[PGT] Down and Out in Las Vegas: Flames lose 3-2 to Golden Knights

[sa226]

I'm reserving judgment on how they matchup against the Knights until both teams seem to be ready to go.

[djsFlames]

Yup. When I see the Flames moving their feet from minute 1 not minute 50 then we'll talk about how the two teams measure up.

Darryl was going to pump Vegas' tires regardless. Very on cue response from him.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Those guys expected recovery time had them right around the start of the playoffs...if Eichel is healthy in February I highly doubt they try and keep him out for months.

This exactly.

LTIR was intended to allow teams to go out and acquire replacements for injured players. It was never intended to let them acquire players who are already injured and then hide them from the cap. The Eichel trade was a huge exercise in cap circumvention, and Flames fans are not the only ones sore about it. So far the Knights haven't done anything technically illegal, but they have not earned any kind of goodwill or leeway.

The minute Eichel is medically cleared to play, there will be pressure on Vegas to activate him, and they will have to be cap-compliant to do so. This pressure will be at least tripled if he is ready in time for the Olympics. I cannot imagine the NHL allowing him to stay on LTIR if he is able to go to Beijing.

A reckoning is coming.

[CSharp]

Vegas GK are the team to beat to get out of the Western Conference. They don't even have a full team and they looked like they dominated the Flames for the 1st 2 periods. Seems like the Flames came close but that Vegas team is big and fast! Scary if Eichel becomes ready for the playoffs. Tre's got his work cut out if he wants the Flames to contend for the Cup rather than just getting into the playoffs.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by CSharp

Vegas GK are the team to beat to get out of the Western Conference. They don't even have a full team and they looked like they dominated the Flames for the 1st 2 periods. Seems like the Flames came close but that Vegas team is big and fast! Scary if Eichel becomes ready for the playoffs. Tre's got his work cut out if he wants the Flames to contend for the Cup rather than just getting into the playoffs.

The good news is that Vegas has made their deadline acquisition and now will actually need to become sellers.

But I agree, pressure is on this GM to do something he has never done before.

[442scotty]

Game meant nothing. Darryl let them have a fun previous evening in Vegas for all the hard work they’ve been putting in. He even got the extras into the game. The games in Calgary will be a better comparison.

[FireGilbert]

Vegas getting Theodore from Anaheim in an expansion trade was bad enough without considering they also obtained the Honda Center curse.