It's only embarrassing to the whiny, "woe is me," fans like yourself. The rules were setup and voted on by all parties involved in the process and Vegas followed them. Your anger should be directed to the idiot GM's who panicked and made dumb trades or didn't protect certain players that McPhee took advantage of. Vegas having a good/competitive team proves that the ignorant fans (possibly yourself) were wrong in thinking that the league should contract teams because of the talent level. There is plenty of talent to go around, you just need a GM that is capable of drafting/trading/picking the right players to build a contender...a GM the Isles do not have.