How the hell does a expansion team does this good in it's first year. I thought expansion teams suppose to struggle at the beginning but wow this is amazing that they did this all in one year of existence.
http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...urge-stanley-cup-finals-extend-improbable-run
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Vegas Golden Knights inexplicable inaugural season just keeps getting more improbable.
The Golden Knights defeated the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on Sunday on the road to punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup Final. Vegas dropped the first game of the Western Conference finals then won four straight, never trailing in that span.
The Golden Knights become the second expansion team in the NHL, NBA, NFL or MLB since 1960 to reach a championship series in their first season. The other team was the 1967-68 St. Louis Blues, although that was a time when the league had just 12 teams and eight made the playoffs.
The Jets had the second-best record in the NHL and their longest winless streak during the regular season was three games. They lost four straight to end the season.
Even the Golden Knights did not predict this success.
"We don't have high expectations for this year," owner Bill Foley told ESPN in August. "We're going to be competitive. If we're going to lose a game, we'd like to lose by a goal or two, not lose by five or six. We don't want to be a walkover team. We want to be competitive, we want to be entertaining on the ice, we want to score some goals."
Foley, who paid a $500 million fee for expansion, also said in August: "We'll be pretty good in three years and we'll make a run in five or six."
http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...urge-stanley-cup-finals-extend-improbable-run
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Vegas Golden Knights inexplicable inaugural season just keeps getting more improbable.
The Golden Knights defeated the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on Sunday on the road to punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup Final. Vegas dropped the first game of the Western Conference finals then won four straight, never trailing in that span.
The Golden Knights become the second expansion team in the NHL, NBA, NFL or MLB since 1960 to reach a championship series in their first season. The other team was the 1967-68 St. Louis Blues, although that was a time when the league had just 12 teams and eight made the playoffs.
The Jets had the second-best record in the NHL and their longest winless streak during the regular season was three games. They lost four straight to end the season.
Even the Golden Knights did not predict this success.
"We don't have high expectations for this year," owner Bill Foley told ESPN in August. "We're going to be competitive. If we're going to lose a game, we'd like to lose by a goal or two, not lose by five or six. We don't want to be a walkover team. We want to be competitive, we want to be entertaining on the ice, we want to score some goals."
Foley, who paid a $500 million fee for expansion, also said in August: "We'll be pretty good in three years and we'll make a run in five or six."
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