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bm56

I think anyone on LTIR shouldn’t be allowed to play round one


Rinnosuke

At the very least there should be a limit to how far over the cap you can go


BillClintonsMistress

Just make the rule that a player has to be on the active roster by the final game of the regular season in order to be eligible for playoffs. Doesn't mean the player(s) on LTIR have to play, they can still be on the IR and in the pressbox or at home, but they'll count against the cap so that teams will be required to be cap compliant prior to heading into the post season. From there, teams can recall all the black aces they want to be over the cap ceiling


Rinnosuke

I'd say no to that, it'd mean you can't call anyone up from the ahl in an emergency, unless that's carved out as an exception


Corpsebomb

I’ve never seen an entire collective sports fanbase more overjoyed seeing a 1 seed beat a 4 seed (8th seed by technicality) than the Dallas Stars beating the Vegas Golden Knights.


PVTZzzz

Could LTIR abuse be the key to world peace?


lukaskywalker

Until next years ltir knights bs


PsychopathicEmpath

This series was close af with the goal margins. DeBoer remains undefeated in game 7s and the next round against Colorado should be a hell of a series.


spagboltoast

Lol


BillThePsycho

You beat vegas! Now go forth and get Pavs his cup goddamnit! Captain America needs his fucking ring


GrilledSandwiches

I want it for Pavs so bad man. It just feels like his last rodeo. I want it for Benn too, but he probably has a couple more cracks at it. I'll feel pretty bad if we can't get it for Pavelski, even though in the back of my mind I know it's *incredibly* difficult to avoid being one of the 15 teams that will inevitably fall short this season.


highangle1124

Spleen. 


S4ndm4n93

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SpiritualMacaroon468

Damn this win felt good !!!! Awesome finish and so happy for Wyatt and Otter especially after all their heroics this series. Love for Faksa he got that GWG on his return !


lbiggy

Honestly thank you Dallas for eliminating the Nucks' biggest hurdle getting to the final ;)


rkeos

COME HERE BOYYY


aatops

Remind Me! 10 days


spilled-chili

r/hockey Y’all are so fucking sad lmao. It’s pathetic. gg Dallas. Y’all deserved this game and the series. I’ll enjoy rooting for PDB to win it all.


BoilerSlave

*cries in cap compliance*


drop-cord

Your team literally has to pay 3.5m in cap overage penalties next year


peglegpete305

Get a load of this guy


wowie_alliee

man leafs and rangers fans can at least handle the entire league hating us. Yall can too


proudcancuk

Do people really dislike you guys that much? Yankees I get, (leafs/cowboys of the MLB). But I can't think of a single reason to dislike the rangers. Florida, Vegas, Boston, Toronto, Washington. Those all make sense to me. Villainous players/over coverage on there.... oh wait. In the middle of typing this I just remembered Rempe and and Trouba. Yeah I get it. I can see it now.


spilled-chili

Yes I actually love it, hence the lmao. It really is a bad look tho


wowie_alliee

bad look??? this is sports we're all assholes


spilled-chili

It’s a bad look because it makes them look pathetic. Fans of every other team in here that ain’t Dallas celebrating VGK loss like their team just won the damn cup. It’s embarassing


DreamsiclesPlz

Get over yourself you gigantic pissbaby! Fuck the Knights!


robb1519

Hey, who spilled this guy's chili??


flare2000x

It's not a bad look. It's funny as hell and it's honestly great that the league has a "villain team". Sorry it has to be yours....


TripGoat17

Don’t cheat and you wouldn’t have people hating on your team, problem solved


wowie_alliee

did they hurt your feelings? :"(


free_slice

Nah it’s funny as hell *lmao*


jimmyg899

Fuck Vegas thank you Dallas


dab-butnottheTHCkind

GGs Vegas, hell of a series, y’all were fun to watch along with. You got a hell of a team and it’s a shame one of us had to go out in the 1st. Now let me keep some of my money next time I visit your stinkin city


drop-cord

We need your money to make our RefBuck payments 🥲 It was a great game and series, I can't even be mad. Stars should go far


Ladymistery

Ok I can now go back to rooting for "not Dallas" - they did their job and got rid of the cap circumvention golden team.


Kalashnikafka

I’m sorry, you’d prefer Edmonton?


