f’in ridiculous, it’s nauseating at this point. Jealous fans will say whatever they have to, to make themselves feel better. Vegas Golden Knights 2023 Stanley Cup Champions!
I remember the "supergroup" roster Detroit put together in 2001-2002 including Chelios, Hull, and Hasek. Illitch didn't even try to hide it - it was widely known he wanted another cup, and he would get whoever he needed to do it. The salary cap came into place during the 2005-06 season, so we're surprised that, almost 20 years later, a team has figured out and used a workaround? I'm no Knights fan, but good on them for getting it done, and with several of the league's left-behinds. I mean, you can't blame them; the Bruins were predicted to be the Chosen Ones all season, and they got ousted in the first round. It's hockey, stuff happens.
Good for Bruce, from a Bruins fan. Panthers were definitely physically down and out in this series, injuries galore. Also big thanks to this channel for bringing the best breakdown videos of the NHL on the entire site. No other channel is like this one, and I can't wait to see what future videos brings.
Florida rode Bobrovsky the whole way and once his hot streak was gone, the team was done for. Florida doesn't get out of the first round without his tremendous play.
European here. I'm more the Blackhawks fan since early 90s - I watched the playoffs and in nearly all stages Vegas was the better team. Florida just came in luckily, meeting a bad Dallas team with no ideas. Vegas was winning also when they lost games ^^ No heads down, just pure power and force. They earned it.
As panthers fan, this hurt. But Vegas outpaced and outplayed us every step of the way and they have waaay more depth. Injuries aside that’s an excuse and you guys earned that trophy. Good game knights, hopefully we meet again or we make a good playoff run again soon.
How can you hate on Vegas? This is hockey is to be played...tough, fast, unrelenting forecheck and pressure, precise passing, true teamwork! It was incredible to watch!
Because they handed the NHL $500million in exchange for a playoff team (Cup finals actually) right out of the gate….something no other expansion team in history was given. George McPhee did a great job and I respect that they remain a top organization but I’m not going to fault somebody for feeling resentment towards them given that it’s an undeniable fact they were given preferential treatment like no other expansion team in sports history.
@@axe2grind244sour grapes. Vegas took the NHL establishment cast offs and built a team. Tragedy brought them together with a singular focus and they likely over achieved in year one. As predicted in year six the Knights dominated and won the Cup! #GoKnightsGo!!!
@axe2grind244 this is such revisionist history BS it's absurd. Nobody thought they were gonna be anything but rock bottom after the draft. Multiple sports people said they'd be 31st in the league. Now it's they drafted a playoff ready team, lol. It's just pathetic now.
Florida dominated three excellent teams in the playoffs with their fierce forecheck and physically punishing system. They took the focus away from winning to surviving for their opponents. It didn’t work with Vegas who played Florida’s system better than them. Congratulations to the Golden Knights. CMN.
Was at the game and than barn blew up after the first goal from Stone and it just steamrolled the entire game. Might need to get my hearing checked after that one. Was a blast to experience it in person.
I got to go to the first game against Winnipeg (lol). I said before last night's game that I think they'd need to replace the roof before next season starts.
I was outside the arena ontop of the NYNY garage when Stone scored, the crowd was electric all through out the game, The crowd was at its lowdest etheir during stones hat trick or The Diying seconds.
VGK had the deck stacked against them, and even all the way down to 5TH STRING GOALIE (who killed it), and still DOMINATED. Amazing performance boys, can't wait for the parade. ❤
@@andrewchristie2970 Bullshit. Vegas in their first season was predicted by every serious pundit without fail to be the worst team in the NHL. The top guy that first year, "Wild Bill" Karlsson was an afterthought in his previous teams.
@@jpjpjp6328 FR! All these people with some entitled loser mentality. Was Vegas supposed to purposely field a shitty team and tank for a few years? Keep coping yall and blame your team's shitty management and owners lmaoooo #GKG
Stone's goal was the plan on how to beat Bob. Wait until Bob commits then shoot high. Secretly, I was hoping the CS for our Captain. Great for Marchey though of course. The natural hat trick against EDM was huge!
As a Sens fan: Stone wasn't a misfit we/the team didn't want. Eugene Melnyk didn't want to pay him for a long term contract like he was worth, so he got traded, and frankly, it was just a huge gut punch to a lot of fans. But I'm proud of Stoner going on and captaining a team to a championship. Always knew he'd stay great wherever he was, I'm just a bit sad its not in Ottawa.
@@EdBball99 I always find it exciting to see a brand new NHL cup holder, plus, Vegas is already a party city, imagine how much harder the city will party now with Lord Stanley in tow.
im a vegas local and a knights fan. when i saw florida beat boston i was rooting for them while watching the eastern conference games. sadly that had to stop once they started playing vegas. was neat to see them rally back against the best team in the regular season and move on.
Florida should hold their heads high, regardless of how the final went. Your boys battled all the way to the end and were just to spent. So much respect for them and the fan base
Yep. FLA had an amazing run these playoffs. They took out the three top teams in the East and made it look pretty stinking easy. I just wonder if they lost just enough of the edge during the long layoff between the ECF and the Stanley Cup Final. We’ll never know.
Born and raised in Vegas we can’t be more happy for our knights winning the cup were a city that came from nothing to now being champs we extremely grateful for our hockey team because they don’t just Bring hockey to the city but a sense of community to us all
Reminder, the people saying it is rigged have hated Vegas since Year 2 or are Panthers band-wagon fans. No intelligent person is calling it rigged because they actually watch the Knights play as you said, "like a well oiled machine."
As a Habs fan from Province of Quebec, hoping for a hockey team in Quebec City, I'm not envious at all with this Stanley Cup win. Las Vegas fans showed love from the start and the organization have been very professionnal. The team kept up growing and improving as a group, without superstar (except for Eichel). One could say that few teams did the bad choices not protecting Marchessault or Theodore, but who know, maybe they would have blossomed with less ice time in their previous teams?. Bringing great impact players like Stone and Pietrangelo was very smart as well. Stone was the best Ottawa player in playoff. So, I like this organization a lot, and Las Vegas is one of the most vidited city in USA, so fans from everywhere can watch a game there as well against other teams. And based on this Stanley cup final, it seems like Kraken was maybe the second best team in play-off this spring because they gave Las Vegas a hard time. So, building your team with great, talented and dedicated players seem to be better than built around one or two super-talented players (Edmonton).
I am right with you "6 long years" is laughable compared to other teams. I as well am a Caps fan and glad we got the cup in '18 rather than them congrats to vegas on the cup.
The model to winning is have your goalie injured to bring in your 5th string goaltender and slash players hands off and have a guy suddenly score key goals after the first round and have the best regular season team choke to team you stomp in the finals and have lucky bounces all the time and have multiple hot dogs in the back cause the guy ain't playing to keep your strentgh up. That's the model!
The Bruins are actually fortunate they lost to the Panthers in the 1st round by not delaying the inevitable, as they would also have been smoked by this Vegas team if they had gotten to the Finals. Boston had scorers and talent, but not enough grit. A great regular season team but these days you have to be geared for the playoffs. Lacking enough grit and tenacity caused them to lose to the Blues in their last Finals appearance. Bruce Cassidy and his team showed that the best revenge is winning, while others whine.
