SCF Game 1: Washington Capitals @ Vegas Golden Knights | 8 PM ET | CBC, SN, TVAS, NBC

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HanSolo

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Here we are, folks. The Stanley Cup Final matchup everyone expected is here. Washington vs Vegas. They made us wait. And wait. And wait. But the day is here. The puck is finally gonna drop and the juiciest storyline of a Stanley Cup Final in recent memory is set to begin.


For the Vegas fans

And for the Caps fans


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Marchessault Karlsson Smith
Tuch Haula Neal
Perron Eakin Carpenter
Nosek Bellemare Reaves


McNabb Schmidt
Theodore Engelland
Sbisa Miller


Fleury

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Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson

Vrana-Backstrom-Oshie

Burakovsky-Eller-Connolly
Stephenson-Beagle-DSP


Kempny-Carlson
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Holtby



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Free legal CBC stream for anyone in Canada (or otherwise).

 
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Kranix

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How come nobody wears the yellow Eric Weinrich visors any more?
 

Skrudland2Lomakin

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How come nobody wears the yellow Eric Weinrich visors any more?
Pretty sure they're unofficially banned. Ovechkin caught a lot of heat when he wore his mirrored visor, he never admitted it but he implied he was pressured to change it. (Guys complained it's an unfair advantage because you can't see his eyes, I'm sure the NHL didn't like it because it obscured the face of one of their biggest stars). After that he played with the "smoked" (tinted) visor but even that has gradually become less and less tinted over the years (it's hardly even noticeably now.)

Really interesting article on it from a few years ago:
Unsealed Documents Show NHL's Concern About Alex Ovechkin's Mirrored Tinted Visor

So the short answer is that the NHL hates fun.


Original:
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Former:
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Current:
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Kranix

Deranged Homer
Jun 27, 2012
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Pretty sure they're unofficially banned. Ovechkin caught a lot of heat when he wore his mirrored visor, he never admitted it but he implied he was pressured to change it. (Guys complained it's an unfair advantage because you can't see his eyes, I'm sure the NHL didn't like it because it obscured the face of one of their biggest stars). After that he played with the "smoked" (tinted) visor but even that has gradually become less and less tinted over the years (it's hardly even noticeably now.)

Really interesting article on it from a few years ago:
Unsealed Documents Show NHL's Concern About Alex Ovechkin's Mirrored Tinted Visor

So the short answer is that the NHL hates fun.


Original:
ovechkin-mirrored-visor.jpg


Former:
ovechkin.jpg

Current:
alex-ovechkin-capitals-shot.jpg
This one looks even more mirrored than the first one! But I guess it was in international play.
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CupInSIX

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Pretty sure they're unofficially banned. Ovechkin caught a lot of heat when he wore his mirrored visor, he never admitted it but he implied he was pressured to change it. (Guys complained it's an unfair advantage because you can't see his eyes, I'm sure the NHL didn't like it because it obscured the face of one of their biggest stars). After that he played with the "smoked" (tinted) visor but even that has gradually become less and less tinted over the years (it's hardly even noticeably now.)

Really interesting article on it from a few years ago:
Unsealed Documents Show NHL's Concern About Alex Ovechkin's Mirrored Tinted Visor

So the short answer is that the NHL hates fun.


Original:
ovechkin-mirrored-visor.jpg


Former:
ovechkin.jpg

Current:
alex-ovechkin-capitals-shot.jpg

The yellow visors are supposed to help players who have sensitivity to bright lights due to concussions...
 

nhlfan9191

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I really don’t see a ton in entertainment value as I feel Washington is going to try and slow down Vegas to a crawl but who knows. I expect it to be a low scoring series if the Caps are able to execute.
 

missingjibbsclub

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Caps have had a more difficult road to the final so there's no reason they can't take Vegas. If they can take down Tampa and Pittsburgh, they can sweep Vegas.
 

The Winter Soldier

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I think people are expecting VGK's bubble to burst, but seen enough of them to know they are worthy cup finalists. They are the real deal. Washington are playing as a team. More so than I have ever seen them. This is a powerful tjhing. Going to be a close series. It's truly a pick em.
 

LarKing

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I really don’t understand why a guy like Reaves is in over Tatar. Especially with Tatar looking very good in the last few games he was in.
 
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