The Finalists: 2018 Vegas Golden Knights
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
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Happy Father's Day Shannon!!
Couldn't be more proud of my hometown team. Vegas loves you Knights!
I'll never get tired of saying it, so I hope you dont get tired of reading it:
Thank you for your hard work and awesome content. Your effort is genuinely appreciated.
I do not get why ANYBODY should be upset by the VGK success. Simply accept the fact that they have done an incredible job in Vegas that has NEVER done before in NHL history.
Nobody makes the finals unless they deserve it🎤
Yeah that goalie situation was crazy.. I too thought that was it especially after subban went down. I remember after Dansk went down we were down to lagace and the 19 year old junior leaguer Ferguson
I still laugh about the Ferguson story.
I'm gonna miss this series
the writing on the board looks like the stanley cup...
SHANNON IS IN ON IT WITH BETTMAN YOUR GUYS
The reason why Vegas fans didn’t leave game 7 and watched the Caps celebrate is obvious. They wanted to see the cup handed out and just the cup presentation. Literally that’s a once in a life time thing sometimes for fans. Of course you won’t leave and no fans leave when they see the cup handed out it’s not just Vegas fans who done that. Lots of fans done that even the preds in 2017
I watched it all on tv but my husband left the room. I had not watched this before so it was interesting. I kind of followed what all they did afterwards as well. They fought for a long time to get to that point. We are just starting out story. We will be back.
It was game 5, not 7
I think the emotion and thirst in that Washington dressing room was the difference. Those Caps were like a pack of hungry wolves once they got close enough to smell victory. For OV and few guys in that room. That affects the whole team. A year ago people were talking OV trade.
Definitely. You could tell in how they dealt with the adversity they faced each round. Shamefully, I almost wrote them off when they went down 2-0 to Columbus.
M B , he's got lots of gas in the tank. He's only got one and Sid or other guys have multiples. I don't think he's done wanting to win. Ownership and management in Washington might be another question. He still could be traded before he's done, is a possibility. Not this year and they could go back to back. They are a good team.
I have watched a lot of videos on him and he seems like he will always be driven. His ego is pretty healthy. He wants to go down in history as one of the best. People like him will always push hard to do well.
CanadianWatcher 693 I agree, I think Backstrom and Oshie were fantastic on that second line as well, their 2-way play really was noticeable to me.
yeah they were a machine that was so hard to stop. Very impressive.
Curse you Washington Capitals defense. Why couldn't they do this last year or the year before that LOL! But still congratulations Cap fans it only took thier team 44 years what an exciting Hockey season hope next season is just as exciting.
"Great, Opinions". Fell in Love with hockey in 1992. Was 14. Had 1 of only 2 goals in the neighborhood. Could hit a can with a random rock at 2 to 300 feet.. And i LOVE your analytics brother. Used to read box scores everday to build own stat picture.. Would love to cht hckey with you bro..
On the plus side: We're all caught up.On the downside: This series won't be back until 2019. I have been really enjoying this series. Great stuff.
president trophy winners talk about that
People that are upset at Vegas should be more upset at their own teams management
What an incredible run.
Life in the 413 not that impressive if you consider the fact that if Thornton didn’t get injured then Vegas would have lost
john derosa t lmao keep telling yourself that
john derosa t Joe Thornton wouldn’t even be in the NHL if he wasn’t good at hockey
IF if if if if if if if if if if if if if. If is for losers.
john derosa t.....and if you consider the fact that if Boston didn't trade Thornton to the Sharks over a decade ago, you would have to come up with some other irrelevant excuse for Vegas owning the Sharks in the playoffs.
Hell, as long as we're talking in hypotheticals, if you consider the fact that if Bruce McNall didn't bring Wayne Gretzky to LA, there would be no Sharks, no Ducks, no Coyotes, and no VGK franchises.But Thornton WAS traded; McNall DID bring Gretz to LA; the Sharks, Ducks, Coyotes, and Golden Knights franchises DO exist; and the Knights DID have a VERY impressive, incredible run.
