GDT: WDF Game 1: Vegas Golden Knights @ Colorado Avalanche | 5:00PM PT | NBC, CBC, SN, TVAS

[Vegas07]

We had one of our players injured. And Graves was laughing about it later. Of course we’re going to be pissed off.

 

[Puckstop40]

This is what he does. Zero other reason for him to be on an NHL roster.

He has no business being in the NHL. Our fan base likes him because he checks players we didn’t like such as Kane and Wilson. He does stuff off the ice but other than that he is f***ing useless and a piece of shit on the ice. The Knights decided to goon it up and go after Graves instead of trying to get back in the game. This was a disgraceful performance start to finish. I want this to be a hard fought series and close, not the crap being displayed right now.

 

[Boris Zubov]

If Fleury played and lost this game, would Lehner have started game 2? At least with this result you know you won’t see Lehner again as long as Fleury is healthy.

I think either goalie is the least of this teams' problem.

 

[CupInSIX]

We had one of our players injured. And Graves was laughing about it later. Of course we’re going to be pissed off.

Nah we love headshots. Hopefully Kadri can get his suspension reduced. He'd be throwing cheapshots all game.

 

[The Duck Knight]

Oh whadya know Graves has made a miraculous recovery from his near death experience.

 

[CupInSIX]

What good does running up the score do in a 6-1 game? Make it 20-1 for all I care at this point.

 

[hangman005]

Only took them 8 minutes.

 

[The Duck Knight]

What good does running up the score do in a 6-1 game? Make it 20-1 for all I care at this point.

Yeah someone should tell these imbeciles on NBC it's not aggregate scoring. I want the Avs to run up the score and embarrass the Knights further. More motivation to come back with a better effort next game.

 

[CupInSIX]

Oh whadya know Graves has made a miraculous recovery from his near death experience.

Next the blind will see and the lame will walk!

(speaking of lame) Avs finally scored on their 9m pp. Baby steps.

 

[Vegas07]

What good does running up the score do in a 6-1 game? Make it 20-1 for all I care at this point.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. It’s not like you can take some of those goals and bring them over to the next game.

 

[CupInSIX]

WE WANT 8!

 

[hangman005]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. It’s not like you can take some of those goals and bring them over to the next game.

I mean I guess that's a positive, 1 goal in a 9 minute PP

 

[IceNeophyte]

I'm satisfied with the team's response to Graves.

If Avs fans think Lehner is what they are gonna see going forward, they are in for a surprise.

 

[Vegas07]

The Avs started this when Graves put a dirty hit on one of our players and people are acting like their players are all innocent victims.

 

[LieutenantDangle]

Good game guys

 

[CupInSIX]

Good game guys

Here's to a hard fought, clean series.

 

[Pirate Deadpool]

I doubt it can get any worse for game 2. I was reading a lot of previews of the series and the writers seemed to have thought the same thing that DeBoer must have been thinking that Fleury is more aggressive and the Avs are great at cross ice passing that Fleury is weak against (see Stanley Cup finals vs Caps) so Lehner might be a better matchup vs the Avs. So now that is out of the window we have to hope Fleury can keep us in the game and hope we play better or else we'll suffer the same fate as the Blues. I think most of the frustration comes from knowing that the Avs super first line and Makar are the prioties to limit what they do and we didn't do anything against them.

 

[CupInSIX]

They'll be more prepared when they get their 2 day rest, right? At least that's what Canucks fans said last year.

 

[azvgk]

Graves had it coming. Be happy Reaves is dumb enough to not do that to a good player.[/QUOT

This one's on the refs. They should of given Graves 5 minutes, when they didn't VGK had to take things into their own hands. Don't like to see it, but refs can't lose control of the game.

 

[azvgk]

Avs exposed problems that were covered up by a diet of inferior teams. Our passing is piss poor, and the power play is awful. We miss the net constantly and get caught in our zone for extended periods to often. W have plenty of speed and size, we did not use the former at all tonight. We're always overpassing looking for the pretty play, if you're going to do that, passes need to be quick and crisp, just like the Avs did tonight.

 

[mundyc3]

Well I am not watching a game in my spa again. That was a swing and a miss.

 

[Pia8988]

I doubt it can get any worse for game 2. I was reading a lot of previews of the series and the writers seemed to have thought the same thing that DeBoer must have been thinking that Fleury is more aggressive and the Avs are great at cross ice passing that Fleury is weak against (see Stanley Cup finals vs Caps) so Lehner might be a better matchup vs the Avs. So now that is out of the window we have to hope Fleury can keep us in the game and hope we play better or else we'll suffer the same fate as the Blues. I think most of the frustration comes from knowing that the Avs super first line and Makar are the prioties to limit what they do and we didn't do anything against them.

Problem being Lehner is also very bad at that. MAF at least has the athleticism to recover. Lehner's case just means a wide open net.

 

[CupInSIX]

Problem being Lehner is also very bad at that. MAF at least has the athleticism to recover. Lehner's case just means a wide open net.

I can only guess he thought Lehner had returned to form in practice.

Whatever it is, he needs to spend all offseason getting back to basics. Not losing his net constantly would be a good start.

 

[Vegan Knight]

I'm satisfied with the team's response to Graves.

If Avs fans think Lehner is what they are gonna see going forward, they are in for a surprise.

Yeah, it wasn't the rest of the team. They are going to see those same skaters, albeit briefly as they skate by them and shell our goal with this level of performance.

 

[willy702]

The Avs started this when Graves put a dirty hit on one of our players and people are acting like their players are all innocent victims.

This is the second round of the playoffs and players on one line feel the only reason they are on the ice is to go injure other players.

If this is really what the team and the fans are thinking this series is close to over.