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The back fist from Pietro was a turning point in that game. Game was even, a little favored towards the Stars imo. Then you get the penalty where everyone thinks they're getting a major or double minor cuz of the blood. That's not how roughing gets called, but regardless the crowd feels cheated and is absolutely riled up. Then they score on the PP. Robo actually does a celly for once and the Crowd goes nuclear with its justice boner. Momentum completely settled on the Stars in that moment and never left.
Stars fans surrounded by all other fanbases in r/hockey after each of the last 3 games.
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I wanted him to have the number 2 more than anything I have ever wanted in my life. In my head canon him choosing 11 which can be interpreted as 1+1=2 is intentional and delightful.
Even without the bits his game is really fun to watch and it is the next jersey I am getting without question.
A bit obtuse but if you choose to interpret a "Stank Oven" as your butt that produces feces and extend that interpretation an extra step of going "#2" as a bowel movement you land at an activation of the Stank Oven to produce the smell and stanky fury.
Perhaps a significant stretch but I am an enormous child and it makes me happy.
I also ascribe every dangle as him "giving them the [Stanky Legg](https://youtu.be/ewufRwrayTI?si=Vw0KcfgdkPStE84B)" because of the previously mentioned lack of maturity.
The NHL just unreasonably refuses to embrace the chaotic ethos of the original XFL to allow Stankoven to wear the number "420" which I would also find delightful.
If you haven’t seen the Phenomenotter commercials, google it. Then thank me later… or curse me because you’ll be singing that song for the next 3 days.
You guys will be playing he Avs if you win, right? I won't be cheering *against* you. I just won't be pumping my fist for your goals like I am now.
Vegas is the only west team I've got an issue with. Maybe the kings because they're kind of boring.
you were very mean to us this season so I still try not to like you, but your whole vibe is so fucking out there that I can't help but admire you. From the goal song to your crowd regulars (except glass beater, of course, who I just found out was a thing) to the in game music to the penalty song it's all just sort of nuts, and I dig it.
Nobody likes you? Since when, and especially compared to the Knights?
I thought Dallas was that team going to the SCF out of the west. Still do, actually.
Don’t worry, most Seattle fans like the stars. Our series was clean and epic. I just wish you guys had been this competitive with Vegas last year.
🦑❤️⭐️
I was hoping to cheer on Monahan and your Jets for a while longer truthfully, but Tanev and Dallas will suffice. Just don't let it be Edmonton, LA bums.
I agree but their save % also gets inflated by our guys missing the net on wide open chances and taking some of the worst breakaway attempts ever.
I don’t think Hill was the reason they lost but he also wasn’t spectacular.
Yeah, that spot is 100% a pass and even if Hill knows it's a pass he still gets beat 90% of the time because there's so much time and space to pass it back again.
Yeah as a hockey fan that hurt to watch, though hard passes that close are pretty hard to handle (as a weak defense--you still have to hit that in the playoffs).
I mean as a brand new franchise coming off of a massive tragedy in the city before the first season and making the SCF in their first year, people were enamored by Vegas their first year. Then the 2019 choke happened, the cap shenanigans, the cup win, all that.
The cap shenanigans are what's rubbing most people the wrong way. You can say "well they're playing the game the way its allowed" but very few teams actually play like that. And the one's who do are all teams that a large amount of people hate already. I mean, just the predictability of Mark Stone being out forever only to come back in game 1 two seasons in a row? Even if his spleen was actually injured and he couldn't play all the way up until the playoffs, what are the chances that happens twice?
Add that to a bunch of new fans who have only experienced a good team so far, I think you have a lot of the insufferability that we saw with the Blackhawks in the early-mid 2010s.
You know, I for one am glad Vegas exists.
We went to 3 straight cup appearances with all sorts of cap shenanigans and /r/hockey still hates us less than Vegas.
Also, you were honorable. Yall said, "Hey let's amend the rules cause there can be some seriously fucked up shenanigans with LTIR"... and people voted to leave it alone. Then you had some legit injuries.
Fucking Stamkos didn't return to SCF game 3.
