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GDT R4G2 Capitals @ Knights 2018-05-30 8:00pm EST NBCSW, CBC, SN, TVAS
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: alta on Thursday May 31, 2018, 10:59:59 AM Eastern ---
How do you measure a teams desire? By calling themselves misfits and cast outs? Or by believing in somekind of manifest destiny because of the way their season started? Nights believe both of those.
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I think the Vegas team really doesn't believe either of these, though they may proclaim it publicly to try to help charge themselves up.
They know the rules under which they became available for Vegas to select, and that many NHL teams were between a rock and a hard place about who to protect and who to expose to the draft. Now a few teams made what were, in retrospect, some bonehead moves that allowed potentially good players to go to Vegas, and those players may feel a little slighted. But for example, I'm sure Schmidt knows what the Caps' situation was and how they couldn't protect everyone.
As to manifest destiny, nobody with any sense believes that, and hockey players should believe it least of all, because they know first-hand how much effort it takes to achieve success. "Success is destined to come my way just because it is" is nonsense; success is the result of hard and effective play.
alta:
That Vegas Strong program aired again last night right after G2 coverage ended. Someone over there is trying to play the manifest destiny angle
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Thursday May 31, 2018, 10:30:52 AM Eastern ---
DC, I have to call baloney on that. After watching the Caps hang on in last night's game after Kuzy went out, to say that Vegas has more desire than we do is a comment that cannot stand unchallenged.
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So the Caps definetly, assuredly, and absolutely want a Cup more than a team of players that where deemed expendable by their organizations that are on a historic pace in their first year?
And why? They've had plenty of chances in the past 10 years, but now they "want" it?
People can underestimate and demean VGK all they want, but it doesn't change the fact this is best team we've played this year, the only one who didn't write us off as an easy win, and the hungriest with the most to prove. . .
Without Holtby having an historic 3rd period, and/or weird bounce off a forwards pad. . .we could easily be down 2-0.
KitFisto:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Thursday May 31, 2018, 11:43:48 AM Eastern ---So the Caps definetly, assuredly, and absolutely want a Cup more than a team of players that where deemed expendable by their organizations that are on a historic pace in their first year?
And why? They've had plenty of chances in the past 10 years, but now they "want" it?
People can underestimate and demean VGK all they want, but it doesn't change the fact this is best team we've played this year, the only one who didn't write us off as an easy win, and the hungriest with the most to prove. . .
Without Holtby having an historic 3rd period, and/or weird bounce off a forwards pad. . .we could easily be down 2-0.
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Without a cross check setting up a layup goal, we could be up 2-0.
HoustonCapsFan:
Love it.
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