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2017-2018 SCF | Las Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs Washington Capitals (M1)


Who Wins the Cup?  

18 members have voted

  1. 1. Who Wins the Cup?

    • Knights in 4
      0
    • Knights in 5
      1
    • Knights in 6
      6
    • Knights in 7
      1
    • Caps in 4
      0
    • Caps in 5
      3
    • Caps in 6
      5
    • Caps in 7
      2


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STANLEY CUP

FINAL

 

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SERIES SCHEDULE:

 

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USEFUL LINKS:

 

NHL.comTSN.ca

 

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Series Preview

 

 

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Team Leaders:

 

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[td]Goals:[/td]

[td]Jonathan Marchessault (8)[/td]

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[td]Assists:[/td]

[td]Reilly Smith (14)[/td]

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[td]Points:[/td]

[td]Jonathan Marchessault (18)[/td]

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[td]+/-:[/td]

[td]Jonathan Marchessault (+10)[/td]

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[td]PIM:[/td]

[td]Brayden McNabb (16)[/td]

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[td]TOI/G (D):[/td]

[td]Nate Schmidt (24:53)[/td]

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[td]TOI/G (F):[/td]

[td]William Karlsson (21:58)[/td]

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Lineup:^

 

Jonathan Marchessault / William Karlsson / Reilly Smith A

James Neal A / Erik Haula / David Perron A

Ryan Carpenter / Cody Eakin / Alex Tuch

Tomas Nosek / Pierre-?douard Bellemare / Ryan Reaves

 

Nate Schmidt / Brayden McNabb

Shea Theodore / Deryk Engelland A

Luca Sbisa / Colin Miller

 

Marc-Andre Fleury

Malcolm Subban

 

 

Brad Hunt

Jon Merrill

 

^ Subject to change

 

 

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

 

D Clayton Stoner [iR] — Abdominal injury; Out indefinitely

 

F Will Carrier [DTD] — Upper-body injury; Undetermined for Game 1

 

 

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Team Leaders:

 

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[td]Goals:[/td]

[td]Alex Ovechkin (12)[/td]

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[td]Assists:[/td]

[td]Evgeny Kuznetsov (13)[/td]

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[td]Points:[/td]

[td]Evgeny Kuznetsov (24)[/td]

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[td]+/-:[/td]

[td]Brooks Orpik (+15)[/td]

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[td]PIM:[/td]

[td]TJ Oshie (23)[/td]

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[td]TOI/G (D):[/td]

[td]John Carlson (25:59)[/td]

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[td]TOI/G (F):[/td]

[td]Evgeny Kuznetzov (21:31)[/td]

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Lineup:^

 

Alex Ovechkin C / Evgeny Kuznetsov / Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana / Nicklas B?ckstr?m A / T.J. Oshie

Andre Burakovsky / Lars Eller / Brett Connolly

Chandler Stephenson / Jay Beagle / Devante Smith-Pelly

 

Michal Kempny / John Carlson

Dmitri Orlov / Matt Niskanen

Brooks Orpik A / Christian Djoos

 

Braden Holtby

Philipp Grubauer

 

 

 

Travis Boyd

Brian Pinho

Madison Bowey

Jakub Jerabek

Shane Gersich

 

^ Subject to change

 

 

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

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I'm excited as fuck for this series. Many storylines.

- Ovi's first cup appearance

- Vegas' inaugural season

- These two goalies

- The Vegas goalie thing at the beginning of the season (Subban, Legace)

- The Caps goalie thing at the beginning of the playoffs (Grubauer vs. Holtby)

- 4th to 1st liner Tom Wilson

 

I think:

1) You are rooting for Ovi to get his first cup.

2) You are rooting against Ovi to get his first cup.

3) You love the Vegas story and you want them to win the cup.

4) You hate the Vegas story and you want them to lose the cup.

 

Pick two. I'm 2 and 3. Fuck Ovi. Love Vegas. hahahhaa

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I'm excited as fuck for this series. Many storylines.

- Ovi's first cup appearance

- Vegas' inaugural season

- These two goalies

- The Vegas goalie thing at the beginning of the season (Subban, Legace)

- The Caps goalie thing at the beginning of the playoffs (Grubauer vs. Holtby)

- 4th to 1st liner Tom Wilson

 

I think:

1) You are rooting for Ovi to get his first cup.

2) You are rooting against Ovi to get his first cup.

3) You love the Vegas story and you want them to win the cup.