Not me, yall are goonery to the extreme. All I wanted out of you and Florida was it to go 7 so you absolutely murder each other with both of your usually intent to injure bullshit.
much as I hate it, yeah I've seen you in person and when you are clicking it's terrifying. Seriously hope you get the Oilers in the final as that will be epic.
It just blows my mind. He nearly stole games 3 and 4, which Vegas had no business even being in, and they go back to Hill?! Thompson was playing out of his mind and Hill looked average.
Dallas deserves it. If you guys don’t watch many Vegas games this kind of poor effort, dumb penalty, shitty neutral zone turnover crap is how we be doin it this year, it’s very frustrating to watch.
The dudes coming out making like 60 hits a game and LT playing the best of his entire career gave me lots of hope they had a hidden gear they saved for the playoffs but the last 3 games have been the regression to the mean while Dallas is just flying all over.
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You know what they say, its not over until you lose on the road
Wasn't it Todd McLellan, and he said, "You're not in trouble until you lose one at home" after the Canucks shelled them for 7?
Todd McLellan sucks shit
But I love Spawn
That’s Seth MacFarlane.
That crowd was riotous, what an unbelievable atmosphere
It’s amazing what happens when we aren’t dropping the puck at 8:50pm local time. Fuck the NHL and its scheduling.
Thank you NHL and its scheduling so I can watch a game or two here and there. Sincerely, a European.
That's how I feel about trying to watch Bundesliga matches.
The back fist from Pietro was a turning point in that game. Game was even, a little favored towards the Stars imo. Then you get the penalty where everyone thinks they're getting a major or double minor cuz of the blood. That's not how roughing gets called, but regardless the crowd feels cheated and is absolutely riled up. Then they score on the PP. Robo actually does a celly for once and the Crowd goes nuclear with its justice boner. Momentum completely settled on the Stars in that moment and never left.
Amazed that stadium still had a roof after the 3rd
Justice boner is a proper legal term
100%. Seemed to light a fire under everyone's ass.
Stars fans surrounded by all other fanbases in r/hockey after each of the last 3 games. https://preview.redd.it/6889k3q6bxxc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf89bdc532765c5fb152d207d18e915645dafa79
Seriously. Nobody ever likes us and even though I know they won't after this series, it's nice to have friends 🥲
As soon as I found out you had a guy named Stank Oven on your team you became my west team and possibly first non-Rangers related jersey purchase
I wanted him to have the number 2 more than anything I have ever wanted in my life. In my head canon him choosing 11 which can be interpreted as 1+1=2 is intentional and delightful. Even without the bits his game is really fun to watch and it is the next jersey I am getting without question.
I had never considered the 1+1 thing and am now a bigger fan
The best thing since Dumba choosing 55
I’m still really bummed that Mike Commodore never wore 64 😞
Lmao I was unaware of this also, that’s great
I dont't get it. Would you mind enlightening me?
Dumba55
Oh now I feel dumb but yeah that's hilarious
Or a Dumba55?
I think the 5's are supposed to be S's
Can you explain that, I'm completely whiffing on that one.
A bit obtuse but if you choose to interpret a "Stank Oven" as your butt that produces feces and extend that interpretation an extra step of going "#2" as a bowel movement you land at an activation of the Stank Oven to produce the smell and stanky fury. Perhaps a significant stretch but I am an enormous child and it makes me happy. I also ascribe every dangle as him "giving them the [Stanky Legg](https://youtu.be/ewufRwrayTI?si=Vw0KcfgdkPStE84B)" because of the previously mentioned lack of maturity.
Oh, dude, that didn't even come across to me, my first instinct with Stank Oven was a weed/hotbox joke, which is a different kind of lack of maturity.
The NHL just unreasonably refuses to embrace the chaotic ethos of the original XFL to allow Stankoven to wear the number "420" which I would also find delightful.
42 could work!
lmao, I love this comment chain. I'm going to have a lot of fun talking about Stank Oven with my dad when we watch the next game
I bought that jersey the day we called him up, by far my favorite one.
goddamn y'all just buying jerseys left and right. That shit is expensive
I normally don’t, but I’m trying to get all my jersey purchases in before fanatics take over making them.
