GDT: Around the League 2020-21 v15
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McDrai
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Man, would it ever be nice to be in Vegas taking in a live hockey game at the moment.
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I went to the first Knights/Oilers game in Vegas and man was it an atmosphere.
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I can only imagine how awesome that was! Going to Vegas for a hockey game is definitely on my bucket list
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It also helped that the rink was about 1/3 Oilers fans and we won.
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It also helped that the rink was about 1/3 Oilers fans and we won.
Those Oilers fans sure are everywhere
Must be a lot of snowbirds down in Nevada as well.
KeithIsActuallyBad
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It was about a 4 hour drive from California so I suspect some came from there as well.Those Oilers fans sure are everywhere
Must be a lot of snowbirds down in Nevada as well.
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I was in Vegas during stanley cup finals when they made it for other reasons than hockey, but it was pretty electric around town.
There are exceptions. But Vancouver murdered like 10 goaltenders before trading for an established veteran all-star in Luongo and Calgary hasn't been able to settle their starter since Kipper retired.
Most goaltenders who play well hit a wall and have short careers in Canada. Even Price had fans turn on him in favor of Jaroslav Halak at one point. It's just hard to be mentally consistent in the fishbowl IMO & much harder to shrug off a period of struggle without the entire city harranging you over it.
Cheering for the Wild just so I don't have to watch Reaves try and play hockey.
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You’d be hard pressed to find a team that hasn’t murdered a goalie in the last 15 years.
Yeah but I can name like 4 Canadian teams who have murdered like 5 each.
Philly is like this, too. Goaltending is so much more mental than the rest of the game and it takes a special personality to navigate the fishbowl IMO.
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Canada doesn't own a monopoly on fishbowls but I think it's probably much easier to be the starting goaltender of the Minnesota Wild than it is the Edmonton Oilers.
For one thing, if Cam Talbot had a bad game today - he would not be on the front page of the newspaper.
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Talbot was the best goalie we had here since Roli. The first shot stuff happens, A bit too much of a big deal was made about it. All goalies have off years. But you run with the ones that are good, like Talbot, and keep them.
years later we're still litting in a lot of first shots. has as much to do with how our club starts games slow.
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Not going to lie, when I first heard of hockey coming to Vegas I thought it wouldn't work out and there would be barely any support for the Golden Knights. Pretty neat to see how that city has embraced the game of hockey (I guess having a dominant hockey team also helps)
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I don’t think it’s as much the fishbowl as it is the mental side in-game.
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I suspect it would be completely different if the team sucked. Everybody loves a winner.
I mean this was their first pro sport wasn't it? I think they would of latched on no matter what.
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