Rick Bennett

Lets-Go-Av-a-lanche! (clap-clap, clap-clap-clap). Yes, that's Foppa holding my youngest daughter at the Denver Downtown Aquarium.

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@domluszczyszyn Isn't Montour a little concerning also? I know he really popped that one season but...

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@stevemcomedy @TaylorRochaTV The question wasn't about whether Vegas had as many Cups as the Avs since 2017. The majority of the fans in the league aren't Avs fans and couldn't care less about that.

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@open_nv @TaylorRochaTV That's completely your prerogative but the question wasn't about why Vegas fans like the team. It was why the organization is viewed by fans as the league's most hated team. I guarantee you it's little about jealousy. The FL teams were each in 3 straight Finals winning two.

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@evanrawal

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@Red_on_Bottom @ProducerDrew_ Pretty much everyone can explain it. They're a well balanced team chocked full of good to great players but no elite ones. Those teams often win Cups - like Florida the last two years. Be happy, you're on the cusp of the one award everyone wants the most.

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@DownGoesBrown Love Orr but you framed his goal very fairly. Series was 3-0, STL lost 11 straight in the Final, the Cup wasn't happening. Trip happened after he scored. If we could be fair about the Henderson goal which only mattered because Clarke broke the ankle of the best player on earth...

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@ry_brodeur You should take a minute to understand what the story turned out to be after the NHLPA investigated; it was much more than that initial version and what caused Babcock to resign.

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@thetimberdoodle @domluszczyszyn There's a whole range of options between Bruce Cassidy and Mike Babcock. It's not like they have to hire either one or the other. If Vegas hadn't done something out of the blue with two weeks left in the season Cassidy wouldn't even be available.

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@domluszczyszyn They did a thorough search and Babcock was the answer? It would have been a terrible idea before the Columbus fiasco. Has to be a knee jerk reaction to the short term magical success of an old school butt-kicker in Vegas. Torts isn't Babs but Bowman thinks they're the same.

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@DownGoesBrown 💯 Though an Avs fan I like Larkin and I've always liked Yzerman. But you signed an 8 year deal and you're the team's 1C. If you want to be accommodated on a trade request then you need to play along.

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@bmonellacollege @HeleneStJames Wasn't it his life when he signed an 8 year contract to play for Detroit? Yzerman is under no obligation to trade him anywhere.

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@Nigel_StHubbins @cmasisak22 What explains Francouz, Graves, O'Connor and Malinski? Was there a different coach when those dudes came up? Where is the legion of Eagles players who flourished under other NHL coaches? (Graves kind of the opposite) Also, coaches don't call players up or send them back down.

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@HoCHillLurker @quincyduckworth @awfulannouncing He vacillated between what you just described and a 6 year-old who just had 5 Pixy Stix screeching whenever there was a shot within 10 feet of the net. The most annoying and far and away most over hyped announcer in the history of broadcast sports.

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@guerillasports Really good discussion. I'll also be surprised if it isn't eventually Cogliano. For Bednar, he has to fix the PP and get the team to buy in to not being stubborn when the NZ gets clogged up in the playoffs. DeBoer (at SJ, VGK and DAL), Hakstol and Torts are an unmistakable trend.

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@MarquesTheRoman @adater Dater may have his faults but he's an old school journalist and he wouldn't post this so definitively if he didn't have his own source on it, likely Sakic.

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@Deestrux @OHaraSports @TheHockeyNews Carle is not giving up what he has at DU to be an NHL assistant. He refused to even interview for the Toronto HC opening.

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@DailyFaceoff @JLazzy23 @ColbyCohen36 It was a clearly phony account that reported it. Not sure why you're so adamant about responding to it.

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@evanrawal At least Behrens had a good season. I realize that Gulyayev probably has a higher ceiling.

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@evanrawal That seems like a bigger gap than usual. Is it?