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Jeff Paul
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Joined: 11.02.2018

Jul 9 @ 2:35 PM ET
Jeff Paul: Golden Knights Win the Stanley Cup! Who Gets it First? If the Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup, who what would be the pecking order for the celebratory laps? I dive into it below and give my personal opinion and desired order.
LAkings96
Los Angeles Kings
Location: La Verne, CA
Joined: 12.15.2012

Jul 9 @ 2:47 PM ET
Engelland in my opinion. He lives in Vegas and was the one who addressed the crowd after the Vegas shooting. I feel he should be the one to raise the cup. Still surprised he doesn’t wear the C.
farooge
Nashville Predators
Location: Nashville, TN
Joined: 08.25.2006

Jul 9 @ 3:09 PM ET
Fleury

I don't even think it's very debatable tbh
bikeguy99
New Jersey Devils
Joined: 09.05.2017

Jul 9 @ 3:09 PM ET
Engelland in my opinion. He lives in Vegas and was the one who addressed the crowd after the Vegas shooting. I feel he should be the one to raise the cup. Still surprised he doesn’t wear the C.
- LAkings96


Agreed. The guy is a leader on/off the ice. Plus it's old news for Flowers.
Queenie_5_hole
New Jersey Devils
Joined: 05.01.2015

Jul 9 @ 3:44 PM ET
Fleury

I don't even think it's very debatable tbh

- farooge


Exactly.

Then I have Flower handing it off to Jon Merrill.
Antilles
St Louis Blues
Joined: 10.17.2008

Jul 9 @ 4:07 PM ET
You don't have accurate orders for past hand offs. Blues went Pietrangelo -> Bouwmeester -> Steen.

In your lists of past hand offs, it's obvious that how much a player contributed has nothing to do with when they get the Cup. Guys like Gagne, Mayers, Regher, Dupuis... they were healthy scratches most or all of playoffs for their respective teams but were handed the Cup early. Chris Thorburn got the Cup 4th for St. Louis, and he literally played less than 2 minutes for them the entire regular season and playoffs combined that year, and it was back in October. So you pointed out a lot of the vets aren't different makers... that seems to be completely irrelevant. The general rule is, the Cup gets handed to whoever has been waiting to longest to get it once the players have it from Bettman.

You can claim it's not a jinx all you want. The players I've heard speak publicly about it feel otherwise. Blues players talked about it last month, that there wasn't any plan because players don't want to jinx it; they just all kind of know those who have been waiting the longest get it first, so guys push people they think need to get it before them up to the front for the guy who has it to see.

In absence of a Captain, unless specifically told by someone prior, Bettman will just call up whoever gets the Conn Smythe to get the Cup, since it's really not his place to decide. The players aren't going to talk about it before hand, it's a jinx/against tradition. Seems like it's probably 50/50 whether the GM will feel it's his place to give Bettman a name, or whether they will just let it be whoever wins the Smythe.
Nighthawk
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Canuckville, BC
Joined: 01.09.2015

Jul 9 @ 4:36 PM ET
The captain gets it 1st say no more.
LordHumungous
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Greetings from the Humungous. Ayatollah of rock and rolla!
Joined: 08.15.2014

Jul 9 @ 5:40 PM ET
The captain gets it 1st say no more.
- Nighthawk

It will look good in McDavid's hands true...
Jeff Paul
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Joined: 11.02.2018

Jul 9 @ 11:09 PM ET
You don't have accurate orders for past hand offs. Blues went Pietrangelo -> Bouwmeester -> Steen.

In your lists of past hand offs, it's obvious that how much a player contributed has nothing to do with when they get the Cup. Guys like Gagne, Mayers, Regher, Dupuis... they were healthy scratches most or all of playoffs for their respective teams but were handed the Cup early. Chris Thorburn got the Cup 4th for St. Louis, and he literally played less than 2 minutes for them the entire regular season and playoffs combined that year, and it was back in October. So you pointed out a lot of the vets aren't different makers... that seems to be completely irrelevant. The general rule is, the Cup gets handed to whoever has been waiting to longest to get it once the players have it from Bettman.

You can claim it's not a jinx all you want. The players I've heard speak publicly about it feel otherwise. Blues players talked about it last month, that there wasn't any plan because players don't want to jinx it; they just all kind of know those who have been waiting the longest get it first, so guys push people they think need to get it before them up to the front for the guy who has it to see.

In absence of a Captain, unless specifically told by someone prior, Bettman will just call up whoever gets the Conn Smythe to get the Cup, since it's really not his place to decide. The players aren't going to talk about it before hand, it's a jinx/against tradition. Seems like it's probably 50/50 whether the GM will feel it's his place to give Bettman a name, or whether they will just let it be whoever wins the Smythe.

- Antilles


I watched all nine, but I'll go back and see if I missed Steen.
bruceflyers
Joined: 06.16.2012

Jul 9 @ 11:13 PM ET
Wouldn’t worry about it...your defense is horrible.

You have 0 chance to beat stl, col, or dal.

So...the whole first year finals thing...yea that was a fluke.
Jeff Paul
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Joined: 11.02.2018

Jul 10 @ 12:28 AM ET
Wouldn’t worry about it...your defense is horrible.

You have 0 chance to beat stl, col, or dal.

So...the whole first year finals thing...yea that was a fluke.

- bruceflyers


The defense is not horrible and the offense/goaltending is good enough to get them there. I was very honest in my previews against StL and COL. Give them a read.
Tee56
Joined: 10.02.2017

Jul 10 @ 7:34 AM ET

My vote is Fleury.

Has there ever been a goalie first to touch the CUP?