Now you should do this all over again but talk about the stanley cup winners
Oh Yeah Mr Krabz he did that, it’s old an older series, he just needs to update for the Caps
next series should be Conn Smythe winners
Kenny Drew good idea
Or Hart Trophy Winners
Or president trophy winners.
Hindsight being 20/20, I'm sure McPhee would have held on to Calvin Pickard.
KJ only for 2BC to come and swing for his favorite goalie
He turned out to be the backup on our Leafs Farm system with the Marlies
Dghvd hfhhb yeah but I think Toronto has great depth in the goalie position. He deserves a chance on an nhl squad
Best team in NHL history
So proud of this team and what they accomplished! It was an amazing year and I can’t wait until next season!!
Vegas was something else this year and I think people still don't realize how big of a success story this is, Iv'e been watching the wild ever since they were founded and the closest they got was a sweep in the conference finals... im a little jealous but hey McPhee put a hell of a good team together and people need to realize this is not just a one year wonder team these guys are gonna be good for a while and I wouldn't be shocked if they do win a cup in the next 5 years..
Jacob Donacik I will say this to the Wild are an awesome team to watch and play you guys put up an intense fight you make the old North Star fans proud.
Iron Lotus until we get to the playoffs 😂😂😂
Jacob Donacik Well look at the bright side the Florida Panthers haven't been doing so hot ethier young Hockey teams always struggle the most I am telling you the Hockey Gods have it out for us.
Iron Lotus them and Gary Bettman both... 😂
Jacob Donacik LOL!
since it's the offseason and this finalists series is over you should do top ten players of each decade, from like the 1950's to 2010's
Logan Kennedy good idea m8
Maybe do the biggest upset each year
FUCKIN RIGHT BOYS. WHO'S THE CHAMPS..
Winnipeg had 2 days off between the Division Final and Conference Final Washington had 6 between the Conference Final and Stanley Cup Final
Can't believe NHL officials didn't say, "get the fuck out of here" when presented with that cheesy logo and repulsive color scheme.
Vegas resident & fan here. In 2016 I was one of those naysayers that said hockey wouldn't work in Vegas, but warmed up to the idea of hockey for the 2017-18 season. I started following the Vegas team since their first preseason game where they won scoring 10 goals. I was at the first home game where I decided James Neal #18 would be my first official jersey. Fast forward to June after months of watching this team battle through competition and goaltender struggles, I watched my team go to a Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals. I stayed behind almost an hour to feel what a loss meant for my team and what a win felt like for a dedicated fan base and franchise of four decades. This truly is an incredible and beautiful sport. I'm happy this season happened and happy the Vegas Golden Knights are here to stay. GO KNIGHTS GO! We'll be back to the final soon.
Love your channel and all the wonderful content! 50k imminent!
Fleury just about carried this team to the Cup the defense completely failed in the Stanley Cup. And the offense was OK but hit the post way too much and missed way too many easy opportunities to score.
Shannon could you please do a video on predicting where UFA’s will go
Gallant player vid would be cool too. A series about coaches and "most" GMs playing careers would be super cool.
IT is a scandal.
>new expansion
>expansion rules far different from last time
>guaranteed 1 good young player / veteran from every team
>or a draft pick/player to take a certain NHL caliber player
>act surprised when this team is good
They were given a good team rather than have to build one like everyone else. I get it from a financial perspective for the NHL but as a fan its bullsh*t
"When their goaltenders weren't necessarily as good as the other team's goaltenders, they just scored more goals."
...Perfect strategy.
The Hockey Guy are you ever going to do a video on how you feel about Gary Bettman or you can make a video about the ECHL and talk about those teams and since this is about Las Vegas how about the Wranglers or could you do a video on why the NHL or why you think the NHL decided for Las Vegas to have a first professional hockey team? Sorry if I'm asking for too much I enjoy your videos.
I think ten years from now they will make a movie about this Vegas team called " Money Puck" as a sequel to Money Ball, the baseball movie with Brad Pitt.
