The silver trophy to the silver state. Childhood wish/dream come true to have a championship team in my hometown. The Knights will always be the #1 team in this city. Go Knights Go!
2nd generation Vegas native here, couldn’t agree more, the Knights will always be the no. 1 team in this city. Home grown and brought us our first championship. VGK baby
I've been watching lots of hockey since we joined the league in 2017. Toronto and Montreal seem so deadly serious about hockey. NO FUN INVOLVED AT ALL. the Toronto fans always look like they're at a dentist appt. 😬 These old foundation franchises need to loosen up and enjoy the game again.
Will never get old. I’ll never forget watching this run. I let my beard grow out alongside the boys all through the playoffs . Looked like a caveman by the end. So glad I never had to shave it until after we won the cup💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
So so glad VGK beat the Oilers and E. Kane. The VGK hate for that guy is real ever since his days at San Jose. This playoff series was the real Stanley Cup Final !
No doubt. All the crap that Kane did to them proved beneficial because when Florida came to town and started with their goonery it was laughable! VGK looked at FLA like, "We've seen this before, only they were a lot better at it than you."
Mark Stone could never play a game again….he will always be remembered for what he did these playoffs. The guy may have risked his career and long term health to get the Stanley Cup. 1st Captain in franchise history. He led his team to their 1st championship….he will go down in Knights folk lore. He should never have to pay for a meal in Vegas again.
1000% agree with you. He’s my favorite Knight with the misfits close behind him. I have a gold acrylic Stone figurine on a shelf in my room where my VGK shrine is lol. Also got the newspaper the morning after we won the cup and framed it the front page. What a fuckin run
@@joeydrummer7929 Thats cool. Is it a bobblehead or one of those statues/busts they gave away during this past preseason? I collect almost anything i can get my hands on. I have the 4 busts they gave out this past preseason, Stone, Eichs, Smith and coach cassidy. I have almost every single VGK bobblehead ever made. I’m only missing maybe 3 or 4 that i know of, in total i think i have around 70 VGK bobbleheads! And thats just my bobbleheads! One day when i get a place thats big enough I will make a “Knights Den” of sorts. The whole room will be covered in posters, bobbleheads, jerseys, game used sticks or locker room nameplates, random pieces I acquired through Etsy, etc….the boys and I will watch the games in there whenever we can’t make it to the game.
I have waited 6. Long. Years. 😂 To be fair, we never had our own local sports team before, so everyone saying people from Vegas don't deserve a champion can shut up lol
Has it been a month already since the coveted Stanley Cup was won by the VGK? Wow! I could keep watching this over and over! Vegas was never a game down in any of the games, they were so dominating in the final!
In 2022,Vegas was the most injured contender in the NHL,& didnt really get a chance to have much say as my Avalanche won the Cup. And though I dislike them-I deffended Vegas a lot-you cant expect a team that decimated by injuries to truely contend.(2022 Nuggets were in the same boat as the Knights-& as we saw-both teams won last yr with much more injury luck).Last yr-the Avs were the most injured contender in the NHL.(& most injured deffending champ in like 3 decades) Yes,we somehow won the central,& finished as the west 2 seed-but that was a minor miracle-Avs wildly overachieved in the regular season. Realistic fans knew we werent going far-even if we got past Seattle-we probably wouldnt get past Dallas with all the guys we had out(even though analytically we dominated game 7 vs Seattle-but thats just how hockey goes sometimes)...& definitely werent beating the Vegas/Edmonton winner-at least I believed that. This year I honestly hope both teams have relative injury health(we still wont have Landeskog this year-but beyond him)-& the rivalry they developed a few yrs ago could be back in strong force this year. People forget in 2021-when they were in the same "COVID division"-the Avs,& Vegas tied for the presidents trophy-Colorado won on a tiebreaker. Then cuz of the dumb NHL playoff setup-they met round 2. Avs won the 1st 2...Vegas won 4 straight. The Knights were a tougher,& deeper team-physically,& mentally. Both teams were basically healthy,& I truely believe that series-& the lessons Vegas doled out to Colorado-paid dividends & helped the Avs win in 2022. They developed mental toughness from failing in that moment. Some of the players have said the exact same thing. It showed them they had to get tougher-physically...but much more so mentally. I think it could be fascinating this year to see the rivalry now-with both teams having scaled the mountain,& the confidence that teams develop when they become Champions. If we are lucky enough for both teams to stay reasonably healthy,& maybe meet in the playoffs again-it could be an Alltime great series. Hopefully the Western Conference Finals...I could easily see that happening & as somebody who works at Ball arena-thatd be a phenomenal series to watch/work. Could be a very fun time as the Avs are actually NHL favorites by most sports books,but I have seen Vegas as favorites in a few others-which is what Id say for now. If a deffending champ is reasonably intact-they should be favorites til otherwise proven. Just like in the NBA,where our deffending champ Nuggets are consensus favorites. We just pulled off the rarity of winning the NHL,& NBA back2back. And I believe theres a decent chance Ball arena could be hosting the NBA,& NHL Finals this spring. But Vegas is a huge obstacle to that happening. Avs never really got a fair shot to defend their title cuz of injuries-so it could be very interesting if the last 2 Cup champs stay healthy,& meet up in the playoffs. Especially with the recent history,& rivalry theyve already developed with each other. Remember just like Vegas last playoffs-Colorado never trailed in a series in 2022,& matched the 2023 Nuggets with 16-4 playoff run. Vegas had a very similar record in 2023...16-6 I THINK they went...off the top of my head.