Very well said!! I was initially disappointed in my team (Winnipeg Jets) & rightfully so... but knowing now that they lost (so swiftly in the 1st round) to the Stanley Cup champions I'll gladly admit; there's no shame in that. Great breakdown
As a Knights fan, I'm sorry that your team might go through a rebuild. One of the best fanbases in hockey and you guys deserve more. I hope it all works out for you guys
@rainman88 thanks I appreciate it. It's been a rough couple of years but I'm optimistic about a rebuild anyways. Alot of new young talent on that Moose squad just waiting to metaphorically take the reigns! Congrats to Vegas bro
@@jizzaymz I appreciate it. It's honestly better to be terrible for a few years than be middle of the pack. I hope you guys get the next McDavid or Crosby and dominate, unless it's against the knights of course
I think Cassidy making sure each forward line had a good duo was a great strategy. Eichel/ Marchy, Stone/ Stephenson and Karlsson/ Smith gives three lines of legit skill coming at you. Allows the third player on those lines to really excel. It showed against a team like Edmonton, who couldn't compete without McDavid and Draisaitl on the ice. Obviously not easy to get so many good players, but it eased the burden on top stars and depth players alike
As lifelong Las Vegan, I thought getting a pro team was the pinnacle. But winning the cup and being there to see it live was one of the coolest moments of my life.
I been a Vegas fan since their first season and i am so proud of them. Florida would of been nice to win but Vegas was the better team this year. Way to go Vegas and Florida, come back and do it again and win next time!
As a Panthers fan, this really hurt. Vegas was simply better, and we just were not playing up to it. Hopefully next season we can capitalize on what cost us the cup, and bring it home year. Ggs Vegas, we’ll see you next season.
This is a complete team from top to bottom. No true superstars perhaps, but so much quality and a winners’ mentality. Florida was given way more help than the Knights in the playoffs. They just didn’t retaliate and let the dirty Panthers dig their own grave. Though as you rightly say, Vegas were much the best throughout the playoffs. Florida dud beat three of the top 5 teams, but Edmonton and Dallas were legitimate Cup contenders too. Congrats, Golden Knights.
I come from Binghamton, NY (where coincidentally Stone started his pro career). I've seen minor league hockey for nearly 20 years and seen a lot of these guys begin their careers. The bottom line is this: Florida got cocky and let their frustrations out. Vegas got into their psyche with skill and patience. That will DOOM a team. I've seen it so many times in the minors and that's what it looked like for Florida. They looked like a frustrated AHL team. The Panthers have themselves to blame and Vegas was poised and ready. The better team won. And I'm super proud to see Stone and the Knights lift that trophy. ❤️
Wow! Thank you for the information about our beloved Captain Mark Stone! I retired from Lourdes Hospital and moved here three years ago from Binghamton. My son has always been into hockey, but me not so much until this Season started. I am absolutely hooked and love our VGK! Well deserved win of Lord Stanley
Wooooo!!!!! What a great way to wrap the season boys!!!!!! Congratulations VGK, feels great to see our boys finally accomplish Lord Stanley! Can't wait for the parade on the strip!!!!!! 💛🖤💛🖤
They’re not your boys. None of them grew up in Vegas and would move the second they get a better contract. You have nothing to do with the athletic achievements of other people.
I live in downtown Vegas… I thought for sure the town would burn down after clinching…. And it was my birthday too boot.. not one gunshot, not one car over turned… so far.. GOOD JOB VEGAS!!! Congrats Knights!!!
@@MattAlbie it would be great but I don't see it happen. Watching him move around the net I don't see a hint of the athleticism required to be a great goalie. He simply doesn't have the talent! That's why I can't believe Holland made such a huge commitment to him?????? Maybe I'm wrong but time will tell. Cheers 👍 Also Bob let in 9 goals in game 5 and got pulled multiple times. Not really that great!
Well, it is a team sport and it is different than a Michael Jordan led squad. You can have the best defensive end and qb and still miss the playoffs. Edmonton proves you need more than the best hockey player in the world. Leon's a beast too, but it's not enough. Having a couple of chirpers on the bench doesn't help you score. Nurse and Kane need better discipline. Excellent players that are focused on the wrong things.
Eichel clearly stepped up his game in the playoffs, he was the dominant no. 1 center Vegas was needing no offense meant to any of the team's other very fine centers, McDavid in my opinion is overhyped, Edmonton has failed to build a complete team around him
Not sure which "NHL Fans" you hang out with, but if there're "not ready" to hear that a clearly better team won instead of absolutely insane conspiracies, I don't think they'll EVER be lol. Makes me think of people from the Tor bubble who think that they have a team good enough to win the cup each year. Complete madness. ;
people are forgetting that Vegas have always been contenders, always been strong and always sold to improve. Florida only started to become a team to watch 2 years ago, last year they added Tkachuk and although that may have been the “missing piece ” to a lot of people, it didnt turn out that way. He showed his lack of control and experience post season and after that you were left with that “team to watch ” again Vegas who have consistently been dominant. Its babyish to not acknowledge Vegas' result, if it were any other team, you would. The problem is that a lot of people didnt like Vegas coming in and drafting well, didnt like Vegas having a team of “not so great” players who then did better than their team. Then people didnt like Vegas getting to the final year 1 for the same reason. Caps beat them and everyone said “ahhh, FU Vegas” because it was great having Ovi lift the cup, and the Caps are “more deserving” because theyve failed to lift it for longer. But then Vegas made the play offs every year since. Until they didnt, then it was “wahhh, FU Vegas” again. Now they win everything with 6 of the original “nothing”players, ONE superstar, a Vet defenceman and a 4th round pick keeper trade from ARI and people are still bum hurt about it. They're worse than your team, but theyve done better, shouldn't matter if theyve only been here a second.
I think Aiden Hill deserved the Conn Smythe nod. This guy was SJ’s 3rd, played a total of around 50 games since 2020 between NHL and AHL, gets the call, and stood on his head almost every game against the best the NHL had this year.
As a Bruins fan, super pumped for Cassidy to get that cup. A lot can be said about his departure - our team needed to grow a pair to deal with him but 2019 hurt our players really badly so I get it. Monty just didn't have the playoff experience and screwed us HARD. Vegas' roster is more experienced and could deal with the intense culture Butch creates and they were rewarded. Happy for them. Hate Florida with a passion - always have. That franchise needs to move - 2nd to last above Arizona in franchise value; terrible fans and embarrassing to the league. I do take issue with the playoff salary cap rules across the board. Bettman needs to be fired. Too many teams take advantage of it and ultimately those teams tend to win. Need to level the playing field.
Can people just be happy for the winners… every year after the finals the fans of different teams are fighting in the comment section of every corner of the internet. As habs fan and a hockey lover… both team during the series played with everything they had and left it all on the ice. The players were scoring like crazy and they were stepping up their game. that was beautiful. 💕
Vegas is the only reason I'm paying attention to hockey. I'm born and raised in Louisiana. We don't do hockey down here. When vegas got a team 6 years ago and I saw them make it to the finals, I decided I'd root for them. I didn't watch any game that year and haven't watched any until this year during the playoffs. For some reason I watched the end of the college championship game and thought it was exciting. So when the NHL playoffs started and I saw vegas was in it, I decided to watch. I even watched other teams play. Hockey is way more exciting than I thought it would be. I'm glad vegas won and now I'm a fan for life. They dominated the whole playoffs and especially the finals. If they won in 7 games and most were close with a ton of bad calls, then maybe I'd listen to people crying, but when they dominate 3 of 5 games and the only game they lose was by allowing a tying goal with a little over 1 minute left and then lose in overtime, yeah I don't want to hear it. Florida had no chance. It should have been a sweep. Congrats vegas. You deserve it.
Gold standard for building a Stanley Cup team.... step 1 sell your team and relocate it. step 2 pay the NHL and create a new team in your city. step 3 "win" the stanley cup.
Vegas was hated before any of those things you mentioned though. But because people are embarrassed to admit that they didn't like Vegas from the start, they move the goal posts and say "well we hate them because of salary cap stuff and because of the gold helmets." Yes, you loved Vegas up until that point. I absolutely believe you.
I remember seeing a lot of support for them in year 1 when they started doing really well unexpectedly, because it was cool to see the underdog do well. Evidently that got old for people real fast when they started routinely outperforming every existing team, then add in the flashiness, gold helmets, trading fleury without telling him etc and it's just icing on the cake for people to solidify why they hate the team that is just better than theirs
They also hate us because this team got a lot of people such as myself into the actual sport of hockey here in Vegas. The goal post like you said keeps moving. But we knew what we had was special since day 1 here in Vegas. Let them hate, I honestly welcome it.
