r/hockey 27d ago

The Vegas Golden Knights have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs after losing to the Dallas Stars in 7 games

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u/Imthecoolestdudeever WPG - NHL 27d ago

This is what pisses me off about Vegas more than anything else on ice related, or meme worthy.

It feels like they don't give a fuck about his health. At all.

Add that to the weird way that they "got rid" of Fleury, after a fucking Vezina season, it just feels like there is no care at all on a "personal away from the rink" sort of way.

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u/BroncoMan43 26d ago

There isn’t. Vegas is business first. They’re that way with the players and they’re that way with the community. They’ve gone so far as taking over all but one ice rink in Las Vegas while jacking the costs to play for kids and adults, at the same time mismanaging everything and not caring about creating a good community.

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u/Imthecoolestdudeever WPG - NHL 26d ago

This makes me even more angry.

I'm sorry to hear that. And hope that it changes quickly. The public and community deserve hockey to be more easily available, not less.

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u/BruhMoment763 VGK - NHL 26d ago

It definitely feels like players are more assets than people in the eyes of VGK management. It’s been weird too because it works for keeping the team consistently competitive, but it’s also a borderline sociopathic way to run a team.

I think it opens up an interesting discussion on how far a team should go to field a competitive product. Should teams really do anything (within the rules) to win or should there be some unspoken boundaries, even if it means passing up a chance to improve the team?

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u/Gruffleson Vålerenga Ishockey - ES 26d ago

Well, the injury was in fact very real, and the timing was that he actually wasn't ready, so not something they timed. At least.