4) You hate the Vegas story and you want them to lose the cup.

 

Pick two. I'm 2 and 3. Fuck Ovi. Love Vegas. hahahhaa

 

The best storyline started last year as Fleury, the Pens and fans came to grips with their parting and banishing him to the desert, in expansion hell. While they'd chase a 3rd consecutive Cup. Theo exited with grace and a smile, as we all marveled that he was a better man than me. A good karma story indeed.

 

The two other players I'm most looking forward to watching because of the exciting way they've been playing hockey this year and especially in the playoffs, does not include Ovi.

 

Kuznetsov and Marchessault. Kuz's skill level has been on full display and it is off the charts. If you can forget about Ovi's one-timer, this guy creates the most heart stopping chances one could want. Opportunities only to be rivaled by the little wonder. Another guy who seems to be making things happen constantly for that Vegas squad. If you haven't been watching Vegas in the playoffs, you are in for a treat. You'll also wonder how the Rangers among others, let him go. Answer: Torts/Sather and other dinosaurs did not like his size.

 

The McPhee storyline is pretty interesting too, but easy to forget since he is not the talent we watch.

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Oddly enough, McPhee practically built both these teams. Wasn’t he with the Islanders organization before going to Vegas?

 

Yes to all of that. I was mentioning in another thread that he drafted 15 or 16 of the current Caps. He did a great job, with the exception of the catastrophic trade of one of his best selections to Nashville for a rental.

 

I always had a warm spot for George, of course, he started his career with the Rangers. Here was a little 5'9" kid who'd scrap with anybody and quickly became a fan favorite at the Garden.

 

So McPhee covered the entire NY metro, since he went on to play for the Devils. Not sure how long his front office stint was on the Isle, before he took over in Washington.

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I'm excited as fuck for this series. Many storylines.

- Ovi's first cup appearance

- Vegas' inaugural season

- These two goalies

- The Vegas goalie thing at the beginning of the season (Subban, Legace)

- The Caps goalie thing at the beginning of the playoffs (Grubauer vs. Holtby)

- 4th to 1st liner Tom Wilson

 

I think:

1) You are rooting for Ovi to get his first cup.

2) You are rooting against Ovi to get his first cup.

3) You love the Vegas story and you want them to win the cup.

4) You hate the Vegas story and you want them to lose the cup.

 

Pick two. I'm 2 and 3. Fuck Ovi. Love Vegas. hahahhaa

 

I'm picking 1 and 4 but substituting Trotz for Ovi. He's a good guy that's been around a long time, he's earned it.....

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Genuinely can?t get my head around why anyone would ?hate? the Vegas story.

I have yet to hear a single good argument for it.

 

Apart from losing the opportunity for a 1st from Tampa I?m absolutely loving this years final.

Both teams fully deserving of getting out of their conferences.

If Ovi wins that?s cool.

If Vegas wins it?s incredible.

 

Can?t really ask for more with the Rangers out of the picture.

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I'm excited as fuck for this series. Many storylines.

- Ovi's first cup appearance

- Vegas' inaugural season

- These two goalies

- The Vegas goalie thing at the beginning of the season (Subban, Legace)

- The Caps goalie thing at the beginning of the playoffs (Grubauer vs. Holtby)

- 4th to 1st liner Tom Wilson

 

I think:

1) You are rooting for Ovi to get his first cup.

2) You are rooting against Ovi to get his first cup.

3) You love the Vegas story and you want them to win the cup.

4) You hate the Vegas story and you want them to lose the cup.

 

Pick two. I'm 2 and 3. Fuck Ovi. Love Vegas. hahahhaa

 

white gloves + ugly jerseys vs. red,white,blue + mismatched helmet/jersey color

Lindberg vs. Backstrom

Reaves vs Wilson

 

What it comes down to, for me, is that Vegas has 12 A's... and that's too fucking dumb.

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Before games 6 & 7 of the ECF I was convinced that whoever won would be chucked in to the Vegas grinder and spat out in 5. Now I’m not so sure.

This Caps team has found a gear I don’t think anybody predicted they had. They’re faster, younger and play harder than the previous teams that failed. And Ovi looks like a man on a mission.

 

I’m tempted to go Caps in 6 as well.

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I kind of have to agree here and still not sure why people are so angry about it.

 

I don’t hear about them much, other than on nhl radio 24/7. I hear more about Ovi.

 

I still think last years cup final got more hype than this one.

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