I liked Vegas the first year; I know they got the most beneficial expansion roster selection in the history of the sport but I liked the idea of an expansion team doing so well their first season. I started to get annoyed with Vegas because of the Vegas fans acting like they were a original 6 team or something; like hockey had been in vegas for 50 years and they paid their dues. That got annoying. When they pulled the crap they did with Fleury, trading him to Chicago without telling him, I thought was a garbage move by the management. But what finally did it for me was when they got that 5 minute major in the conference finals against the sharks. When the GM sent an official letter to the NHL bitching like a little girl about that and the vegas fans acted like they were robbed. I decided then it was a crap organization and a crap hockey town. So fuck them. The NHL caters to the money towns. It is the reason why Chicago got the number 1 draft pick with Bedard (if you think that was chance I got a bridge to sell you), I am Hawks fan but even I can see that. Vegas gets an edge from the league because of money. More money to be made in Vegas on hockey then west of fort lauderdale.
@@patrickthomas2119 I mean, its not like hockey was never in Vegas before hand. We had the Thunder and the Wranglers. Both of those teams were doing well until their venues tripled the cost for the team to use them.
I was at the tail gate party and man what an epic experience. Their fans are quite knowledgeable about the game. As a Flyers fan I could only wish we could build a cup contender but Danny Briere gives me hope! Keep up the great work! My favourite part of the playoffs was when the Leaf fans were yelling: “ WE WANT FLORIDA! “ Even the Vegas fans were yelling it at the tailgate last night !
I'm so happy to see Jonathan Marchessault not only hoist the Cup, but also get a ring because he used to play for the Lightning and I've always had love for him. As for all this hate for the Golden Knights, I don't really get it. There's no way anyone, including even the most optimistic Golden Knights fans, could see what happened in their inaugural season coming. I figured they could make the playoffs in '18, but I never thought that team was a legit Cup contender at the time. The roster mismanagement that helped fuel their rise along with Matt Murray's emergence making Marc-Andre Fleury expendable aren't the Golden Knights' problem. I can't stand how some people think that the NHL handed the Golden Knights what amounts to a golden ticket.
Are you absolutely sure you're not mistaking Marchesault for Jonathan Drouin? March played for Florida, funny enough. Drouin was the one who played for Tampa Bay.
@@chaosgreyblood Marshy played for CBJ, Tampa, FL, and now VGK.
@@chaosgreyblood I'm still trying to forget that Drouin exists. I'll let Habs fans worry about him!
How many knights players were Canadian??? For that matter both teams, look it up.
@@markhammar3977 It´s a Canadian sport... what´s your point?
I can’t believe Jack Eichel has won a Stanley Cup before Connor McDavid lmfao
shows how its a team sport
Why? When Jack finally left the Sabers, he had just as a good chance as Connor. And he stepped up in the playoffs too
i told my friend eichel would have a better career regardless of mcdavid being a better player and here we are lol
you should mean before matthews considering all leaf fans think theyre the best every year
McBooboo is payed too much
Congratulations to 3x Stanley Cup Champion Phil Kessel.
The goat
@@hockeypsychology….
Phil the Thrill!
It's all Steve Simmons fault for his hot dog reporting.
@@bubbabear244 -Looks good on him....used to read him regularly...everyone at the Stun is a communist now.
As a Kings fan, glad to see Martinez and Quick get another Stanley Cup. Congratulations, Vegas
Only Martinez got another Cup, really, Quick only played 10 games for them in the regular season and none in the playoffs.
@@RangersFan94😂
He still got to hold it before Adin Hill did last night.
Playing or not. Quicks a leader and a champion. Get over it Rangerfan
@@RangersFan94 He still helped Vegas finish 1st in the conference setting them up well for the playoffs and gets a cup just like every backup who dresses for the finals.
@@Dadbot Wtf? I was just pointing out the rules. I was rooting for Vegas in the finals, chill out, guy.
@@andersalstrup3077 Doesn't matter, those are the rules. There are players who have done more than win five regular season games for a cup winner and had their petitions denied by the NHL.
Vegas was so calm and focused. Florida became frustrated and let their heads get in the way. Vegas had so many outstanding players with outstanding determination. Bruce Cassidy was also a major part in Vegas. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS, YOU DESERVE IT!
Bang on. They were a machine in these playoffs
@@hockeypsychology FOR SURE, a well oiled machine!👍🔥
Well of course they had petro and Barbs who has been there and done that
Maybe Florida, next season , will realize that the key to winning is to put the puck into the opposite net NOT tripping , slashing , charging , starting fights ect ect thugs always finish last ..Congratulations Vegas ...
@gotaplay it got them to the finals. Difference is more penalties were called this series.
Moved to Vegas in 86! Seen this City grow. Stanley Cup or not,these boys brought family's together kept us Vegas strong in our low times. Vegas will have their backs win or lose. Congratulations VGK
Hats off to Florida! True Warriors.
Vegas was so dominant in the series that they had to score twice on their own goalie.
3 times.
😂😂
TBH This ^^ lol
It’s easy to dominate when you didn’t face nearly the amount of adversity as your opponent. Florida had to go through virtually the best 3 teams in the league to get to the finals. Much like last years lightning, the panthers were too banged up to play effectively. Meanwhile there’s always 1 strong team in the west that strolls into the finals beating far worse teams and wins it all. The west is garbage, Vegas is pretty good though.
@@JackDaniels-ru2xy best team will always win.
As a Minnesota fan, in the last ten years, I have seen Chicago win the cup twice, the predator make a cup, the blues win, the stars make it to the cup, Colorado win, and now Vegas win. They had to wait six long years and I’ve been waiting 23 while watching my rivals win the cup
hey at least you aint a leaf fan
When I was younger, I lived in Philadelphia. I was there during the first of the Flyers back to back Stanley Cup wins in the 70s. They haven't won since!
I had to wait 18 years to get a home team in Vegas and 6 more years to see them win. So if u really think about it, I have also waited a long time to see this final. Vegas fans had nothing really before this
@@vegasrenie yea but Philly has also got championships in other sports recently. The eagles are gonna be good for a while. Many people also forget the fact that we got our original team moved bc of the owner getting caught having relations with his employees by his wife, so essentially we’ve been waiting for a cup as long as Toronto has
Buddy, as far as 90s/00s expansion teams go, you and I, as a Preds fan, are in the same boat. Quite frankly, I'm still a little pissed about the new expansion rules that ultimately catered to this juggernaut of a team that has seen the SCF twice in six years and has consistently led its division or the conference in much of that time...all despite firing a coach/GM and possessing the capital to shed quality players with viable replacements. It's a slap in the face to the expansion teams that came before with far less talent, skill, or assets to utilize.
Oilers fan here. Congrats Vegas. We know that the oil are in tough to get to a cup final. As somebody else pointed out, hockey is a team sport where, unlike basketball, having 2 superstars doesnt guarantee success. It is more about chemistry, teamwork, depth, goaltending, injuries, coaching etc. .again, good job Golden Knights, you earned this!
I'm looking forward to a friendly playoff rivalry between the oilers, because honestly I said when it was oilers vs Vegas that whoever won this series would win the cup. Whether it was the oilers or us, that was the real Stanley cup championship tbh
@@garypeterson5436 I dunno man, this is maybe arrogance to say this, but to me it felt like the Oilers and the Knights were the only teams left that were champions like you said. Sure enough past that series... I don't want to disrespect Dallas too much but you know.
I’ve never looked forward to watching a hockey game before until I just so happened to watch game 1. That block by the goalie from Vegas was absolutely insane. That one play got me into watching the Stanley cup final which I would have never done before.
