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Maybe the second wasn't to take Fleury but rather incentive to not take someone else.  Just because everyone thought Fleury would be their selection from the Pens doesn't mean GMGM didn't tease that he might take someone else... 
Anyway... good for the Golden Knights. The team. The management. Their fans. ALL OF IT. 
I love watching other "more deserving" teams and their playoff drought, no Cup, "long suffering" fans crybaby their way through the playoffs and offseason. BOOFREAKINHOO.

“Vegas is rigged!” Five guys on the Golden Knights got a point in Game 5. Three of them have played less than 100 NHL games. The other two were Ryan Reaves and Luca Sbisa.

This 100%! Especially the bolded. You did forget Anaheim though, who traded Theodore to protect Vatanen. That was probably the dumbest move of all.
It was not the league that "gifted" Vegas with a Cup contending team, it was the dumbass GM's that gave away great players to protect mediocre players. There is nothing wrong with the new expansion draft rules, but there won't be any of those stupid side deals when Seattle pick their team. If every team just protected their 7 best forwards, 3 best defensemen and one goalie, and there were no trades to protect additional players, Vegas wouldn't have been half as good as they are. Maybe a playoff team (probably not though), but not a division winner, and definitely not a Stanley Cup finalist (maybe winner).
Why should an expansion team have to be terrible for a decade? That's the dumbest thing ever. The way it's set up now, they should still be bad, just not '74 Capitals bad. I'd put a significant wager that Seattle will have a losing record in their inaugural season, and likely won't make the playoffs. The format will be the same, but the GM's won't make the same dumb mistakes they made last year.
It's really funny that you're acting as if you or anyone in the hockey world seen this coming. Before the season started very few expected Vegas to make the playoffs, let alone win the Cup. They came out of the gate firing on all cylinders and haven't slowed down one bit. After the first month, everyone was saying, they'll come back down to earth by Christmas break. They didn't. Then everyone said this won't last through the All-Star break. It did. Then everyone said playoffs is a completely different game, they won't get out of the first round. They swept them. The Ducks didn't put up much of a fight, they won't get past the Sharks. They beat them in 6. The Sharks are choke artists, there's no way they'll get past the juggernaut Jets. They beat them in 5. The Jets were tired after a 7 game series against the Preds, there's no way they'll beat the Lightning / Capitals in the finals... to be continued...
Unbelievable underdog story. The fact that you're trying to downplay it, or blame the league or whatever is hilarious. 

I dont know, voodoo. The same can be said for Marchessault.

Its already been announced that Seattle draft would be the same that Vegas got and that Vegas will be protected.

There should definitely be an embarrassment, but that is on the other GMs, not on the expansion draft. GMs gave out NTCs, NMCs and were forced to protect players they probably would not have. 
1) The Florida Panthers traded Reilly Smith in exchange for Vegas selecting Jonathan Marchessault and a fourth-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Florida wanted to lose Smith’s contract, but didn’t want Demers to be claimed.
2) The Pittsburgh Penguins traded their second-round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Vegas selecting Marc-Andre Fleury.
3) The Minnesota Wild traded Alex Tuch in exchange for Vegas selecting Erik Haula and a conditional third-round pick in the 2017 or 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Minnesota wanted to protect Dumba.
4) The Columbus Blue Jackets traded their first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, a second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and David Clarkson in exchange for Vegas selecting William Karlsson. Columbus wanted to protect Korpisalo and Anderson.

I'm gonna grab my Jameson and watch the hawks lose. Thanks for the idea.

Once again someone jinxed the team by posting ### posts for a win...just ******* stop, it doesn't work.

I saw the idea for this skimming images on Google but it needed updating.

Whew! Was worried I wasn't going to be able to post this, but I backed up right into it!

Opportunity: *knock, knock*
Wings fans: You gonna get that?
Red Wings: Nah.

You seem to think that I'm directing this at you. Like everyone here, I'm sharing *my* general opinion on the situation, which should be just as valid as the people committing e suicide over a hockey team.

SMFH
Then STOP WATCHING.
I couldn't function in my life with the level of negativity of some of y'all. This place has become nothing but a gigantic wankfest lately. I understand being critical of the team. I understand being disappointed. I understand being frustrated. I understand talking about what they can do to make the team better. But the freaking histrionics are *exhausting*.

Bernie believes...

Abdelkawalled.

FFS!! What does it take to get some of those corporate seats filled?

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I was 21 when the Wings won it all in '97. The dead Wings era is still in my memory.
I hope this streak is all a lot of you will ever remember.
Playoffs!

I was 21 when the Wings won it all in '97. The dead Wings era is still in my memory.
I hope this streak is all a lot of you will ever remember.
Playoffs!

I was 21 when the Wings won it all in '97. The dead Wings era is still in my memory.
I hope this streak is all a lot of you will ever remember.
Playoffs!