Everyone thought Vegas would lose 4 in a row during the season. No one thought the only time it would happen would be in June. It was the most incredible run and Holtby's save changed everything. It was like being hot at a blackjack table where you double down on 11 and hit a 9 with a dealer showing a deuce and the dealer pulls out 21 with 6 cards.
New comment needed here lately. Looking forward to another focus on them after finals are over (whatever the outcome )
Most exciting hockey playoff in years. Either team could have won and I'd have been very happy. Great story all around. And Ovi gets the cup. Excellent!
Hey Shannon why do you think all these wingers Montreal gets/has can never seem to make the transition to center. Seems to me like tons of other players do that. For example Granlund, draisaitl, Stamkos, ect.
Yet they still threw a celebratory loser "event" for the club. Worse than brurning down a city.
Tuch looks like ajit pai
I love that white Vegas jersey. I have both the home and away and I can't decide which I like better!
I think Vegas makes the playoffs next year only to get to the second round
The spirit of *Manny* Legace possessed him to get those 6 W's.
Thanks for this great video. I think about that last series over and over again. We did not play the game that got us there. We needed to stay on them tight. We didn't cover Ovechkin like we should have. We just let him sit out there. We didn't cover that pass across to him. All things we normally do. I think the fact that we were there was overwhelming and made us change who we were. Their team had some really big guys but other teams had beat them, so it could be done. I think we need to get some big strong guys for next year. We also played some players that cost us. So, going forward we can add a few strong players and be back next year stronger. There was something very strange going on with Karlsson. I am not sure if he was injured or not. He kept stopping and waiting to pass it when he would normally shoot. I love this team and fully believe we will be in the running for years to come.
How do you afford so many $200/$300 jerseys?
I will add that they team was new but they players were not. The story seems to be told as if the whole team was playing it's first game. A great story but many had paid their dues to get here.
No such thing as "pay your dues" and you will win a cup. Heck...there are many teams and players that for YEARS can't even get to the playoffs. The real story of the Knights is... the players coming together to play as a TEAM
no one said that you get the cup. I only said that they had experience and years behind them. There are many stories to take from a great year.
they take a step back no doubt but they might come out of it better, you figure next years draft they got one first rounder two 2nds and three 3rds and the following year they have one first rounder and three 2nd rounders at the top end. They have either assets to move to get players or draft players to stock shelves the future is looking ok as long as management drafts ok
I think they assumed they would of had an easier time with the Caps. it felt like they thought they could lose the lead, but because they have magic they would be able to come back and it finally didn't work for them. Also, Washington knows how to hockey well over there eh?
Win in game 2 vs LA was in double OT
It's cool that the isles were 0-2 against vegas.
I guess the expansion draft has to be nerfed
What a fantastic season Vegas. I dare you to do it again or play even better 😉
Another good series idea, the MVPs look at MVP seasons, and see if that carried into the playoffs
I wonder if they would have given a game or two rest to Fleury if he would have been better in the finals.
WE"RE NOT GOING TO BE FUCKING SUCK THIS YEAR!
Been waiting for this one.
Definetly not writing them off for 2019...But ill say there out 2nd round next playoffs.
Tyler Cates Straight Champs if they sign John Tavares and trade for Eric Karlsson.
You know what I was surprised with Vegas was for an expansion team in a place where nobody should have known of Hockey I saw fans captured by any turnover in the neutral zone. They where ready to celebrate on every shot. I was very surprised.
Maybe there was a bunch of 100$bets last Summer and they where 3 wins from being lotto ticket types of bets by the cup finals. Maybe that was the case but even then that kind of excitement doesn't go away I think they might be fans for life now. Hopefully it would be fun to have a Montreal type of atmosphere in Nevada.
NiftyNiklz - I totally understand that trust me. You don't understand how great of an atmosphere it looked like from my living room. Ottawa where I have seen the majority of my games you can hear the puck drop on faceoffs. When you heckle a player you absolutely know he is hearing you like everything you are saying. It's fun when the opposing goalie let's a bad one early and you can totally see him going from a bad night to the worst night of the season in front of you.