I'm a Vegas native. Mother is from Boston area. Father is from Arizona.. I grew up not really having a home team, so once Vegas got a hockey team, I was hooked instantly. Beforehand, I rooted for the Bruins (still do), but as soon Vegas started to sell merch I got some. I'm a proud Knights fan and was happy when we got Cassidy as a coach. The man is amazing. This team means the world to Vegas. They came when we had the largest mass shooting in American history. They lifted us up and we're forever lucky to have them. Go Knights Go!
Brave to support a team that was stacked by an expansion draft and low taxes from the start.
@@dixonhill1108 It's my home team. Stay mad. Seattle will probably win a Cup within the next 10 years also.
@@dixonhill1108Big mad? Yeah...big mad 😂
@@Thomas-ORaghaillthey might they need depth tho and young guys
Lol my car is blinged out on VGK. I even have VGK tire caps!!!!
As a Vegas local and a VGK fan, 6 years ago, we weren’t a hockey town, nor did we have any sports team. In a time where our city needed healing, these guys came in to heal our city, doing the unthinkable, and for them to win last night was absolutely amazing.
you could put a team anywhere, if you rig the game with an expansion draft, no taxes and gambling everywhere of course you're gonna win. this league is a joke. "we weren’t a hockey town' you're still not. people follow the team because they win bets.
@@dixonhill1108 you can say what you want. I admit, I wasn’t a hockey fan, and most of the city thought that having a hockey team was a weird idea. But when Oct 1 happened, the Knights came to be the light to our city. The knights mean more to our city, beyond hockey.
@@dixonhill1108you live in Vegas? Obviously not, if you knew anything about Vegas you'd realize the majority of locals don't visit the strip, don't gamble and rock the Knights gear. You stand in any parking lot, go in any store and all you see are hats, shirts, bumper stickers, flags. Look at the crowd singing we are the championship. There's hundreds of youth hockey lea g ues in 5 separate rinks. Vegas IS a hockey town,, stick to commenting on what you actually know
@@addesigncntr2708 you missed the playoffs once in 6 years, and off the bat were a contender. you're hockey fans when your team isn't winning. it's like during the world cup, obvious you have a ton of tag alongs.
I respectfully disagree. Vegas has been a hockey town for much longer. We had two minor league teams I am from the East so this was an eye opener. A friend of mine, her son graduated high-school and went to play for University of Denver. "Really?" This was at least four years before the Knights were a twinkle in Foley's eye.
As a Leafs fan who has enjoyed watching Vegas come into the league with such a strong start, I'm glad to see them take the Cup. It doesn't hurt the team largely consists of Canadian players, but it is mostly comprised of heart and soul guys that will leave it all on the ice. Comparing Vegas and Toronto it is so clear how far away we are from winning the championship. Stone > Tavares, Hill > whoever Toronto starts, and playoff Eichel > playoff Matthews. I wish my team could learn from this season and try to build towards something similar. Congratulations Vegas, it's a well earned and well deserved Stanley Cup win!
Great points. It is so obvious, seeing Vegas as a successful template for success, and comparing them player by player with the Leafs?
The Leafs got exactly as far as their true composition allowed them to get. The difference and the contrast between the two groups of personnel is enormous.
WE saw a winning team this year full of grit, toughness, willingness to buy into a system, and guys with huge heart up and down the lineup fully willing to sacrifice for a greater cause.
Toronto does not add up to this at all. Little flashes of individual and personal and selfish stardom, thinking about a big payoff down the line on a different team that can win them a cup - the Eichel move. But hey, I don't hold that against him. Buffalo is a train wreck. That makes Toronto look special.
So you have to sell it to a bunch of guys, not a superstar among them, to care about those jersey colors, and do it with pride. That is a tall order to take all the way to a cup.
I'm glad Vegas won. I was not at all a Florida fan. Whatever I suspected about them was proven to me at 0.00 of the third period in game 4. Game 5 seemed like divine retribution, after that one.
Yea as a knights fan I love seeing a good sport and not a salty person cause they lost
I think something can be learned from Eichel. I have several friends who are Sabres fans and all they could do was say how happy they were that he was gone. He comes to Vegas, is no longer the focal point, no longer the captain. He just needed to come in and contribute to the rest of the team. He did that. Then he bought a wig and some cheesy looking glasses, and turned the post game locker room into a bonding experience. He was a cancer in Buffalo, because Buffalo was cancerous to him. Are expectations of the "Core Four" too much for the guys in Toronto? Is four too many? That´s something Toronto´s new GM is going to have to figure out...
And at least the leafs got past the first round lol
Hamilton will never get a Pro Hockey team......cuz then Toronto would want one.
LOL..its the same old story...why build a team?..the place is packed every night.
Vegas: WE WAITED 6 LONG YEARS FOR THIS.
Vancouver: 😭 it’s been over 50.
Fr complaining about 6 years the most deluded thing I’ve ever heard
Every Canadian team is on a 30+ year drought and all original 6 teams have had to wait 20+ years for a cup- a bruins fan.
right, like think of poor tampa bay... had to wait one long year between 2020 and 2021 :(
@@gabrieleames5769 I guarantee most of those were sarcastic
@@gabrieleames5769 sar·casm
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the use of irony to mock or convey contempt
I started watching hockey in 2017. Living in Oklahoma there isn't much to cheer for (wouldn't be caught dead with a Dallas team). I really wanted to be invested in the sport as it was new to me, Vegas was new, figured they needed fans! That first season was wild, picking a new team, learning the game, seeing them go to the end JUST to come up short. I stayed loyal, learned as much as I could, and all these years later it's paid off! Ordering my champs shirt tomorrow! I wanted to thank you for providing analysis that I just wouldn't get on my own, giving a new fan a deeper understanding of the game!
I am from Vegas, was a Kings fan growing up in Vegas as there wasn't any sports period.
Just recently moved to Oklahoma In December, figures i move and they go to the Final and when. lol i drove from Ardmore up to Stratford looking to watch the game to no avail. Sat in my Car on the side of the highway Cheering for the Hometown team on an internet cell phone radio app, better than nothing i guess. Been a diehard VGK fan since day one ' Vegas Born".
But i will admit when they play The Kings i dont watch the game...
I got into hockey hardcore with the Knights and I live in KC.
As a new fan of Hockey…. And a Vegas resident for 6 years….. the first season of the Knights meant more to the city than anyone outside of the Vegas Valley could ever know. We love our Knights. GKG!
I get what you’re saying but I was in Vegas for the wsop for a week and talked to several fans and barely any of them even knew the names of the players lol. I’m from Edmonton and knew more about the knights then people from Vegas . I mean congrats and all but y’all are fair weather fans lol. Y’all were blessed with an expansion draft that favoured u over previous expansion teams . Where you’re team got to pick from more players then past teams . You guys have no idea what it’s like to suck lol. If the knights were as bad as the coyotes there wouldn’t be any fans ….
Oh yeah, means a lot when you only support a team when its winning. If you don't understand the sport, you guys are cap cheats/tax cheats and cheated with the expansion draft.
@@MrJaymac87you act like all knights fans don't know anything about sports. You know that a lot of knights fans supported other teams before the vgk came to the city? Also, other sports exist. A lot of knights fans support other sports and teams.. like the raiders and they are trash. You can't really say we are fair weather fans when you haven't seen us with a 60 percent full rink like the Sabres. Give it time before making things up
@@MrJaymac87 I’m sorry your favorite team hasn’t done well. That has nothing to do with me being excited to support the only “hometown” professional team I’ve ever had when they win a national title.
@@dixonhill1108 I’ve been a supporter since the first season…… so what’s your deal?
All the while, I was hoping they'll remember the 58 of Route 91.
Congrats, VGK. As a Wings fan living here in Vegas I am a bit tinged with jealousy, but really and truly and deliriously happy beyond measure for the whole city. You earned it. Absolutely earned it.
