[OOT] April 11: Day 1 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs!

[browna]

Good. Let’s go Vegas.
Doughty should be sitting game 2.

[getbak]

Murray got a shutout earlier tonight so Fleury had to do the same.

[direwolf]

Man, I miss playoff hockey. That crowd was awesome.

[bubbsy]

Nice win for the knights. Only watched them a few times this year, but sucks to see that the flames would have been better off with a heart, soul and battle guy like engelland over any of their 2nd and 3rd pairing dmen......

[zamler]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Vegas putting on a clinic in how to protect a lead.

Quick is the only reason Vegas didn't put the game away. Great game, amazing crowd. Can't help but be jealous.

[Spinach]

Originally Posted by 868904

It has nothing to do with the roster, it's coaching.

The Vegas roster is an expansion team for crying out loud, they are the rejects of 30 other teams!

What makes them good is coaching.

Coaching makes a big difference, the Knights and Penguins are perfect examples of this.

If you have a good coach, you have a good team, regardless of being an expansion team or a Stanley Cuo Champion.

If you have a bad coach, it doesn't matter how good your roster is.

This is ridiculous. If the coach were the only thing that mattered, teams would just spend to the floor, ice a bunch of AHLers and try to find the "best" coach.

And the Knights got the most favourable expansion draft rules ever, which included them getting a bona fide #1 goalie.

These Knights players obviously a) have skill, and b) are coachable. You can't just throw a bunch of headcases and plugs together, hire the second coming of Scotty Bowman and expect stellar results.

[dustygoon]

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

Shocker that you'd feel that way.

What’s it like being so miserable? It’s great reading your stuff. Keep it up.

[getbak]

If that Maroon hit was worth 2 regular season games, Doughty should get at least one playoff game.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by Spinach

This is ridiculous. If the coach were the only thing that mattered, teams would just spend to the floor, ice a bunch of AHLers and try to find the "best" coach.

And the Knights got the most favourable expansion draft rules ever, which included them getting a bona fide #1 goalie.

These Knights players obviously a) have skill, and b) are coachable. You can't just throw a bunch of headcases and plugs together, hire the second coming of Scotty Bowman and expect stellar results.

Conversely you can have a solid lineup coached by a bag of dough and do a face plant.

[getbak]

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