Him and jason robertson are vood reasons to like the stars
Vegas really does wash away sins 🤔
I'll always have some love for the ol Wild Card Chaos Squad.
Just know that while you have Chris Tanev on the team you have pretty much every Canucks fan on your side...as long as we aren't facing each other.
He’s been unreal good this series. I love him.
You had the sharks fanbase behind you for Pavelski alone, the fact that you're playing Vegas is just the cherry on top of a support sundae!
For a specific contingent of the great NHL fanbase, it's Pavs
I mean, even if we didn't have Pavs, would the Sharks \_really\_ be rooting for Vegas instead?
Nobody likes Vegas
Honestly if they Kings lose I'm probably gonna bandwagon you guys just cause I like your jerseys lol
And Otter. He's SO much fun to watch.
If you haven’t seen the Phenomenotter commercials, google it. Then thank me later… or curse me because you’ll be singing that song for the next 3 days.
https://youtu.be/Fk7v62mVYaM
My 8 yr old is obsessed with Phenomenotter. He insists there must be a Phenomenotter movie coming out soon.
I don't know wtf I just watched but it was amazing. Thank you for this.
Admittedly, I’m not high on this iteration of Stars jerseys. I think I’m spoiled, I grew up with the Star jerseys
I just really like the green colour they use and I think it pairs well with the black and white
I'm one of those weirdos who loves the neon Stars jersey. Something about it just pops for me. I also love the Oilers neon one too.
You guys will be playing he Avs if you win, right? I won't be cheering *against* you. I just won't be pumping my fist for your goals like I am now. Vegas is the only west team I've got an issue with. Maybe the kings because they're kind of boring.
Nah man, Canes fan here. I feel similar vibes coming out of y'all's roster/fandom/franchise. I'm INTO it. Plus the color scheme is 👌
Win the next one so we can hate each other after 😘
I grew up hating y'all, really miss it
you were very mean to us this season so I still try not to like you, but your whole vibe is so fucking out there that I can't help but admire you. From the goal song to your crowd regulars (except glass beater, of course, who I just found out was a thing) to the in game music to the penalty song it's all just sort of nuts, and I dig it.
Hey hey hey, I've been popping over into Stars territory (only occasional, but still!) since 2020!
It felt very strange when the rest of the hockey world was so happy that the Habs beat Vegas in 2021 lol
Nobody likes you? Since when, and especially compared to the Knights? I thought Dallas was that team going to the SCF out of the west. Still do, actually.
Don’t worry, most Seattle fans like the stars. Our series was clean and epic. I just wish you guys had been this competitive with Vegas last year. 🦑❤️⭐️
If it makes you feel better I still don’t like you :D
not OP but it does a bit
well yes everyone hates u and u have two wisconsin boys so i should like u but hey, your arena is real nice though
I'm originally from Texas so the Stars will always be my home team.
I'll dislike you a bit less because I'll never forget you gave it all to defeat the frauds
https://i.imgflip.com/8opj6k.jpg
There goes my hero...
Fuck the cheating ass VGK. the enemy of my enemy is my friend lol
What can I say? Your team has had some excellence in your execution.
You motorboatin' sons of bitches. 🤜🤛
Take the trash our dallas ! We're all behind you guys this year
I dunno, I enjoy you guys, you've gotta fun team to watch. Easier to say when I have no stake in the playoffs right now
We are all Dallas fans tonight
Bettman is shaking with anger.
Vegas gearing to fire everyone again
Nah, they'll just dump them on the streets of dallas and let them figure a way back home.
Dump em on Harry Hines
[Wait... His name is Bet Man? Vegas?](https://i.giphy.com/75ZaxapnyMp2w.webp)
Support the southern hockey teams! No not that one!
The crowd was fantastic.
It’s amazing what happens when we’re not given the Swiss cheese smelling taint that is the 9 PM local time slot
https://preview.redd.it/h389rzsc0yxc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33da099cbabc9336347587b0bdc543048c8a5409 It gets louddddd
Plus we have the Mavs going (Rangers couldn’t win so no 3-0 night)
Chris Tanev fan club 💪🏼 LETS GO!!!
