Your First Place Vegas Golden Knights

[Pokecheque]

Fucking hell, I don't understand how that's acceptable.

[E.L.]

Got knocked out in the second round. There will be changes.

Eichel is a UFA in a year. He’ll be extended.

Stone and Pietrangelo are UFAs in two years. They could be done as players by then, or at least in line for team friendly deals.

Hertl, Hanifin, Theodore are locked in.

I think they’ll sign Marner and somehow move Wild Bill or someone around to make it happen, and he with Eichel break the cap the way Stone and Pietrangelo did. They just gotta get the years to line up.

[Pokecheque]

I get the impression they're not very pleased with Hertl. If so, they'll find a way to jettison him, they always do.

Hill was quite ordinary in these playoffs after his stellar run a couple years ago. Not sure what they do there.

[E.L.]

Vegas gets their new shiny thing in Marner. Old shiny thing Alex Pietrangelo will go on LTIR.

[Chris18]

Vegas gets their new shiny thing in Marner. Old shiny thing Alex Pietrangelo will go on LTIR.

It's just amazing how Vegas seems to always come up aces when they need some LTIR cap relief. Pietrangelo likely won't play again from what I read. Femur surgery. Lots of old mobsters retire to Vegas... "Dis fucker here? He's the one youz need on LTIR? Leave it ta me. Bada bing, bada buck, he's femur fucked. Youz are good ta bring in Mitchy."

[Pokecheque]

Oh boy, Vegas is not exactly firing on all cylinders.

Worst goaltending in the league (huh, signing Carter Hart didn't work out eh? Sad face) and somehow the acquisition of Rasmus Andersson has been an abject disaster.

[Pokecheque]

Listening to the latest 32 Thoughts podcast now.

Apparently Cassidy at some point last year met with his vets and said things that didn't sit well with them, and they let management know on their way out before the summer. McCrimmon stuck with his coach but it appears that definitely played a part in the move now.

So...naturally, to replace a coach who was reportedly too hard on his players, you bring in John Tortorella.

[Chris18]

So...naturally, to replace a coach who was reportedly too hard on his players, you bring in John Tortorella.

Lather, rinse, repeat and amplify the problem at hand.

[E.L.]

They have Marner playing centre. This team is lost in the sauce.

[Pokecheque]

The WHOLE POINT of getting Marner was because they felt like their scoring depth on the wings wasn't good enough.

Despite hitting 60 and 50 points in back-to-back seasons, Tomas Hertl appears to be a major disappointment for the Golden Statues.

Also, didn't realize they switched to those awful gold jerseys full time. The dull gray ones are the alternates now.

[E.L.]

The guys coming out of SJ: Meier and Hertl, have been poison pills on their new teams.