ilovepaydays
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Game 1 is tonight! It’s America’s most corrupt city due to sin vs. America’s most corrupt city due to politics!
BTW, ALL CAPS!!!!!
BTW, ALL CAPS!!!!!
Game 1 is tonight! It’s America’s most corrupt city due to sin vs. America’s most corrupt city due to politics!
BTW, ALL CAPS!!!!!
i haven't watched a hockey game in years -- but this game is outstanding. Even my husband, who 'hates' sports is following
Wow that was exciting. Just love the Golden Knights story -- always root for the underdog.
This is what the Capital One Arena in DC is like right now. Keep in mind that the game is actually being played in Vegas.....
Just curious - what do you like about their story and why do you think they are underdogs. I ask because I only have my son’s opinion on the matter, and he hates the fact that LV got to cherrypick good players from other teams, and basically says they’re an all-star team because of how the expansion selection was done.
I haven’t followed hockey in a long time, so this is a sincere question.
In past expansion drafts, teams could protect 12 or 15 players. This time, they could only protect 9 or 11. So there was a better/larger pool on each team to draw from. That said, McPhee built the Capitals before he went to Vegas so the guy knows what to look for. Assuming Seattle gets a team and the same rules for 2020, we will see how they do.The other teams were able to "protect" certain players from the expansion draft and could leave only a handful of players available to be selected, so I wouldn't consider it cherrypicking. I don't know that a lot of the players would be considered All-Stars on their former teams? It seems fair that they should get some good players... But I didn't follow it too closely so I'm certainly not an expert!