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#5,376
#5,376
Not shocked that the great Avalanche defeated the Kings 4-1.

I didn’t see my Flames at home defeating the high scoring Panthers 5-1.
The Flames always lead, and they scored a variety of ways. The Flames offense was the onslaught offense in this game.
 
#5,380
#5,380
YankeeVol said:
The Kraken now hold 34 picks in the next three entry drafts.
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Holy cow.

I remember reading an article a few months ago in The Score about Seattle, the jist of which was "What's wrong with the Kraken?" I was like "Uh, they're an expansion team?" lol. The success Vegas has had right out of the box really skewed expectations.
 
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05_never_again said:
Holy cow.

I remember reading an article a few months ago in The Score about Seattle, the jist of which was "What's wrong with the Kraken?" I was like "Uh, they're an expansion team?" lol. The success Vegas has had right out of the box really skewed expectations.
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Vegas was given a very favorable expansion draft, and to an extent so was Seattle. The difference was that teams were more prepared this time.

I didn't expect them to replicate Vegas' success, but I thought they'd be better than they are. Especially with the goalies they got.
 
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YankeeVol said:
Vegas was given a very favorable expansion draft, and to an extent so was Seattle. The difference was that teams were more prepared this time.

I didn't expect them to replicate Vegas' success, but I thought they'd be better than they are. Especially with the goalies they got.
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Didn't Seattle get the same expansion draft setup Vegas got (except one team, Vegas, was excluded)? Even if you're able to pick a bunch of good players, it still seems exceedingly difficult to be as good as Vegas was right out of the box, or even be a playoff contender. Those players have never played together before, totally new coaching staff/front office, etc. It seems like any expansion team should be pretty bad initially, even if on paper they have good players.

I remember before Vegas's first season thinking they had a chance to make the playoffs, but if they made it I certainly didn't expect them to make noise in the playoffs, much less continue that for the next few years.
 
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#5,383
05_never_again said:
Didn't Seattle get the same expansion draft setup Vegas got (except one team, Vegas, was excluded)? Even if you're able to pick a bunch of good players, it still seems exceedingly difficult to be as good as Vegas was right out of the box, or even be a playoff contender. Those players have never played together before, totally new coaching staff/front office, etc. It seems like any expansion team should be pretty bad initially, even if on paper they have good players.

I remember before Vegas's first season thinking they had a chance to make the playoffs, but if they made it I certainly didn't expect them to make noise in the playoffs, much less continue that for the next few years.
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They got pretty lucky. They also got on of the greatest goalies of all time.

Here's a good article explaining it

Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft: NHL GMs Learned From Vegas
 
#5,385
#5,385
Alex Ovechkin is so good. I saw Gretzky play his whole career and Ovi is better all around. Best complete player in the history of the game.
 
#5,388
#5,388
On account of being very busy this year I didn't get to see much in the way of the NHL, but I do have tickets for the Caps/Panthers game Monday night.
 
#5,391
#5,391
Game 1 of Edmonton and Colorado had 14 goals scored. Sign me up for a 7 game series of must watch tv.
 
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