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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
I don't recall a lot of people thinking Vegas were going to be a good team before their first season started. Most thought they would suck. Even two months in I think a lot of people were still expecting them to drop off. Nobody predicted cup finalists.
Looking back now to blame the league for what seemed like a fair process at the time just comes across as being salty.
Do people expect the Kraken to immediately come out as a cup contender?
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yea this bugs me too, that expansion draft isn't even that long ago so I clearly still remember the general consensus was that we were looking at a lottery team with no real star power. some even suggested they had assembled a less than optimal squad to enter the Fallin' for Dahlin sweepstakes.
what they ended up doing instead is breaking the old school notion that you need to be structured as star line / secondary scoring line / energy line / facepunch line. it was a mad science experiment that ended up with amazing results, and if fans of other teams have to be mad about something, it's that their own management hasn't reacted fast enough to emulate that model.