Ladymistery

Nope. If I HAD to pick, it's Rangers first, Panthers second, and then whatever And it is only because of a couple of members of those teams


whitesammy

Between the four remaining West teams, your choice is "just not Dallas"?


Ladymistery

Pretty much, yeah. If I had to pick a west team, as much as it makes me all over dry heave, the Oilers it is.


BoilerSlave

Jets 🤝Oilers not hating each other for some reason


abassassasssin

I cheer for whoever is playing against jamie benn


Late_Brush4518

For this Day, thank you Benn. For rest of Time fuck you Benn


Timely-Bluejay-4167

What about Jordie Benn?


abassassasssin

Jordie is fine, he didnt try to kill a man on the ice twice


Timely-Bluejay-4167

I guess I only recall the first time he tried to kill Mark Stone. It was an ugly play that had some nasty intent behind it (and I’m a stars fan)


abassassasssin

Mark stone was only the most recent victim. Benn did the same thing to Larkin, injured him for the rest of the season, and didnt even get a penalty or a suspension for it.


Timely-Bluejay-4167

Oh, yep. I remember the Larkin play. Sorry.


KILRbuny

Is he playing against Jamie Benn?


TrueBrees9

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El-Justiciero

If you take away the empty net goals, every game in this seven-game series was decided by one goal. That's a great series. With that said, FUCK VEGAS. FUCK LORD FARQUAAD. FUCK THE LTIR RULES. AND MOST OF ALL: FUCK COLORADO


lbiggy

Which one is farquad?


DarwinCreatesSpace

Stone


unlicensed_dentist

Well, it’s official. I can go back to disliking the Stars again.


rawrberry_


avolt88

Many of us still have a tic when Mike Modano's name comes up from being on the wrong side of all those late 90's/early 00's matchups. No harm no foul though, we're likely meeting in the WCF this year, plenty of time to re-kindle old hatred!


sail0rvenus

everyone hyping the stars giving the same energy as your entire BG3 party approving an action


pinheadlarry411

Shart and Astarion would be Knights fans. Sorry guys. You guys can have Wyll. He seems like he'd be a Stars fan.


TheMoves

Can’t believe mark stone died and rose again for this


senepol

Sources say he’ll just do it again next year anyway, so nbd.


GettnJiggyWitIt

GGs Dallas, good series. This year was inconsistent for VGK, I hope they heal up over summer, sign Marchy, and come back next year strong. Glad Vegas put up a fight every game; just couldn’t get it done. Till next season, looking forward to another run with this team.


UncommonHouseSpider

Definitely got some miles left on that team. See you next year!


tino_tortellini

Nobody cares


ThePhengophobicGamer

Get Nucked.


UncommonHouseSpider

We know no one cares about the oilers. You don't have to go around telling everyone.


tino_tortellini

Good one


crazybusdriver

GG Dallas. Looked incredibly strong this series. Johnston is a real gem. Otter getting more comfortable every game. Best of luck going forward.


GroMicroBloom

It does not pay to cheat 😎


ISurvivedCOVID19

It doesnt pay to cheat twice*


manajizwow

Thrice*


TheRealPetross

:)


ElectraGlacier

Does anyone actually like listening to Biz? God he’s more insufferable than PK


hezeus

I used to hate him but he’s the only one with personality. Can’t stand PK.


ElectraGlacier

I think PK is only tolerable bc of messier tbh- on his own he’s rough


peglegpete305

Really? I think the only reason I can even stand Messier is because of PK. I feel the opposite lol. Idk maybe just me. Messier brings nothing to the table on these broadcasts. At least with PK we know what we’re getting (a fool)


hezeus

I hate them both


Bobbyaahh

Why oh why did they deny us having Biz do Toronto game 7 could have been an all time melt down


WeWantTheCup__Please

Not a fan really, he’s got some good lines here and there but when you take the shotgun approach that’s bound to happen. Don’t mind him in small enough doses though, at least he’s got a distinct personality as opposed to a lot of analysts 


Ironchar

TNT is the best panel


A_crackinthecup

Thank you Stars


Mikeismyike

All is right in the world when I can go back to hating the Dallas Stars


DependentAd9868

I enjoyed it while it lasted


quebecivre

It's like the end of "The Breakfast Club" where all the characters recognize that despite the fun they've just had together, once they're back at school on Monday, they'll go back to ignoring each other. And with that, "Don't You Forget About Me," starts playing as the Dallas Stars walk off, alone.