Same, I believe it is 60 now since two victims died from complications from their wounds. They died in 2019 and 2020
@@jorgecampos2643 Thanks. I still say prayers for them at the Shrine of the Holy Redeemer. God rest their souls in His Peace.
Even in the drunkeness of last night we absolutely were remembering the 60
Thanks! I respect the wings and think they have potential in the coming years.
@@reylavienna1318 Why I love Vegas. Enjoy it, guys! You have a whole year to be called CHAMPS. Well deserved.
I'm a Buffalo fan since 1971 made it the the finals twice and lost. I have loved Vegas since they got into the league. Eichel is my favorite player I'm so happy he got to hoist the Cup after all he went through in Buffalo.
I hope Tuch helps Buffalo win the cup for that city. Miss that guy on Vegas.
I'm a die hard Kings fan who lives in Vegas, so I call it like I see it. Vegas was the best team. Just so the rest of you know, Vegas is a hockey town. This is the franchise this city is behind. If you're a hockey fan, you should embrace this. The city handled last night with class, and people were having fun. I don't like the Knights for obvious reasons, but the team, and the city earned this. Another team to hate, and worry about only helps the sport. They've set the bar on entertaining fans inside, and out of the arena. If you hit the burbs here in Vegas you see Knight gear all over, all year long. From Corporate, to small business owners, from 1 year old to 80 year old, it's everywhere. Good for Vegas, good for hockey. It's hard around here to not smile as a hockey fan seeing so many embrace the team and wear the merch. If you're a hockey fan, this is what it's all about.
As a panthers fan I congratulate VGK on a great series we had to fight just to see Boston we played hard af threw the playoffs to even get to the cup we where outmatched in this series I’m not one of these blame refs cry about it in the car fans I’m proud of my team for this season it was great even though we didn’t get to raise it 🤷♂️ again congratulation to VGK can’t wait to chirp everyone again next season this hockey
You sir or Ma'am....are a class act! All you cry babies about refs this and "its fixed" that, can learn from this person how to be a good fan!
As a coach I have coached teams that knocked off the #1 seed. No small accomplishment. As often happens and also happened to us, there is often another team that has your number. This Vegas fan showing much respect to the Panthers. Best of luck to the Panthers and fans in the future!
You have to be proud of your team, the panthers had sensational series against Boston, Toronto and Carolina, maybe it’s not the last final for the panthers, the team is good!😊👍🏼
Your analysis is spot on. While the Panthers earned a trip to the final, they were unable to adjust to Vegas style of play. Thus a dominant series that was a joy to watch, although quite one sided.
Well that and they had some major injuries. And never discount the amount of time off the Panthers had.
Shows how much you know hockey. Must have been nice to play a 14th place team to get to the final. Silver platter
Golden Knights proved to be the NHL Kings by the quality and character of their play.
Congratulations! 😊
The only people that say Vegas was handed everything are either division rivals or fans that don’t know how hockey actually works.
The VGK mean a lot to Las Vegas. Not only because they won the Stanley Cup, but for what they represented to our city after the October 1 mass shooting. I, for one, appreciate our “misfits” for their talent as well as their heart! 💛💛💛 #VegasStrong
They had their heads down and they PLAYED
Perfect comment👌
That's extremely insensitive to the parkland school shooting that happened 5 miles from the panthers stadium.
I stopped this 7 seconds in because I burst out laughing after you said "after 6 long excruciating years" hahaha - as a fellow Leafs fan we have endured 60 YEARS! Now that's actual suffering.
It was sarcasm,.
It's a joke my bro, but I do feel for you, I was rooting for your Leafs. I hope you're there next year!
Ya but as a knights fan and a redwings fan and a fan of my other Detroit teams,I haven’t got to see any of my teams win a championship my whole life I’ve been waiting 17 long years to me that’s long enough.
I know redwings won it 15 years ago I believe but I wasn’t a hockey fan back then I was baseball.
So I get your feelings but it will come to you
This man just saved some AI chat bot from thinking 6 years is suffering. Thank you for saving the world from misinformation. Also GKG 😉
Maby next year :)
Proud Vegas fan since day one🔥. Thank you guys for this amazing journey.👏🙏
Relatable
Vegas was the team that finally made Bob look normal. They figured Bob out and alongside that, Officiating not allowing Panthers to borderline murder their opposition, managed to show how Panthers were carried this far by both Bob and Chuck. Always winning with one goal difference, winning into overtime, etc. Sure, they went 4-1 and 4-0 on the East, but that REALLY doesn't translate how lucky and dominated they were throughout the playoffs.
The better team actually won this time and I'm happy for Vegas.
Side note: Goudas and Chuck being dealt what they have been dealing felt like revenge. Would love to see Chuck not actually get injured on that CLEAN HIT, but it is what it is
I'm a Canes fan, but Panthers are my 2nd team. I knew Panthers wouldn't win the final series considering how close it was against a horribly injured Hurricanes team. Non of the major commentators really know what the Hurricanes playstyle looks like when they are normal, and Canes really padded the stats of Bob by shooting muffins from the blue line. I thought Vegas in 5 or a sweep.
By the time they played Vegas, they were riddled with injuries. But that’s just apart of the sport
By all the analytics, Carolina was actually the better team throughout their series against Florida. But the last time I checked, whoever scores the most goals always wins, statistics aside. Translate: Bob had to stand on his head to get Florida to the finals and he did exactly that, I think it may have been expecting too much for him to carry that level of play into the finals and indeed his play faltered against Vegas leading to Florida's defeat
@@Artemi03 Here comes the excuses.
@@Bouncer-id1rh How’s that an excuse? It’s a legit factor😂. But like I said, it’s apart of the sport. You good dude? Lmaoo
I flew thousands of miles to see this game live and it did not disappoint
It was disappointingly lopsided, but the Knights deserve it. The whole "rigged" talk is ridiculous on all levels because you know they wouldn't be saying that if it was their favorite team hoisting the Cup. It will be interesting to see who the Knights retain for next season.
Dissapointing final all in all, agreed. It wasn't even close.
I’ll always have 2016 to hold on to, even though we lost to the Pens in 6 games. I never say it is rigged at all, because it sure as hell isn’t. You never know at all, it’s unpredictable.
everybody teams have been in league for 30 to 100 years. Poor logic.
Not a fan or any NHL team. KHL is a better product. NHL's inept officiating is American Football NFL levels of bad. Vegas got a lot of calls going their way.
North American sports fans are generally forget that pro sports is a BUSINESS. There's no rule against a sports team fixing a game outcome if they really wanted to. I'm Not saying the NHL fixed it here for Vegas. But to say all 4 of North America's major sports leagues wouldn't fix an outcome once in awhile or at all is extremely naive. Especially when we remember the 1919 world series, the 2002 NBA western conference finals. All it takes is a few referees (company employees) to make a few calls here, a no call there.... And it can tip the scales in a team's favor.
You can't talk about this without the context that Vegas was almost 14mil over cap cause of LTIR shenanigans, assisting their depth throughout the playoffs even if the ones suiting up are under cap. You also need to account for Panthers being in an off year with multiple injuries and dead cap space.
Next year was supposed to be the Cats year; the fact they made it this far this year with their cap situation and lack of depth is a miracle.
Everybody needs to find the excuse...sociologists have well documented this. The 3 who shared the Nobel prize called it "phase-1", which is the emotional that doesn't progress to the intellectual-"phase-2". It's essentially adults stuck in childhood adolescence. It's also why you are you and won't become a Bill Foley.
As a Bruins fan I'll be honest, I'm actually glad Florida knocked them out, because losing in the finals to the coach you just fired would've been about the most painful experience ever.
