No NHL fan thought, with the roster the Golden Knights had, that they'd do anything for a few years

They're just salty

Isn’t that just another way of saying those people are jealous?

It was designed to get the team to be less horrible than previous expansion teams. It was definitely not set up to give the team a realistic shot at the Cup right away. It would be more accurate to say it was rigged to make sure the team wouldn’t win this year. A lot of those people are just being results oriented.

bookies not happy

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...s-a-frightfest

vegas didn't want a sports team because they thought they would get rekt at the sportsbook by the team throwing the game

they get a team and instead the sportsbook is gonna get rekt by the team winning it all

More power to you; I definitely envy those that are willing to let-it-ride with future bets like these. To me, it is not about the money to be made, as much as it is, about the equity to lose. I just feel like cashing bets, especially futures, is so hard, that when it gets to the point where I can hedge for a decent chunk of change, I feel compelled just because of the equity. I am impressed by those that have the stomach to let it play out (IIRC, a bunch of UMBC grads out in vegas who bet on them to upset #1 seeded Virginia chose to take those winnings and put it all on UMBC the next round; though it is a bit different, it is still that "let-it-ride" mentality).

You make plenty of sense and are coming from a rational and logical position.

If I had bought it with any intention or expectation of winning I think my perspective would be much closer to your own.

This was a true “hey this would be cool for my parents to frame and they can say they supported the team from the beginning.” With my mom being a native a sports ticket just seemed like a quirky and fun gift that has a sweet sweat attached.

Now the problem is: I called my Mom last night and asked her if she has the ticket in a safe place and she said

“That piece of paper with the hockey bet on it? Yea I think I kept it for you here somewhere.”

I’m hoping she hasn’t misplaced it over the last 6 months. She’s not that old and very sharp so I’m hoping she tucked it away and forgot about it instead of like leaving it on her home desk for 6 months and burying it under paid utility bills

So if I put $20 on every long shot pre-season for nhl, nba, nfl and mbl might be +ev over the next say 20 years?

Doesn't a $5 bet accomplish the same thing?

(Mini) Degens gonna degen bro.

Also, I placed 4 $100 future bets that day: Raiders (HA!) Golden Knights, Columbia (World Cup) and Warriors

As you can see I don’t sports bet well or smart but I do have fun and one may spike

Columbia is in the World Cup?

I never said it was set up for them to win the cup i just said so they were somewhat competitive. Obviously the nhl wanted the Vegas market to succeed and not just be a flop where no one went to the games if the team was absolutely horrible. I love hockey been to a ton of games over the years but ill admit i thought bringing an NHL team here was a stupid idea, oops lol. I didnt really factor in people visiting wanting to go to the games to see their home team. Early in the season there would be just as many visiting fans as there were Knights fans, so much so you would think Vegas scored with how loud the aways teams cheer would be when they scored and the sea of jerseys.

Vegas ships the cup in 6 ftw... Then we get to listen to the jealous salt all off season bitching up a storm.

Bart Scott- "CANT WAIT!"

Maybe because the expansion fee has as much to do with the draft as the price of a hot dog in the stadium?

Been a huge fan of hockey all my life, when Vegas became a team...ordered my jersey and got hyped about it. Unfortunately never made a futures bet but I have been betting money line on every single game since they made the playoffs.

They have won 12 of 15 so its been a pretty sweet run. Never dabbled in sports betting too much but wow the odds seem so favorable on so many matchups....That Tampa vs Boston series was free money.

KidPoker is going to die when he has to miss game 1 of the Stanley Cup in Vegas because of the ShRb

Home ice Vegas.

Time to get it on!

Vegas -160 for the series, pretty steep.

Was really pulling for TB so Vegas wouldve been slight under dogs and plus money.

I think that is still a good bet. Vegas in 6

Amazing story, great for the city. Never followed NHL that much til the Knights this year, consider Vegas my 2nd home.

I have a futures bet I may want to be in town to sweat live, anyone know if there's any kind of fan zone outside the stadium to watch the game at on a huge screen? Doubt I could afford tickets to the actual games.

They had a couple of large screens for fans that watched outside the stadium when I was there a few days ago.

Careful, Washington is no push over. The East was much stronger than the West this year.

Having said that, GO Knights, beat these bitches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBWcRqPesws

So, we've got that goin' for us, which is nice.

i will be in vegas for game 7 if it goes that far. any guess on what tickets might go for? what is the situation with scaplers down there--is it a thing?

There are no paper tickets for Golden Knights games. If someone does try to sell paper tickets they are fake.

https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2018/...kets-ahead-of/

From the article above:

Standing room only tickets will be sold for $175 to stand on Hyde Lounge with partially obstructed views. There will also be $125 tickets sold for a portion of Hyde Lounge that has no view of the rink, but allows fans to be in the arena and watch on televisions.