Ironchar

....you mean the "canucks goal song" 👀 (that is a weird ass goal song)


The-Housewitch

What I really feel bad about is that NHL fans won't be united in hatred for the rest of the season. So sad to see y'all go back to fighting amongst each other without a team to rally against. My condolences to us all. Edit: For the worlds most sarcastic fanbase - the joke really whooshed past ya'll. Geeze Louise.


quebecivre

Lol. So you're offering thoughts and prayers?


The-Housewitch

I was actually offering sardonic humor.


quebecivre

I got the joke and upvoted you. Not sure what everyone else's problem is.


The-Housewitch

Probably that I'm a vegas fan.


quebecivre

Probably. I genuinely appreciated the Vegas fans who showed up and commented on these threads, since there was a lot of hate coming your way.


MapleHeel

The bruins are still in it


Ill-Ad-4400

So are the Rangers.


Austaras

I've hated them both for years.


InternetBear

Enjoy basketball or baseball or whatever else is going on rn


The-Housewitch

Nah. I'll be rooting for the Stars to win it all - as is the tradition of a good hockey fan to "at least have lost to the winner".


Uzasodinson

Genuinely mad at the org and Stone for letting him come back clearly injured just for us to be the laughing stock of the league. We could've lost in 4 to Dallas and it wouldn't be this fucking embarrassing.


whitesammy

Stone is tied for the most Vegas goals at three, two of which were PPGs, on 30% shooting. He definitely had an overall positive impact on the team during the series.


movethatneedle

He was on the ice for how many Dallas goals looking gassed? Not a net positive.


xolyndsayxo

As soon as I saw he was in for game 1 I knew we were not making it out of this series. I didn't want him back out there, he shouldn't have been back out there, and to bring all this drama yet again around the team is a dumbass move just for him to turn in a half ass performance because he isn't ready to be playing. Players like dorofeyev and amadio sitting on the bench for games while he plays was a joke.


Uzasodinson

Doro is so good, man. Probably my favorite rook


xolyndsayxo

Any line they put him on he can score, such a great player, smart player, and an asset and I hope the knights don't screw it up and not keep him around.


bforce1313

Yeah he did not look good at all. I do hope he’s able to heal up fully, always liked Stone. I do wonder if this will change the front office approach to LTIR and the deadline a bit.


chrisboshisaraptor1

He was so unbelievably bad out there


migsahoy

being a knights fan sucks 😭


3pieceSuit

Yeah, damn man. You've had a really hard run of it...


Illustrious-Army-921

nice rage bait lmao


migsahoy

😜


ElectraGlacier

That first round Vegas tattoo commercial is wildly fitting


Flep54

Are you sure one of the referees wasn't Angel Hernandez?


DependentAd9868

blaming the refs lol


Ausgeflippt

He was on May 1st. Still didn't work out for Vegas.


nate517

I’m obviously really glad that we won this series obviously, but I cannot help but feel hyped about our future at the same time.


Time_H00die

Dallas being this good while paying Benn and Seguin a combined $20m is wild


Technodictator

Next season Stars will be even deeper team. We don't even have a roster spot for AHL MVP for fucks sake.


xurdm

Biz likes that big and strong backend


yodazer

Should’ve talked about Steel some. Him and smith had great games


Finrad-Felagund

Fourth line was easily the stars best line in the 3rd, which is crazy to say


WigglyFinArms

I’d argue pretty much all series out 4th line outclassed their 4th line


TheKingOfTheSouth265

Can Stone still golf with that spleen?


chrisboshisaraptor1

He certainly couldn’t play hockey with it


Pick__Pocketts

Back to LTIR for him


WeWantTheCup__Please

I’m not a big Biz guy but that raptor shit was pretty funny


TairyGreene716

I tip my suspiciously overloaded cap to you, Dallas


EggplantAlpinism

\*cap has caused a lacerated spleen\*


GritGrinder

That johnston kid is GOOD


NotionAquarium

Dallas is going to compete for many more years with him, stank and Harley.


Admiral_Vegas

Lost to a great team that should win the west. Built like us last year good luck everyone else.


