GDT: 2022-23 NHL Playoffs

[PlushMinus]

Quick being the first goalie to raise the Cup despite not playing in the playoffs and only being on the team for a hot second is a weird one.

It was the ex-Kings contingent tho. McNabb to Martinez to Quick.

And he's not even eligible to have his name on this Cup, unless the Knights org agree to put him there. I think they get a few extra names they can add?

 

[Calicaps]

A team winning Game 5 in Vegas to win the Cup… where have I seen that before??

first time was better

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Yay this season is officially over, time to get on with business.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Meh. At least it wasn’t someone from the Metro not named Washington.

Also Not Toronto.
Also Not Boston
Also Not Tampa

I can live with it.

 

[WanderingCapsFan]

Meh. At least it wasn’t someone from the Metro not named Washington.

Also Not Toronto.
Also Not Boston
Also Not Tampa

I can live with it.

Barely....

first time was better

Understatement of the year.

 

[um]

And he's not even eligible to have his name on this Cup, unless the Knights org agree to put him there. I think they get a few extra names they can add?

He dressed for every game in the finals, no?

 

[PlushMinus]

He dressed for every game in the finals, no?

Oh well if he was the backup in the finals then he'll get his name on the Cup and his 3rd ring.

A single appearance in a Cup final game qualifies. Seems kind of undeserved in his case but them's the rules!

 

[SherVaughn30]

He's built the core of two different cup winners, got to give him some sort of credit.

I don't have to!

 

[kicksavedave]

I'm just glad that those long suffering Vegas fans can finally celebrate a Cup. They've been waiting forever it seems.

/S

 

[Drakon]

I don't have to!

You do unless you want to look like a chump.

 

[Calicaps]

You do unless you want to look like a chump.

he built them both from a position of total luck. lucked into Ovie after a pretty disastrous early tenure. and built Vegas up from the ground with a hugely favorable expansion draft.

 

[BiPolar Caps]

Wow! Never thought there would be a team that could compete with the Penguins as the most despised team in the NHL for me, but now I've been corrected.

 

[Marshall]

I'm just glad all the "on-ice action" and "actual playing of the game" is done so we can go back to prospects, proposals, and other non-sense.

 

[StrikingDistance]

You do unless you want to look like a chump.

I guess we forget he didn't address our shitty defense for years when Ovi was here. #1stlineschultz

 

[kicksavedave]

he built them both from a position of total luck. lucked into Ovie after a pretty disastrous early tenure. and built Vegas up from the ground with a hugely favorable expansion draft.

Sure, Ovie was a lucky/obvious pick, but he also made a solid handful of other picks that directly lead to the Cup. Backie, Kuzy, Holtby, Wilson, Carlson, even Beagle, Burky and Stephenson all contributed highly and none of them were obvious/lucky picks, they were very good draft picks/adds at their respective slots.

I have no problem giving GMGM his props for what he left us with, and GMBM for what he did to tinker/augment it into a magical Cup.

As for Vegas, they are dead to me so while I give Georgie his props, I do consider that entire roster 100% luck

 

[Drakon]

I guess we forget he didn't address our shitty defense for years when Ovi was here. #1stlineschultz

I remember him trying to a number of times. He was honestly a bit ahead of his time with the mobile PMD thing, but clearly saw the direction the game was going. I'm not giving him a pass for the level of pro scouting though, some of the acquisitions weren't good, even within the scheme of what he was trying to do.

 

[Kalopsia]

I guess we forget he didn't address our shitty defense for years when Ovi was here. #1stlineschultz

Also the parade of wingers and washed up centers he kept shoving into the 2C slot. It still feels crazy to me they won the President's Trophy in 2010 with 34 year old Brendan Morrison centering their second line.

 

[HeyMattyB]

Also the parade of wingers and washed up centers he kept shoving into the 2C slot.

Show some goddamned respect for Eric Belanger! That man bled for this team. A lot.

 

[kicksavedave]

Show some goddamned respect for Eric Belanger! That man bled for this team. A lot.

He left a lot of chicklets on the ice.

 

[usiel]

I'm just glad all the "on-ice action" and "actual playing of the game" is done so we can go back to prospects, proposals, and other non-sense.

Don't forgot those that propose to always trade the 1st round pick for something something that never happens.

 

[um]

Also the parade of wingers and washed up centers he kept shoving into the 2C slot. It still feels crazy to me they won the President's Trophy in 2010 with 34 year old Brendan Morrison centering their second line.

How much Center did Laich play in 2010? Feels like he got a lot of time.

 

[HTFN]

How much Center did Laich play in 2010? Feels like he got a lot of time.

6.4 on the Tomas Fleischmann scale

 

[Brian23]

How much Center did Laich play in 2010? Feels like he got a lot of time.

Probably a lot. He was the 2nd highest center and fourth highest forward for average ice time. Still awful so the complaint stands.

I feel like such an outcast when those times are brought up, Laich was Brouwer before Brouwer too me. Couldn't stand him, felt he was such an over-rated player.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

I guess we forget he didn't address our shitty defense for years when Ovi was here. #1stlineschultz

I guess we forget he didn't address our shitty defense for years when Ovi was here. #1stlineschultz

Remember when we could have had Pronger during a crucial run and we passed, however with Vegas system had no problems get Pietrangelo.

 

[um]

Probably a lot. He was the 2nd highest center and fourth highest forward for average ice time. Still awful so the complaint stands.

I feel like such an outcast when those times are brought up, Laich was Brouwer before Brouwer too me. Couldn't stand him, felt he was such an over-rated player.

I’m surprised to read that. I loved me some Laich.

I think of Brouwer as a dude who ran around making useless hits, but Laich was an all around workhouse who could play anywhere in the lineup. He was a less skilled Oshie

Remember when we could have had Pronger during a crucial run and we passed, however with Vegas system had no problems get Pietrangelo.

Pronger and Chara a few years earlier. GMGM wasted the peak of the GOAT goal scorer.