Nothing is more annoying than the fact that some random right place right time goalie Aidan Hill has a ring while Henrik Lundquist, Carey Price, Pekka Rinne, Roberto Luongo and Ryan Miller do not
I thought overall the playoffs were amazingly entertaining. Remember when all the experts unanimously said it would be Edmonton vs Boston in the Finals? We had a lot of great upset series. The only thing that would have made it better is if Seattle could have lasted one more round to face Vegas. Florida's run was just epic, even if they did fizzle out after a 10 day layoff.
As a Knights fan I appreciate your unbiased views on our team and the game. I look forward to your commentary next season when VGK REPEATS!!!! GO KNIGHTS GO!!! #StanleyCupChampions
As soon as it was announced that Vegas was getting a team I was immediately on board, then their inaugural season they didn't finish the magic. Then this year happened and they did it. So stoked for the city, so stoked for the Misfits. Go Knights!
corporate bullshit hockey club. the criminality behind the creation of this team will be a smear on hockey forever. of all the people who attend regular season vegas night games, only 237 actually lived in or near vegas. most people in this comment section loving vegas only jumped on board the ban wagon when they were given an all star team from day one. worse than national tom brady fans.
Honestly I find it rather cool that they got their first cup in 6 years after being founded. It's a story kinda similar to the Avs tbh. The Avs never won a cup when they were the Quebec Nordiques but right after they moved to Denver, they won their first in franchise history.
Of course 5 different goalies all season and holding on to 1st place home ice advantage was hardly mentioned. Bettman’s plan was using Hill, the backup goalie to beat Edmonton and Dallas and to win the Finals? Brilliant!
"Bettman's plan"....haha love the sarcasm!
How do you rig a game of chance? When you shoot you dont know if the puck is going to go past the goaltender or not.
Gary Bettman and the refs scored all those goals for the Knights, and they also played defense and goalie too! 😂😂😂. So f’in ridiculous, it’s nauseating at this point. Jealous fans will say whatever they have to, to make themselves feel better. Vegas Golden Knights 2023 Stanley Cup Champions!
I remember the "supergroup" roster Detroit put together in 2001-2002 including Chelios, Hull, and Hasek. Illitch didn't even try to hide it - it was widely known he wanted another cup, and he would get whoever he needed to do it. The salary cap came into place during the 2005-06 season, so we're surprised that, almost 20 years later, a team has figured out and used a workaround? I'm no Knights fan, but good on them for getting it done, and with several of the league's left-behinds. I mean, you can't blame them; the Bruins were predicted to be the Chosen Ones all season, and they got ousted in the first round. It's hockey, stuff happens.
Good for Bruce, from a Bruins fan. Panthers were definitely physically down and out in this series, injuries galore.
Also big thanks to this channel for bringing the best breakdown videos of the NHL on the entire site. No other channel is like this one, and I can't wait to see what future videos brings.
Just wanted to say that I’ve loved your vids this season. Easily became one of my fav RUclipsrs. Can’t wait for more content!
Florida rode Bobrovsky the whole way and once his hot streak was gone, the team was done for. Florida doesn't get out of the first round without his tremendous play.
European here. I'm more the Blackhawks fan since early 90s - I watched the playoffs and in nearly all stages Vegas was the better team. Florida just came in luckily, meeting a bad Dallas team with no ideas. Vegas was winning also when they lost games ^^ No heads down, just pure power and force. They earned it.
As panthers fan, this hurt. But Vegas outpaced and outplayed us every step of the way and they have waaay more depth. Injuries aside that’s an excuse and you guys earned that trophy. Good game knights, hopefully we meet again or we make a good playoff run again soon.
Aidan hill was my favorite part of the playoffs. The VGK goalies are always my favorite part of the team from fleury to hill
Favorite moment - the joy on Stone’s face when he got hat trick
How can you hate on Vegas? This is hockey is to be played...tough, fast, unrelenting forecheck and pressure, precise passing, true teamwork! It was incredible to watch!
Because they handed the NHL $500million in exchange for a playoff team (Cup finals actually) right out of the gate….something no other expansion team in history was given. George McPhee did a great job and I respect that they remain a top organization but I’m not going to fault somebody for feeling resentment towards them given that it’s an undeniable fact they were given preferential treatment like no other expansion team in sports history.
@@axe2grind244 what preferential treatment? A team made up of cast offs?
@@axe2grind244sour grapes. Vegas took the NHL establishment cast offs and built a team. Tragedy brought them together with a singular focus and they likely over achieved in year one. As predicted in year six the Knights dominated and won the Cup! #GoKnightsGo!!!
@axe2grind244 this is such revisionist history BS it's absurd. Nobody thought they were gonna be anything but rock bottom after the draft. Multiple sports people said they'd be 31st in the league. Now it's they drafted a playoff ready team, lol. It's just pathetic now.
@@devonmccallum7130 yup, they were cast offs, and no one cared about these players until they started winning.
Florida dominated three excellent teams in the playoffs with their fierce forecheck and physically punishing system. They took the focus away from winning to surviving for their opponents. It didn’t work with Vegas who played Florida’s system better than them. Congratulations to the Golden Knights. CMN.
As a Vegas fan here in Vegas... we don't care if no one likes us, we're too busy having fun
Was at the game and than barn blew up after the first goal from Stone and it just steamrolled the entire game. Might need to get my hearing checked after that one. Was a blast to experience it in person.
Lucky dog!
That would’ve been electric
I got to go to the first game against Winnipeg (lol). I said before last night's game that I think they'd need to replace the roof before next season starts.
I was outside the arena ontop of the NYNY garage when Stone scored, the crowd was electric all through out the game, The crowd was at its lowdest etheir during stones hat trick or The Diying seconds.
I don’t get how anyone could say it’s rigged, 9-3? Like you can’t even make that up
VGK had the deck stacked against them, and even all the way down to 5TH STRING GOALIE (who killed it), and still DOMINATED. Amazing performance boys, can't wait for the parade. ❤
Same. So good
@@andrewchristie2970 Bullshit. Vegas in their first season was predicted by every serious pundit without fail to be the worst team in the NHL. The top guy that first year, "Wild Bill" Karlsson was an afterthought in his previous teams.
@@jpjpjp6328 FR! All these people with some entitled loser mentality. Was Vegas supposed to purposely field a shitty team and tank for a few years? Keep coping yall and blame your team's shitty management and owners lmaoooo #GKG
@@andrewchristie2970 revisionist history
@@andrewchristie2970 So if Seatle wins a cup in 5 years you're going to cry about that as well, right?
Stone's goal was the plan on how to beat Bob. Wait until Bob commits then shoot high.
Secretly, I was hoping the CS for our Captain. Great for Marchey though of course. The natural hat trick against EDM was huge!
As a Sens fan: Stone wasn't a misfit we/the team didn't want. Eugene Melnyk didn't want to pay him for a long term contract like he was worth, so he got traded, and frankly, it was just a huge gut punch to a lot of fans.
But I'm proud of Stoner going on and captaining a team to a championship. Always knew he'd stay great wherever he was, I'm just a bit sad its not in Ottawa.
I'm not a Vegas fan but I'm pretty happy to see them getting Lord Stanley.
Why?
@@EdBball99 I always find it exciting to see a brand new NHL cup holder, plus, Vegas is already a party city, imagine how much harder the city will party now with Lord Stanley in tow.
Panthers gave me an incredible 3 series of play and we simply were outmatched
im a vegas local and a knights fan. when i saw florida beat boston i was rooting for them while watching the eastern conference games. sadly that had to stop once they started playing vegas. was neat to see them rally back against the best team in the regular season and move on.
They had an unbelievable run. Sometimes you get beat by the better team
& that’s it.
Florida should hold their heads high, regardless of how the final went. Your boys battled all the way to the end and were just to spent. So much respect for them and the fan base
Vegas deserved to win for sure, however I feel like injuries massively hurt Florida. However, that’s just how the sport works
Yep.