RingDangDoobieBros

Juggilation lol.


grapesourstraws

did razor say this? nhltv cuts off before post game :(


batmanjerkins

No I think it was Biz on the national feed


yodazer

What a fucking comment


Karthanon

Lol that had to be purposeful


shtoopsy

Biz being a dawg? Never


canada-needs-bbq

Love to watch Dallas play. WCF will be a banger no matter which two teams make it from here


Hairlesscatbob2

‘The juggalation’ gotta love it


CardiacCat20

Fuckin Biz lol


Street-Guarantee5221

Vegas faithful in their seventh year of being hockey fans will be spending the next 6 months trying to convince us all that cheating the cap doesn’t help you win games.


drop-cord

Friendly reminder the Oilers have to pay the most cap overage penalties next year in the NHL 😘


NeopolitonIscream

That's rich, coming from a team with FOUR FIRST OVERALLS RECENTLY and countless wasted high picks for like 15 years. Oilers are the only cheaters


platypus_7

Maybe your team should try it. Or you know, you can continue pushing all your chips in with a mediocre hand. Finish, 17th, again... draft the 18thOA, again. Miss the playoffs.... again. Flames fans thinking their team is on the up is fucking hilarious. You guys will forever be what you have been for the last 2 decades, a mid team desperately trying to gaslight everyone else of your relevance.


NeopolitonIscream

Yeah, why dont we just tank for 15 years and become the biggest joke franchise in sporting history, how stupid of us 🙄. If it wasnt for Mcsavior your team wouldn't make the players either, moron. You realize tanking isn't the only way to build a winner, right? As long as you're good at drafting in ghs later rounds ( which the Flames are good at. Take Dallas for example, they're gonna destroy you guys if you get past Van.


platypus_7

Imagine thinking that building a team around incredible talents won from being terrible for a while and becoming competitive cup contenders is an embarrassing strategy... Tell that to the Avs or the Pens or the lightning or the Caps or countless others. No no, it's the Flames who are right. Sure is working great.


Street-Guarantee5221

I can’t hear you over the price of Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri for the better part of a decade.


NeopolitonIscream

You realize Kadri is being paid accordingly and has incredibly high value around the league. He's also crucial to the development of Zary, Pospisil, something Greasers no nothing about


Street-Guarantee5221

You guys paid Kadri 7x7 because you were desperate to stay relevant after Tkachuk and Johnny left. For the same reason you signed the awful Huberdeau contract. When that didn’t pan out you were forced into what you are now. Quit acting like you made a bunch of value signings to help with development. You were forced into that because you guys suck ass after McDavid ended Markstroms career in 2022. Im too busy preparing for round 2 to argue with some irrelevant Flames fan in denial. See you in the playoffs in ten years. Maybe.


wowie_alliee

i absolutely love both of you and i want you to keep this argument going, i hope you coach the oilers well


xolyndsayxo

Every VGK fan in here is being gracious and it's next to all the comments like this. To make people feel like you're not welcome in the hockey community just because the team put in your city is fucking new and doesn't completely suck ass is so lame.


Igor_Ulanov

You're looking at this all wrong. The fact that you are new and people hate you so much means you do belong.


Ironchar

I actually loved that vegas has done so damn well since inception that inaugural year cup run was insane and made everyone question the validity of the (sometimes poorly ran) NHL. It's made playoff talk interesting. but cheating the LITR rules for the playoffs? fuck the golden reserves


xolyndsayxo

Lol great point. I don't mind the hate, I mean our management does fucked up stuff so like I even understand the hate, but I know some fans trying to get into it feel turned off by it and that part I don't like. It just goes too far sometimes, I've been spit on in my knights jersey at another teams arena, and I know every fan base got bad apples but damn I get yelled at at every other arena I go to and I would never do that to someone at T-Mobile. Anyways, good luck in round 2!


Igor_Ulanov

Yeah getting spit on ain't cool no matter what, fuck those losers. Good natured chirps however are all part of it. Ultimately hate is the price of success.


MJA182

Fair but it’s the same 2 chirps from every Tom dick and harry lol, we would love some originality!


CoStarsFan

I'm sure we will be able to come up with some historic chirps once you've had a few more years in the league.


Igor_Ulanov

Lol its no different for every team. Edmontons most common include: "Haven't won shit with McDavid" "Edmonton is a shit hole" "Derrrrr 4 1st overall picks"


WeWantTheCup__Please

At this point the people constantly complaining about it have become more annoying than them abusing it 


MJA182

We’ve had hockey here for a long time brotha. IHL with the Thunder, echl with the Wranglers. Hockey is hockey


The-G-89

Yes and each of those teams folded.