Yessir! Man is such a warrior, love the Tanev bros.
I was hoping to cheer on Monahan and your Jets for a while longer truthfully, but Tanev and Dallas will suffice. Just don't let it be Edmonton, LA bums.
Wonder if Vegas goes back to Thompson next game. Honestly don’t think it matters they just look outmatched 80% of the time.
Hill honestly looked fine too. Their tandem is legit
I agree but their save % also gets inflated by our guys missing the net on wide open chances and taking some of the worst breakaway attempts ever. I don’t think Hill was the reason they lost but he also wasn’t spectacular.
I can barely stay on my feet in skates but I’m confident I could’ve done just as well as Dadanov on that breakaway.
Him completely missing the net when we had the 3 on 0 chance nearly broke me.
Yeah, that spot is 100% a pass and even if Hill knows it's a pass he still gets beat 90% of the time because there's so much time and space to pass it back again.
Yeah as a hockey fan that hurt to watch, though hard passes that close are pretty hard to handle (as a weak defense--you still have to hit that in the playoffs).
shots wide of the net are listed as shot attempts, and therefore dont affect Shots **on Goal**
That 2(3) on 0 was absolutely heinous.
He was solid. Think we could’ve piled it on with some of our chances but he didn’t lose them this game by any means
I thought they were insane for starting hill THIS game
Agreed - seemed like a bit of an overreaction? I know Dallas seems to have "solved" LT, but their issue isn't the goaltender being beaten right now.
All my homies hate Vegas.
I hate Vegas, so that means I'm your homie?
What's up homie?
homie!
And here we have a couple of homies.
you're a homie
Yo homie, is that my briefcase
Great scene.
Vegas going from Cinderella to the Wicked Stepmother so quickly is insane.
Three years in a row of ltir cap bullshit will do that.
Is it though? I think that happens a lot.
I mean as a brand new franchise coming off of a massive tragedy in the city before the first season and making the SCF in their first year, people were enamored by Vegas their first year. Then the 2019 choke happened, the cap shenanigans, the cup win, all that.
The cap shenanigans are what's rubbing most people the wrong way. You can say "well they're playing the game the way its allowed" but very few teams actually play like that. And the one's who do are all teams that a large amount of people hate already. I mean, just the predictability of Mark Stone being out forever only to come back in game 1 two seasons in a row? Even if his spleen was actually injured and he couldn't play all the way up until the playoffs, what are the chances that happens twice? Add that to a bunch of new fans who have only experienced a good team so far, I think you have a lot of the insufferability that we saw with the Blackhawks in the early-mid 2010s.
Already homies but sup homie?
This has been a quality series to watch so far
One of the few truly even competitive series in this first round.
What a glorious day for the Dallas Stars and therefore of course, the world.
The enemy of our enemy is infact our ally
For now…
What if they are both my enemy
Then Vegas is the bigger enemy
As is tradition
Just 1 more.
God bless them
DALLAS. STARS.
DE LA STAWR!!
Thank you Dallas.
You know, I for one am glad Vegas exists. We went to 3 straight cup appearances with all sorts of cap shenanigans and /r/hockey still hates us less than Vegas.
Florida gaslighted me into thinking of the Bolts as the good guys
Y'all didn't do a really liked player league wide hella dirty in addition to the cap shenanigans
Also, you were honorable. Yall said, "Hey let's amend the rules cause there can be some seriously fucked up shenanigans with LTIR"... and people voted to leave it alone. Then you had some legit injuries. Fucking Stamkos didn't return to SCF game 3.
And he came in, scored a goal, and then had like 1 more shift the rest of the game. He was hurt and was putting it all out there for the team.
Not me, yall are goonery to the extreme. All I wanted out of you and Florida was it to go 7 so you absolutely murder each other with both of your usually intent to injure bullshit.
Y'all benefit from the CVOID time distortion field. If the Bolts were doing now what they did for the 2020 and 2021 Cups people would be going insane
Ive never cheered harder for a team that probably matches up worse for my team.