FLA had an amazing run these playoffs. They took out the three top teams in the East and made it look pretty stinking easy. I just wonder if they lost just enough of the edge during the long layoff between the ECF and the Stanley Cup Final.
We’ll never know.
Born and raised in Vegas we can’t be more happy for our knights winning the cup were a city that came from nothing to now being champs we extremely grateful for our hockey team because they don’t just Bring hockey to the city but a sense of community to us all
Reminder, the people saying it is rigged have hated Vegas since Year 2 or are Panthers band-wagon fans. No intelligent person is calling it rigged because they actually watch the Knights play as you said, "like a well oiled machine."
You knew this was coming soon. They’ve been a powerhouse since their inception. As an Avs fan, I certainly can’t stand them but man they earned it.
1 n done.
@@monchsanchez8733 hopefully 😂
As a Habs fan from Province of Quebec, hoping for a hockey team in Quebec City, I'm not envious at all with this Stanley Cup win. Las Vegas fans showed love from the start and the organization have been very professionnal. The team kept up growing and improving as a group, without superstar (except for Eichel). One could say that few teams did the bad choices not protecting Marchessault or Theodore, but who know, maybe they would have blossomed with less ice time in their previous teams?. Bringing great impact players like Stone and Pietrangelo was very smart as well. Stone was the best Ottawa player in playoff.
So, I like this organization a lot, and Las Vegas is one of the most vidited city in USA, so fans from everywhere can watch a game there as well against other teams.
And based on this Stanley cup final, it seems like Kraken was maybe the second best team in play-off this spring because they gave Las Vegas a hard time. So, building your team with great, talented and dedicated players seem to be better than built around one or two super-talented players (Edmonton).
Florida had 3 heavily injured players and we just couldn’t hold on
Aa a Dallas Stars fan in NYC, since 1993, I'm relieved we lost to the eventual champion. Vegas was too good!
As a Caps fan (Rock the Red!) I laughed at the "after 6 long excruciating years" - but I'm so glad we didn't lose to them in 2018.
That 18 Final was funny, because after the Knights won Game 1, everyone was screaming, "Rigged" like they are now lol.
I am right with you "6 long years" is laughable compared to other teams. I as well am a Caps fan and glad we got the cup in '18 rather than them congrats to vegas on the cup.
@@greenus1737 I'm sure that was sarcasm
The model to winning is have your goalie injured to bring in your 5th string goaltender and slash players hands off and have a guy suddenly score key goals after the first round and have the best regular season team choke to team you stomp in the finals and have lucky bounces all the time and have multiple hot dogs in the back cause the guy ain't playing to keep your strentgh up. That's the model!
Bob went from allowing 1-2 goals per game to 5-9 lol there was no chance
The Bruins are actually fortunate they lost to the Panthers in the 1st round by not delaying the inevitable, as they would also have been smoked by this Vegas team if they had gotten to the Finals. Boston had scorers and talent, but not enough grit. A great regular season team but these days you have to be geared for the playoffs. Lacking enough grit and tenacity caused them to lose to the Blues in their last Finals appearance. Bruce Cassidy and his team showed that the best revenge is winning, while others whine.
Very well said!! I was initially disappointed in my team (Winnipeg Jets) & rightfully so... but knowing now that they lost (so swiftly in the 1st round) to the Stanley Cup champions I'll gladly admit; there's no shame in that. Great breakdown
As a Knights fan, I'm sorry that your team might go through a rebuild. One of the best fanbases in hockey and you guys deserve more. I hope it all works out for you guys
@rainman88 thanks I appreciate it. It's been a rough couple of years but I'm optimistic about a rebuild anyways. Alot of new young talent on that Moose squad just waiting to metaphorically take the reigns! Congrats to Vegas bro
@@jizzaymz I appreciate it. It's honestly better to be terrible for a few years than be middle of the pack. I hope you guys get the next McDavid or Crosby and dominate, unless it's against the knights of course
I feel very bad as a Canucks fan, Vegas only been here for 5.5 years while we have been here for almost 55 years.
I think Cassidy making sure each forward line had a good duo was a great strategy. Eichel/ Marchy, Stone/ Stephenson and Karlsson/ Smith gives three lines of legit skill coming at you. Allows the third player on those lines to really excel. It showed against a team like Edmonton, who couldn't compete without McDavid and Draisaitl on the ice. Obviously not easy to get so many good players, but it eased the burden on top stars and depth players alike
As lifelong Las Vegan, I thought getting a pro team was the pinnacle. But winning the cup and being there to see it live was one of the coolest moments of my life.
I been a Vegas fan since their first season and i am so proud of them. Florida would of been nice to win but Vegas was the better team this year. Way to go Vegas and Florida, come back and do it again and win next time!
As a Panthers fan, this really hurt. Vegas was simply better, and we just were not playing up to it. Hopefully next season we can capitalize on what cost us the cup, and bring it home year.
Ggs Vegas, we’ll see you next season.
D depth.
Sports betting phenomenon has a lot to do with so many angry "fans" losing money and then insisting things are rigged
Mark Stone another great Canadian player who got it done. 🤗😎
Vegas definitely deserves respect
This is a complete team from top to bottom. No true superstars perhaps, but so much quality and a winners’ mentality.
Florida was given way more help than the Knights in the playoffs. They just didn’t retaliate and let the dirty Panthers dig their own grave. Though as you rightly say, Vegas were much the best throughout the playoffs. Florida dud beat three of the top 5 teams, but Edmonton and Dallas were legitimate Cup contenders too.
Congrats, Golden Knights.
I come from Binghamton, NY (where coincidentally Stone started his pro career). I've seen minor league hockey for nearly 20 years and seen a lot of these guys begin their careers.
The bottom line is this: Florida got cocky and let their frustrations out. Vegas got into their psyche with skill and patience. That will DOOM a team. I've seen it so many times in the minors and that's what it looked like for Florida. They looked like a frustrated AHL team. The Panthers have themselves to blame and Vegas was poised and ready. The better team won. And I'm super proud to see Stone and the Knights lift that trophy. ❤️
Wow! Thank you for the information about our beloved Captain Mark Stone! I retired from Lourdes Hospital and moved here three years ago from Binghamton. My son has always been into hockey, but me not so much until this Season started. I am absolutely hooked and love our VGK! Well deserved win of Lord Stanley
Wooooo!!!!! What a great way to wrap the season boys!!!!!!
Congratulations VGK, feels great to see our boys finally accomplish Lord Stanley!
Can't wait for the parade on the strip!!!!!! 💛🖤💛🖤
They’re not your boys. None of them grew up in Vegas and would move the second they get a better contract. You have nothing to do with the athletic achievements of other people.
@@cmike5572 Hater!!!! Our boys won the cup. We are Vegas Strong.
Loser.
The teamwork was BEAUTIFUL and they were just soooo kick ass and so much better than every other team. They deserved it INCREDIBLY, no competition!❤
Bergeron called it from the start. He said and Quote. "If Vegas hires Cassidy they're going to win the cup." Thanks for the Congrats
I live in downtown Vegas… I thought for sure the town would burn down after clinching…. And it was my birthday too boot.. not one gunshot, not one car over turned… so far.. GOOD JOB VEGAS!!! Congrats Knights!!!
I'm stoked that Vegas won and I'm not even a Vegas fan. just hate the state of Florida and enjoy seeing new teams win
Oilers fan here but also love the Knights. They deserve the cup. Hill and Marchessault killed us. 😢
We need playoff goal-tending to be competitive next year.
@@MattAlbie agree 100%. Holland's biggest failure is Campbell's contract. What a terrible signing! He didn't have to do it, just soooo stupid!
@@freedom1028 Fingers crossed that Campbell turns into a beast next season. It could happen look at Bob's little run in these playoffs.
