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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Vegas has really become a bane on my hockey fandom.
Flames are supposed to be at the peak of their rebuild, all the California teams went into the tank at the same time, yet there is the ####ing goddamn Golden Knights just reaping the rewards of being a cup contender right out of the gate that just so happens to also be a "preferred destination" because of climate, location, taxes, contender, etc.
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I’m more and more realizing, and being okay with the fact that we’re just a small market team and the only chance we have at success is through building through the draft and clever trades.
Free Agents, we’ll always have to overpay (Tanev at $4.5, Markstrom at $6 vs. Vegas only having to pay $5M for Lehner) and when we do manage to get a big ticket free agent (like Markstrom) we should be pretty stoked, and if there’s any chance we can get Hall we should take it!
It honestly makes the team feel even better. These are our guys, and we’re underdogs by the very nature of our location - bring it the #%** on, Vegas.