The Flying Octopus
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Vegas has been pretty fortunate on the injuries front.
So, not having many injuries is the reason why they are #1 in the NHL?
Vegas has been pretty fortunate on the injuries front.
1. They also have an elevated PDO. Tied for 7th highest in the league.Regardless of what they tried to do (is it on record that they
tried to be bad? I think they tried to assemble the best group of players possible) I have 2 takeaways:
1) You don't need to tank to be competitive/a top team in the NHL
2) There is a lot of undervalued talent out there
I don't entirely, disagree here. I would say their goal was asset maximization rather than "finishing with xx points/standings". But building the best asset pool possible mostly involves taking the best players available (with a few exceptions) and it's not like they have shipped out a bunch of guys. As a result they are more or less playing with the best team they could acquire.
I also don't entirely disagree about them "playing above expectations" either. But I think that goes to show that the top and bottom of the NHL are closer than many would like to believe. Which (IMO) further devalues the concept of a full blown tank.
So, not having many injuries is the reason why they are #1 in the NHL?
1. They also have an elevated PDO. Tied for 7th highest in the league.
2. They're in the Pacific. Doesn't that mean they play the bad teams like Arizona, Edmonton, Vancouver a lot? Ducks were hot garbage for a while too with so many of their key players down.
They're definitely playing well but I think they're overperforming slightly. I definitely don't think they're #1 in the league in terms of their team strength.
Vegas basically did what a lot of tanking teams would want to do anyway. They started with a clean slate. No bad contracts kneecapping their flexibility. Lots of teams, because of their cap situation or just because the expansion draft rules, had to expose good players. Fleury, Neal, Smith are some good players.
What makes you think that? You think they are peaking now? you put those players in the play offs with a even little bit of a thought they can do something and watch out. Now the wheels could fall off as well. But I don't know man something is just saying they shake a lot of teams up this year.ast thing this team needs is a coach that make them overachieve in the regular season. Vegas isn't going to do anything in the playoffs.
Yes! All you need to do is go down the expansion franchise path and be given access to talent on every other team in the league at no cost to your franchise.Only way to be successful is through top 5 of the draft.
Last thing this team needs is a coach that make them overachieve in the regular season. Vegas isn't going to do anything in the playoffs.
The data goes both ways.
Vegas, Boston, , St Louis, SJ, Dallas, Minnesota, Calgary, Nashville and Columbus are all sitting top 15 in the NHL without blowing it up. For clarity on what I mean, None of these organizations have torn their teams apart to suck on purpose.
Regardless.... call me when Vegas makes the final 4.
You know he's not answering.
C'mon. I didn't think they had any elite super stars but calling them a bunch of 3rd liners is a bit much.Vegas is bunch of 3rd liners working hard , skating fast , playing any situation . Have no idea why they need one dimensional player like Tatar . No one believe in their success, but they prove everybody wrong . Imagine if we have team full of Luke Glendening, we wouldn't be drafting at 6.
No doubt their team really held it together while they were going through their goalie merry go round.Maybe it's just my perception, and he HAS been good, but it really bothers me how much people are putting their success on Marc-Andre Fleury
They had a combined 38 games played by:
Malcolm Subban
Maxime Legace
Oscar Dansk
Dylan Ferguson
That's the type of thing that could cripple just about any team and they hardly faltered, if at all. What they have done this year is just amazing
Leicester City won the Premier League in a non-capped environment with a huge gap in talent between the haves and have-nots. What Vegas is accomplishing isn't quite as miraculous due to the salary cap and an expansion draft with favorable rules, but it's still one of those stories. Leicester City was a fluke and Vegas will probably stay one too.