Running for Your Life: Vegas, Baby!

Among hockey purists, I may find myself on my own, but …

I’m all in with the Vegas Golden Knights.

An expansion  team in the Stanley Cup Finals? Unheard of!

Yeah, but have you seen this team play hockey?

These guys are castoffs, notably better on paper than what say, the Penguins in 1967, or the Blue Jackets in 2000, were able to net. Still, these athletes were viewed during the expansion draft last year as expendable by their respective pro teams.

(There’s a not small consideration about a $500 million entry fee that Vegas ponied up which figures in the math here but …)

Underdogs. Who among the true sports fan doesn’t get pumped up about the underdog? (Over there at the NBA Finals, we have, ta-da: the Cavs vs. the Warriors…. Yawn!)

The underdog is in a battle against the team led by the most prolific scorer and suddenly fierce competitor (Are you paying attention Sidney Crosby?) Putin pal Alex Ovechkin.

Oh, and speaking of my beloved Penguins, Vegas, baby, will pit Ovechkin against Washington Capital-killer goalie Marc Andre Fleury, the biggest game goalie in the league.

One of these two guys is going to win the Conn Smythe trophy, awarded to the Stanley Cup Final MVP.

Let it be the Flower!

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