NiftyNiklz good luck earning it again
FWIW Wal-Mart here in Ohio was selling Golden Knights gear during the playoffs
I felt so bad for Fleury that all his hard work was being destroyed at the end there. It was not fair to him for it to finish that way. He also started letting things past him that he normally would have stopped. Very strange how the whole thing played out. I think is amazing. I must say that Quick was the hardest one to deal with in my mind.
Nah he normally let stuff like that in... The first three rounds are an exception in his career, most of the time in Pittsburgh his playoffs sv% was below .900
Nell C that logic means it isn't fair for quick to be swept
giving his performance it wasn't fair. It still happened but he should be very proud of his performance.
Fair?
Fair isn't part of the package.
😊
Can you do the revisiting the 2018 Washington Stanley Cup Champions also?
Hopefully he will soon.
Vegas is missing the playoffs next year
Happy the Caps won
great vid but the caps just shut down vegas that first game was just a tire fire for both sides.
Do a series on p trophy winners or maybe the one seeds
Middle finger to this team and the nhl.
Don't cry.....you can always watch soccer
Let the haters hate
2019 prediction - Either San Jose or Boston
emisoccer • you have a point
M B or Vegas
lol, san jose over boston is actually my initial 2019 predicition
I'm not writing them off per say, but I don't see a repeat of this season for Vegas. They'll loose that chip on their shoulder they had all season becuase they'll naturally mature as a team plus Fleury can both have good and bad seasons. If Fleury has a down season (And no one can say that he doesn't bad seasons) then that'll help bring them back down to a more middle of the road team for next season. I also don't see Washington repeating, sorry my prediction is Pittsburgh wins Stanley Cup next year.
Jason Voorhees still too early to tell, but I see Winnipeg or San Jose and Tampa Bay or Columbus in the finals next year.
Tavares, Eric Karlsson, John Carlson, and so forth have a chance to make a big impact on different teams.
OEL for Matthews makes Toronto a contender.
Please don't murder me with a machete because I disagree with you. Cheers.
Oh dear, you had to go and mention Toronto.... Thems fightin words online lol
No, I don't see Toronto contending just yet. They'll get better but I see Toronto taking Washington's path to a cup, which is in the distant future (10+ yrs) because Matthews (as good as he is) isn't generational talent like Crosby. I might piss someone off by saying that but I think Toronto is over excited, like Edmonton lol McDavid is better than Matthews too but one guy doesn't make a team. I think Talbot is better than Freddie too but what do I know ?? lol We'll see. I Just don't think Pittsburgh is done yet but look at Chicago... No one thought they were done yet either.
I will hate Vegas until they get uniforms that do not make a mockery out of the NHL. I honestly
Hehehehe better luck next time golden showers
HockeyTown Luv Whatever you say Red chicken wing.
Iron Lotus 👎
HockeyTown Luv hehehehe
HockeyTown Luv *bettmans
Iron Lotus just havin fun bro I actually like Vegas
The true Stanley Cup if you can say that or the biggest series of 2018 was Caps vs the Lightning in the conference final. Still think Vegas was amazing just Washington and Tampa were the two best teams this year. If the Caps and Lightning play another set it could be either teams series. If Caps and Vegas played another you just know Caps would win it at least a 85 to 90 percent chance. I am a Caps fan though so I admit my bias. Tampa looks like it's going to be a serious threat for awhile.
Edit: Vegas was great though but kinda like how the AFC teams were great in the 90's till they got to the super bowl or the NFC teams were in the 00's. Hope Vegas don't become the Buffalo Bills of hockey.😬 Sorry Vegas fans don't kill me.
Either one of those teams would have been hell to try to beat. We thought we ran deep with players that could score but in the end it revealed some things we need to work on. We are close but I am hoping the draft will help us get stronger.
No need to worry about death as you spoke your mind and were respectful. So from this Golden Knights fan, prop, and congrats. If we had to LOOSE to a team I am glad it was the caps and ovi.