Stanley Cup Final - Golden Knights (P1) vs Capitals (M1)

[tripin_billie]

Originally Posted by Stanley

Weekend coming up but they dont play until MOnday???

What a dumb league

It's Memorial Day, so a holiday, not really a big deal that it is a Monday and not a Sunday.

[GirlySports]

Is it crazy for me to think that the Caps can't win this series with speed?

A superstar team with by far the best player in the series against an expansion team and it's the superstar team that has to trap and slow it down to a boring grind? That's insane isn't it?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by PugnaciousIntern

Gotta think that they would be ready by Sunday evening for a game

Monday is a US holiday so there's some merit to having the game on Monday.

[fundmark19]

Memorial day is one of the biggest weekends in Vegas so it makes sense to wait until Monday evening to avoid complete madness on the strip as lots of people will have started to go home already.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Is it crazy for me to think that the Caps can't win this series with speed?

A superstar team with by far the best player in the series against an expansion team and it's the superstar team that has to trap and slow it down to a boring grind? That's insane isn't it?

Its insane but that's what is going to happen I think.

Maybe a little run and gun but if the caps get the lead it will be full on trap mode. They are extremely good at shutting teams down that way.

[djsFlames]

Two likeable teams, seems like this is never the case.

I love the story of Vegas but anyone who has followed the league for a decade or more knows how much Ovi has had his title coming, if not for the penguins standing in the way for so long.

Vegas has done a fine job in taking out the stupid kings, stinking sharks and overrated jets. Now I'm satisfied.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

...Vegas has done a fine job in taking out the stupid kings, stinking sharks and overrated jets. Now I'm satisfied.

I cannot echo this strongly enough. Good job, Vegas. Especially for vanquishing the obnoxious Winnipeg Jets.

I love the story of Vegas but anyone who has followed the league for a decade or more knows how much Ovi has had his title coming, if not for the penguins standing in the way for so long.

The plight of the Capitals reminds me quite a lot of those great Flames teams of the eighties—consistently among the best in the NHL, but always unable to get over the hump and beat the stupid Oilers and their generational talent in the playoffs. Gretzky and his cadre of bad hair and nauseatingly entitled teammates undoubtedly stood in the way of a couple more Stanley Cups in Calgary.

Washington has my love for this.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Its insane but that's what is going to happen I think. Maybe a little run and gun but if the caps get the lead it will be full on trap mode. They are extremely good at shutting teams down that way.

Yep. The Lightning - arguably the best offensive team in the NHL - didn't have a shot for the first 11 minutes of the third period of game 7. That's absurd.

[Spinach]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

They are fun to watch and play as a team. They're well coached.

Just about every playoff team, and a number of non-playoff teams, are "well-coached."

That doesn't mean Gallant hasn't done a fine job: the results speak for themselves. And they do play an exciting style that is partly due to Gallant. He deserves the Jack Adams. But calling a Cup finalist "well-coached" isn't very meaningful.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Pink has a concert there on Saturday. I am far from an expert on setting up sound/concert stages, but I am guessing Friday and Sunday would be out for setup and take down.

No, that would be crazy if you needed three days free for one event. Concerts just require the day they are playing, especially with a lot of major American arenas seeing 90% of the days in a year used for events.

Hell, some even switch between basketball and hockey in the same day.

The first suggestion in this thread is likely the correct one - They're trying to avoid NBA game nights, along with no Saturday due to Pink.

[Tsawwassen]

Mike Tirico will be the host for game 1 on NBC and some other games in the series.

[Mr.Coffee]

The big break between games isn’t the end of the world but I don’t like it for a couple reasons:

A) part of the reason the Cup is the hardest trophy to win is the playoff grind. 4 7 game series and playing every other day. With this break the Knights will have rested for quite awhile which takes away a bit of the mystique around the tenacity required to win the Cup.

B) many including myself complain that the season is too long in the first place. This playoffs could have ended earlier by a few days. Dragging hockey into June has always seemed a bit ridiculous. I think it’d be better to open training camps earlier in September and start the season mid September and end the season at the end of May rather than into 1st/2nd week June.

Again, neither point above is the end of the world.

[CroFlames]

Do we know who's calling the series on Snet?

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

The big break between games isn’t the end of the world but I don’t like it for a couple reasons:

A) part of the reason the Cup is the hardest trophy to win is the playoff grind. 4 7 game series and playing every other day. With this break the Knights will have rested for quite awhile which takes away a bit of the mystique around the tenacity required to win the Cup.

Even with the layoff and the break between games the Stanley Cup is still easily the hardest trophy to win.

B) many including myself complain that the season is too long in the first place. This playoffs could have ended earlier by a few days. Dragging hockey into June has always seemed a bit ridiculous. I think it’d be better to open training camps earlier in September and start the season mid September and end the season at the end of May rather than into 1st/2nd week June...

How do you figure that the playoffs could have ended earlier? I think the only way to do so would have been for the NHL to schedule as if with impunity, and to ignore the NBA Finals. I suppose this was technically possible, but how pragmatic or wise would it be to compete directly with the NBA?

[Toonage]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Do we know who's calling the series on Snet?

Hughson & Simpson for CBC/SN

[GioforPM]

I'm in Vegas right now. The City sure has embraced the team. Lots of VGK gear. A popular t shirt is "Golden Misfits". Also lots of people sad that they didn't plunk down a hundred bucks at the beginning of the season.

[Badgers Nose]

Two sympathetic teams. Will be a fun series. Envious of those fans, I hope they make the most of the celebration.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

The big break between games isn’t the end of the world but I don’t like it for a couple reasons:

A) part of the reason the Cup is the hardest trophy to win is the playoff grind. 4 7 game series and playing every other day. With this break the Knights will have rested for quite awhile which takes away a bit of the mystique around the tenacity required to win the Cup.

B) many including myself complain that the season is too long in the first place. This playoffs could have ended earlier by a few days. Dragging hockey into June has always seemed a bit ridiculous. I think it’d be better to open training camps earlier in September and start the season mid September and end the season at the end of May rather than into 1st/2nd week June.

Again, neither point above is the end of the world.

NHL post season in June isn’t much stranger than playing hockey in the desert really it’s probably only strange to we northerners.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by gvitaly

Vegas brothel has a special offer for Golden Knights


I guess that's one way to motivate the players Now which one of you said that Vegas have been busting [their] butts all year?

I'm sure all of their wives are pleased with this prospect...

[Zoller]

I wonder how much Fleury's left leg injury will play into this series.

If it's a hamstring that's pretty bad for a goalie. Glute muscle strain wouldn't be so bad.