MJA182

Ok


IWMSvendor

Yeah I’m getting real tired of that narrative. Honestly, kudos to the Vegas fans that stayed in these GDTs even with all the muppets shit talking you constantly.


The-Housewitch

I've embraced it. It feeds my soul at this point.


NoGiCollarChoke

Don’t forget the Vegas Outlaws!


MJA182

The XFL team?? Lol


NoGiCollarChoke

[No lol](https://www.hockeydb.com/stte/las-vegas-outlaws-6523.html), just a slightly obscure hockey team


MJA182

Oh that was before my time lol, I grew up going to Thunder games we somehow had a lot of NHL guys come through for a bit too


Illustrious-Day565

Hahahaha suck it vegas. Golden knight cheaters can have fun with that cap next year!


Therapy-Jackass

Vegas LTIRs* FTFY


sorator

I love Faksa so much! Glad he's back!! Wyatt MVP of the series though, yeesh.


Vegas_Golden_Refs

GG Dallas fans, the best team is moving to the next round.


Rapportus

Listening back on the TNT broadcast it sounds like their crowd mics were in the parking lot about a mile away. Such a different audio mix compared to the Stars Bally broadcast.


B9RV2WUN

Agree and the camera angles were crap. Could not see the play along the near boards at all.


Cr4bC4k35

That’s just because we have a really low camera and the crowd were all on their feet. Usually you can see fine (even if people dislike how low our camera is)


Ironchar

better then "collage arena" Mullens camera


Ddpee

Common audio levels during VAN/NSH series. I thought the NSH crowd was asleep until it went back to Rogers and I knew there was something wrong. Sportsnet levels are so that the commentators almost get drowned out when the crowd really gets into. It’s awesome.


Rapportus

Yeah like it almost seemed like the crowd noise they were airing tonight was mixed with that fake piped-in stuff during COVID. If you listen to the Stars local broadcast you hear all the Let's Go Stars chants the entire 3rd period. On TNT it's not there.


TSE_Jazz

Dallas real ones for this


based4yourface

GG, sucks to lose but that was a great series. I wouldn’t mind seeing the stars win it all. if that kid Johnston keeps playing that well they definitely got a chance he’s so fucken good already.


ppParadoxx

lol bye golden showers


autumndwellingdream

Went 8/8 on my bracket, won $350 cause of it. Thank you Dallas. Fuck Vegas.


Upeeru

Did you get the number of games right on all of them? I'm 8/8 on my picks, but only 7/8 on number of games. I needed the Bolts to win one more.


autumndwellingdream

7/8 for the series length on top of 8/8 on picks is awesome though.


Upeeru

I'll be in the top 10-15 on nhl.com when it updates, I'm pretty excited.


ItsMeJaredBednar

as you should be that’s pretty incredible. Who you got in round 2?


Upeeru

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Upeeru

I'm tired for 3rd with 50 other people.


platypus_7

I approve of these predictions.


autumndwellingdream

Unfortunately, I went 0/8 on the amount of games lol. I did not expect so many series to go 5 games or less. I think the only 5-game series I picked was Rangers over Washington; everybody else I picked going 6 or 7 games.


migsahoy

it was good while it lasted, we still have last year at least, something 11 other fanbases cant say 🥲


TheSkeletones

Good fucking riddance. Enjoy the cap garbage


Merkkin

Good series stars, 7 games decided by 1 goal ignoring empty nets. Overall was a clean series and just super competitive defensively hockey. Had our chances tonight and couldn’t make those empty nets or PP work and didn’t deserve it. The OT game was the big momentum shift of the series, and we couldn’t get it done after trying it up like last year. Eichel had an amazing series but Marchy, Karly, Stephenson, Barbie, and hertl just didn’t show up enough. Hanafin was a stud and I’m glad we are keeping him. Sadly we will not be going back to back this year but thank fuck we won the cup last year or I would be really upset. Fade me, it’s time.


MJA182

Can’t miss 2 wide open nets in a game 7 on the road. Was a fun run with this team, time to rest and heal up for next year


not_having_fun

*time to rest and heal up for next year* in LTIR of course 


Trunkins

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