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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Okay fair enough. Explain to me why Vegas is so effective. Do you anticipate them to be contending moving forward or is this year a one off?
I absolutely believe the Vegas Flu is a thing. You can leave your hotel room to grab something from the lobby and next thing you know 4 hours have passed. Vegas is an amazing time with so many things to distract people.
They have multiple players having career seasons. That is not an outlier?
Teams absolutely took them lightly like they did the Oiler last year. Vegas gets on a run and builds confidence and they are not slowing down.
So in conclusion Kulak could easily be a top 4 D because Vegas reasons.
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Vegas is good because they're fast, well-coached, have good D and good goaltending. The only thing they truly lack is elite talent.
Multiple players having career seasons is to be expected from a team with no first-line players - logically, they'd be playing guys more than they're used to in situations they don't usually get to play in. Some of the players they picked are also actually quite good. Not franchise players by any stretch, but certainly productive, valuable NHL bodies.
As for the Vegas hangover, I don't really buy into it. Is Vegas that much more distracting than Manhattan or Los Angeles?