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@HaydenDavies02 @VGKFlamingo Marner was fine at C, Didn’t realize Cassidy forced Hill to allow goals from everyone while limiting shots. The other day he let in the first two shots, stopped the next one, then got scored on the 4th. How is that on Cassidy for Hill being ass. Blame our leaders.

@Acceptable_Owl @VGKFlamingo Or after seeing Cassidy misuse marner and make him a centre, again letting the team go down 3-0 for the 19th time all year.

Kelly McCrimmon made this move for one reason: To try to save his own job. He's hoping that the team goes on a heater and it's enough to prevent Foley from firing him. He's doing the hockey equivalent of trying to look busy at his desk when the boss walks by.

@cnosek6342 @woolkins Cassidy’s system during our win, made every other good team in the league play defense like us the next year. McCrimmon then sent out a ton of pieces that made us that team. The only reason Hill looked so good was that our D cleaned his mess or blocked so many shots.

@woolkins No need to mention it because it goes on both sides of the equation. Bruce was the HC for that win. Which, if anything, means Bruce should have been kept around longer. McCrimmon should have done more to listen to what Bruce said he needed to produce better on-ice results.

Fleury -> Lehner -> Hill - McCrimmon Lehner contract - McCrimmon Adin Hill contract - McCrimmon Carter Hart contract - McCrimmon No replacement for Pietrangelo - McCrimmon no prospects in the system - McCrimmon possession of minimal draft picks - McCrimmon acquire a $12 million winger instead of repairing defense - McCrimmon playing $12 million elite RW at C bc William Karlsson is injured- Cassidy 3rd place in Pacific division - Cassidy Do you think Vegas fired the right guy?

@cnosek6342 It’s 100% evident McCrimmon has no idea what a goalie is. His goalie moves have been horrible every step of the way.

@YungBedard98 @GoldenKnights Carter Shart was right there.

@GoldenKnights Not gonna help this team with Carter shit in net😂, this downfall is lovely

Statement from the Vegas Golden Knights on the hiring of head coach John Tortorella.

@TheodoreTooth @VegasH8r420 @GoldenKnights Come back, our season hit the shitter when you vanished. That’s the correlation I’ll die on.

@VegasH8r420 @GoldenKnights I'm still dead actually

You helped us reach our ultimate goal in 2023 by bringing a Stanley Cup to Vegas. Thank you, Bruce!

@TheodoreTooth @GoldenKnights We’ve been missing your posts this season. Cassidy basically getting fired for telling Hill to stop a puck is McCriminal. Team limits shots all year many under 20, goalie can’t stop anything. When it’s 9 shots us to 3 and 3-0 them. It’s the GOALIE. NOT THE COACH

@GoldenKnights He should have simply told Hill and the other goalies to make a save Why didn't he do that? Is he stupid?

@LaneTrain__48 @NathanGraviteh You mean the locker room cancer, who requested a trade, and who played horrible as the starter when Hill was hurt in their contract years 23-24? Yeah that’s Cassidy’s fault…

@NathanGraviteh That’s on Cassidy too though. He was the one who picked Hill over LT before they traded LT to Washington

Unfortunately, Bruce Cassidy committed the one inexcusable sin for any NHL head coach: Having the worst goaltending in the NHL. How dare he.

@DannyWebster21 You are, Cassidy calling Hill out got him fired. I don’t know what Hill has on McCrimmon but it’s something. There’s no other logical reason.

And I thought I was going to write about goalies today.

@CraftIntact @JesseGranger_ If the roles were reversed, there would have been endless fans blaming him for some bad goals last night. He was better in the shootout, but that’s it. Hill also sucks.

@JesseGranger_ Of course he did. His save % was .864 and he looked hapless on two of those goals.

Can you tell Logan Thompson wanted this one?

@Avide702 @JesseGranger_ What part of Thompson’s game, screamed that he was wildly superior, he and Hill were average at best last night.

@JesseGranger_ The evidence couldn’t be more clear that GMKM traded the wrong goalie. He has to be blind to not see it. He’ll never admit it but it’s definitely the worst mistake with him as GM

@NHLJackManning See. Thompson lets those ones in too!

@JesseGranger_ Jesse, you’re a goalie… you should know this. It’s ALWAYS Windmill Wednesday.

Are we sure it's not Wednesday? What a windmill by Logan Thompson on Hanifin's shot from the top of the circle.

@TDChrisG As a high performance goalie coach, I know what a goalie coach does. :)

@Acceptable_Owl Goalie Coach does a ton for a team. Not just the goalies

Poor Hart.

@DannyWebster21 Here’s the thing he made the save. The rebound still wasn’t controlled. It was cleared by the D. That rebound would ended up in the back of our net AND routinely did end up in our net when he played for us. In 23/24 Hill controlled those better. Hill isn’t making that save now

Logan Thompson with his third big save of this period, this time on Eichel off the turnover.

@StevenRL88 @JesseGranger_ Time to trade for more slow bottom 6 guys!

@JesseGranger_ The lack of team speed for Vegas is alarming, every team we play seems faster, and more willing to forecheck and get to loose pucks.

It's been a rough opening 13 minutes for the Golden Knights. Washington has just been faster all over the ice. They've generated a lot of good looks, have a goal and a couple other close calls that hit the post.

Since trading Thompson to Washington, Vegas has lost the Hill vs Thompson match 3 of 3 times, and currently losing. Thomson fans will think that it’s because we made the wrong choice, it’s more of how bad we’ve been getting over two years

@JesseGranger_ Add that to the long list of breakaway goals allowed by Hill.

Hendrix Lapierre gives Washington an early 1-0 lead. The Caps won a board battle, it caught McNabb off guard, who wasn't back far enough, and Lapierre skated in all alone.

@TDChrisG @LockedOnVGK Team was playing well just unlucky right before we signed Hart. Stone broke that game vs Calgary, then we melted into mediocrity It’s a correlation (probably) but in reality, these cracks showed last year in our back-end and goaltending. We just could vilify Samsonov easier.

Good question from @LockedOnVGK YouTube page - When was the last time VGK was hot against good teams? 10/14-28, 5-1-1, wins vs BOS, CAR, CAR. 1/6-17, kind of, 7-0-0, wins vs WPG, CBJ, SJS, LAK, TOR, NSH.