@@MattAlbie it would be great but I don't see it happen. Watching him move around the net I don't see a hint of the athleticism required to be a great goalie. He simply doesn't have the talent! That's why I can't believe Holland made such a huge commitment to him?????? Maybe I'm wrong but time will tell. Cheers 👍 Also Bob let in 9 goals in game 5 and got pulled multiple times. Not really that great!
Jack Eichle wonna cup before McDavid 😂
and way before matthews
Well, it is a team sport and it is different than a Michael Jordan led squad. You can have the best defensive end and qb and still miss the playoffs. Edmonton proves you need more than the best hockey player in the world. Leon's a beast too, but it's not enough. Having a couple of chirpers on the bench doesn't help you score. Nurse and Kane need better discipline. Excellent players that are focused on the wrong things.
Eichel clearly stepped up his game in the playoffs, he was the dominant no. 1 center Vegas was needing no offense meant to any of the team's other very fine centers, McDavid in my opinion is overhyped, Edmonton has failed to build a complete team around him
As a Jets fan, it’s bitter sweet to see vegas take it. They took our series 4-1, but the golden knights have like 4 or 5 manitobans on that team.
Are you serious? 6 years, Panthers been waiting 30 years to win a Stanley Cup
Not sure which "NHL Fans" you hang out with, but if there're "not ready" to hear that a clearly better team won instead of absolutely insane conspiracies, I don't think they'll EVER be lol.
Makes me think of people from the Tor bubble who think that they have a team good enough to win the cup each year. Complete madness. ;
people are forgetting that Vegas have always been contenders, always been strong and always sold to improve. Florida only started to become a team to watch 2 years ago, last year they added Tkachuk and although that may have been the “missing piece ” to a lot of people, it didnt turn out that way. He showed his lack of control and experience post season and after that you were left with that “team to watch ” again Vegas who have consistently been dominant. Its babyish to not acknowledge Vegas' result, if it were any other team, you would. The problem is that a lot of people didnt like Vegas coming in and drafting well, didnt like Vegas having a team of “not so great” players who then did better than their team. Then people didnt like Vegas getting to the final year 1 for the same reason. Caps beat them and everyone said “ahhh, FU Vegas” because it was great having Ovi lift the cup, and the Caps are “more deserving” because theyve failed to lift it for longer. But then Vegas made the play offs every year since. Until they didnt, then it was “wahhh, FU Vegas” again. Now they win everything with 6 of the original “nothing”players, ONE superstar, a Vet defenceman and a 4th round pick keeper trade from ARI and people are still bum hurt about it. They're worse than your team, but theyve done better, shouldn't matter if theyve only been here a second.
It's been great to see some of the growth of the nhl/hockey related YT channels, always something fun.
I think Aiden Hill deserved the Conn Smythe nod. This guy was SJ’s 3rd, played a total of around 50 games since 2020 between NHL and AHL, gets the call, and stood on his head almost every game against the best the NHL had this year.
would be cool to hear a breakdown of vegas' defensive positioning/ attack.. they have a super unique style of play which really shut down the panthers
Yes, and tremendous production from all four lines.
Awesome commentary, thank you for being honest and fair. Go Knights Go🎉
As a Bruins fan, super pumped for Cassidy to get that cup. A lot can be said about his departure - our team needed to grow a pair to deal with him but 2019 hurt our players really badly so I get it. Monty just didn't have the playoff experience and screwed us HARD. Vegas' roster is more experienced and could deal with the intense culture Butch creates and they were rewarded. Happy for them. Hate Florida with a passion - always have. That franchise needs to move - 2nd to last above Arizona in franchise value; terrible fans and embarrassing to the league.
I do take issue with the playoff salary cap rules across the board. Bettman needs to be fired. Too many teams take advantage of it and ultimately those teams tend to win. Need to level the playing field.
I just moved to Vegas in Jan. Didn’t miss a game since the all star break. Great team!
Can people just be happy for the winners… every year after the finals the fans of different teams are fighting in the comment section of every corner of the internet.
As habs fan and a hockey lover… both team during the series played with everything they had and left it all on the ice.
The players were scoring like crazy and they were stepping up their game.
that was beautiful.
💕
Can't discount the human emotion called jealousy.
*cries in 1967*
That intro my guy 😂
It was sarcasm
Vegas is the only reason I'm paying attention to hockey. I'm born and raised in Louisiana. We don't do hockey down here. When vegas got a team 6 years ago and I saw them make it to the finals, I decided I'd root for them. I didn't watch any game that year and haven't watched any until this year during the playoffs. For some reason I watched the end of the college championship game and thought it was exciting. So when the NHL playoffs started and I saw vegas was in it, I decided to watch. I even watched other teams play. Hockey is way more exciting than I thought it would be. I'm glad vegas won and now I'm a fan for life. They dominated the whole playoffs and especially the finals. If they won in 7 games and most were close with a ton of bad calls, then maybe I'd listen to people crying, but when they dominate 3 of 5 games and the only game they lose was by allowing a tying goal with a little over 1 minute left and then lose in overtime, yeah I don't want to hear it. Florida had no chance. It should have been a sweep. Congrats vegas. You deserve it.
Gold standard for building a Stanley Cup team.... step 1 sell your team and relocate it. step 2 pay the NHL and create a new team in your city. step 3 "win" the stanley cup.
Vegas was hated before any of those things you mentioned though. But because people are embarrassed to admit that they didn't like Vegas from the start, they move the goal posts and say "well we hate them because of salary cap stuff and because of the gold helmets." Yes, you loved Vegas up until that point. I absolutely believe you.
I remember seeing a lot of support for them in year 1 when they started doing really well unexpectedly, because it was cool to see the underdog do well.
Evidently that got old for people real fast when they started routinely outperforming every existing team, then add in the flashiness, gold helmets, trading fleury without telling him etc and it's just icing on the cake for people to solidify why they hate the team that is just better than theirs
They also hate us because this team got a lot of people such as myself into the actual sport of hockey here in Vegas. The goal post like you said keeps moving. But we knew what we had was special since day 1 here in Vegas. Let them hate, I honestly welcome it.
I liked Vegas the first year; I know they got the most beneficial expansion roster selection in the history of the sport but I liked the idea of an expansion team doing so well their first season. I started to get annoyed with Vegas because of the Vegas fans acting like they were a original 6 team or something; like hockey had been in vegas for 50 years and they paid their dues. That got annoying. When they pulled the crap they did with Fleury, trading him to Chicago without telling him, I thought was a garbage move by the management.
But what finally did it for me was when they got that 5 minute major in the conference finals against the sharks. When the GM sent an official letter to the NHL bitching like a little girl about that and the vegas fans acted like they were robbed. I decided then it was a crap organization and a crap hockey town. So fuck them. The NHL caters to the money towns. It is the reason why Chicago got the number 1 draft pick with Bedard (if you think that was chance I got a bridge to sell you), I am Hawks fan but even I can see that. Vegas gets an edge from the league because of money. More money to be made in Vegas on hockey then west of fort lauderdale.
@@patrickthomas2119Lol bro
@@patrickthomas2119 I mean, its not like hockey was never in Vegas before hand. We had the Thunder and the Wranglers. Both of those teams were doing well until their venues tripled the cost for the team to use them.
I had a good laugh when I realized that Martinez, Quick, and Kessel all won a third cup lol
Did Kessel even get any ice time in this series?
Lol
@@kaypie3112 No, he was a healthy scratch through the playoffs. But he was a daily fixture during the regular season.
I was at the tail gate party and man what an epic experience. Their fans are quite knowledgeable about the game. As a Flyers fan I could only wish we could build a cup contender but Danny Briere gives me hope! Keep up the great work! My favourite part of the playoffs was when the Leaf fans were yelling: “ WE WANT FLORIDA! “ Even the Vegas fans were yelling it at the tailgate last night !
Good job with the videos bro I appreciate your full details and explanation on plays and players good shit bro 👍🏾
It was emotional ride for VGK team got a jobs done and most importantly this team did deserve to win the cup