I'd rather face Dallas than a team built with the salary cap option turned off Obviously I'd rather play neither lol
Well if we get that far our options are dallas colorado or vegas so i guess just cheer for game 7's more than anything lol
as soon as Vegas is out I'll be cool w any team winning
Even Boston? Bruh
shit u right 1 more to go
Or even fucking Toronto? /s No way they come back from a 1-3 deficit.
Never doubt the Boston Bruins
Fuck you Shoresy
Fuck you buddy, good luck next season
Fuck you, hope we meet in the playoffs soon... but fuck you.
Fuck the leafs bring back the Habs bruins rivalry
Fuckin' eh.
Even Boston, anyone other than the golden showers
I basically want any Western team to take the finals as long as its not Vegas
We are all Stars fans for this series, after that it gets complicated.
I don't think it's complicated.
I mean between the Avs, LTIRs and Stars, yall still haven't lost to Dallas with this core, so there's something for the bingo card.
Dallas after being down 2-0 https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/032/834/DtPiP_DWsAEPntc.jpg
get it, Pavs
Lets go Dallas! Put them away
C'mon Dallas do us all a favour and eliminate these frauds
Courtesy of Pietrangelo being a scum
Vegas deserves another 30 years of this shit.
ESPN: "...and here's why that's good for Vegas."
PK Subban in shambles right now.
I never thought as an Oiler fan - after watching years of watching Dallas eliminate Edmonton - that I would be cheering on the Stars but here we are.
What about when we obliterated the Flames in the bubble so you didn't have to watch them win a playoff series on your ice?
Panda Express saves from Otter. Wow.
"Awesome" - literally every hockey fan right now
except for the Vegas ones, and maybe some stars hating central fans
Nah fuck Vegas I want Dallas I will probably regret this but still fuck Vegas
If we’re gonna lose next round, would much rather it be to Dallas than Vegas.
Here here. If not my Stars I would be cheering for the Avs over Vegas. Anyone but Vegas.
Nah, everyone hates the golden knights
Pietrangelo pissed us off. Bad idea
PHENOMENOTTER
GO STARS GO
Deserved win by Dallas all the way. Vegas just can't get anything going. Completely shut down
I'm a Blues fan rooting for Dallas
oh god, thank you for your sacrifice
You guys got a damn good team
by far the best team since the '99-'00 squads
much as I hate it, yeah I've seen you in person and when you are clicking it's terrifying. Seriously hope you get the Oilers in the final as that will be epic.
Wow that's going way back
That was tense. Probably one of the best series I've seen in a long time.
it aint over 😭😭???
Smells a lot like that rangers - devils series last year
Stars have looked better in every game. I picked Stars in 6, so don't let me down.
Throwing Aiden Hill in nets this game with the way Thompson has been playing is legitimately stupid. Deserved to lose with that level of disrespect.
For sure, Hill by no means played bad he was solid but like you said with the way Thompson was playing there was no reason to change goalie.
It just blows my mind. He nearly stole games 3 and 4, which Vegas had no business even being in, and they go back to Hill?! Thompson was playing out of his mind and Hill looked average.
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Dallas deserves it. If you guys don’t watch many Vegas games this kind of poor effort, dumb penalty, shitty neutral zone turnover crap is how we be doin it this year, it’s very frustrating to watch. The dudes coming out making like 60 hits a game and LT playing the best of his entire career gave me lots of hope they had a hidden gear they saved for the playoffs but the last 3 games have been the regression to the mean while Dallas is just flying all over.
As a San Jose Sharks fan...I APPROVE OF THIS MESSAGE!!!!
My favorite series are always the ones where 31 different fanbases can come together and say "we want this team to win".
probably should have had a couple more spleen injuries before the trade deadline
LTIR isn’t op enough, please make it stronger - Vegas
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Fuck vegas
The hockey gods have heard our calls
Oh shit I’ve only been following the eastern conference
May the Dallas Stars crush the Injury Reserves.
Haha get fucked Vegas, go hide more money on the LTIR.