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Vegas - The NHL will never give a sweetheart expansion deal like that again, but it is great PR. Want a new team to succeed? Make them good.
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Hey 1990 - good point.
The Vegas GM - George McPhee (& Co.) did a masterful job of working the rules & procedures set out by Bettman & crew for the draft to stock the franchise
& to enhance their chances for success. It might be noted here with a degree of cynicism, the need (as alluded to by 1990) for the franchise to succeed in the very near future may have
been predicated on impending NFL expansion plans.
For their 500 million Vegas got to choose 1 player from each team's list of unprotected players (as you are all aware)but it was the back-room negotiating
& deal making by McPhee & his staff (all within accepted guidelines) with the other organizations to not select certain unprotected players.
They added an additional no. of skaters in trades with teams whose players they'd agreed not to choose & in the process acquired a $h1tload of draft picks.
They parlayed this into a team that looks to be a (hell!! is already) contender for quite awhile as they used this strategy often & will no doubt take this surplus of players to trade for the future.
Again, to 1990's point - Seattle most certainly will not get this kind of deal.
Afterall, the Canuckles need someone to kick the crap out of!!
After last night - Vegas is making me a believer. Jet vs Knights in a conference final.....Whodathunk???
Cheers
JB