I agree with just about everything you said here. I was going crazy last year telling everyone that Vegas struggles were almost ENTIRELY due to injuries . And even with the injuries they still only missed the playoffs by 3 points . I KNEW they’d come out hard this past season and they did. Also funny you defended us to people about our injuries I totally did the same with you guys this year. You guys had pretty much the same season we had last year with all the injuries . I think next year you guys will come out super hot and go far in the playoffs again. I ALSO REALLY wanna see a rematch between our 2 teams healthy. I think our 2 teams are best in the west with Edmonton and Dallas close behind , and Seattle and LA close behind them . I really wanna see us play eachother again in the WCF this coming season. I already KNOW Avs want revenge on us for beating them in 2021, and I think Vegas is such a deep team they have it in them to be repeat champs. Would likely be a 7 game insane series . Here’s to hoping it happens!
Since day fucking one, went to game five of the final and saw the hardware, magical. After our elimination this year came back, looking like we won’t resign marchessault, hope he gets a statue one day for that Dallas game 2 goal, running his way to a con Smythe baby
Was at game 5 when we sealed it. Unreal experience. I will NEVER forget those moments. Regarding Tkachuck and the comments he made after hitting Jack - Kat Williams said it the best, “Ya shouldn’t been talkin shit.” That Kolessar hit changed the entire Panthers bench. They started to understand in that moment that this Vegas team is purely better than them. Not just skilled players who can run the score up, but a deep roster that is well coached and can play any game you want. This team also endured one of the best teams we have ever seen play in the postseason (Edmonton) and beat them in 6 games in their home stadium.
After the second round, the playoffs got ridiculously boring and not fun to watch which might explain the lack of viewership on this video when compared to previous ones. Hopefully next year we get a good playoffs with a REAL hockey team champion
@robertsprouse9282 I think the panthers should try and keep this momentum they had in the playoffs. Hopefully, they don't get the 2021 Canadians drought after they made it to finals when they had no contender potential.
Entertaining playoffs, and there have been far worse finals. You can't complain on Vegas' end because they showed the hell up. Too bad the panthers shit the bed.
Yeah, I loved how the refs slipped on a VGK jersey over their referee jersey, unnoticed, and scored all those goals. Did you notice that those jerseys the refs wore had no name or number on the back? 😂😂😂😂
The silver trophy to the silver state. Childhood wish/dream come true to have a championship team in my hometown. The Knights will always be the #1 team in this city. Go Knights Go!
2nd generation Vegas native here, couldn’t agree more, the Knights will always be the no. 1 team in this city. Home grown and brought us our first championship. VGK baby
Maybe Vegas Golden Knights Take One More Road to The Stanley Cup Final 2024 Last Time Saga
From a Canadian hockey fan for 60 years, way to go Vegas, you put some fun back into the game.
I've been watching lots of hockey since we joined the league in 2017. Toronto and Montreal seem so deadly serious about hockey. NO FUN INVOLVED AT ALL. the Toronto fans always look like they're at a dentist appt. 😬
These old foundation franchises need to loosen up and enjoy the game again.
@@HOCKEYDIVAonly to joke around the older teams are old and cranky.
@@HOCKEYDIVA I’m a Detroit Red Wings fan btw
“Day Fucking One”
I cry tears of joy watching this, thank you. GO KNIGHTS GO
“Fuck around and find out”
Guess Kane took it to heart 🥳
Will never get old. I’ll never forget watching this run. I let my beard grow out alongside the boys all through the playoffs . Looked like a caveman by the end. So glad I never had to shave it until after we won the cup💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Never gets old,a golden knights and hockey fan for life!
Another amazing Road to the Cup by Cactus Hockey, the best on UA-cam!
only team that ever really challenged them was the oilers and it's funny arguably their easiest or at least most dominating series was the finals
Idk stars also took 2 games and in g1 g2 it could have gone either way
As a fellow Native American I am so proud of Zach Whitecloud. Great player, tough as nails and scored in the NHL playoffs!!! Go Z! 🦅
So so glad VGK beat the Oilers and E. Kane. The VGK hate for that guy is real ever since his days at San Jose. This playoff series was the real Stanley Cup Final !
No doubt. All the crap that Kane did to them proved beneficial because when Florida came to town and started with their goonery it was laughable! VGK looked at FLA like, "We've seen this before, only they were a lot better at it than you."
Vegas needed this! Our community flourishes with unity.....and that's what we got! GKG!
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Mark Stone could never play a game again….he will always be remembered for what he did these playoffs. The guy may have risked his career and long term health to get the Stanley Cup.
1st Captain in franchise history. He led his team to their 1st championship….he will go down in Knights folk lore.
He should never have to pay for a meal in Vegas again.
1000% agree with you. He’s my favorite Knight with the misfits close behind him. I have a gold acrylic Stone figurine on a shelf in my room where my VGK shrine is lol. Also got the newspaper the morning after we won the cup and framed it the front page. What a fuckin run
@@joeydrummer7929 Thats cool. Is it a bobblehead or one of those statues/busts they gave away during this past preseason? I collect almost anything i can get my hands on.
I have the 4 busts they gave out this past preseason, Stone, Eichs, Smith and coach cassidy. I have almost every single VGK bobblehead ever made. I’m only missing maybe 3 or 4 that i know of, in total i think i have around 70 VGK bobbleheads! And thats just my bobbleheads! One day when i get a place thats big enough I will make a “Knights Den” of sorts. The whole room will be covered in posters, bobbleheads, jerseys, game used sticks or locker room nameplates, random pieces I acquired through Etsy, etc….the boys and I will watch the games in there whenever we can’t make it to the game.
This is an ALL STAR team!!!...2024 again
VGK ALL THE WAY BABY!!!! GO KNIGHTS GO!!!!❤❤❤❤
Let’s go knights
1st title for the Las Vegas Golden knights almost two weeks ago but it was worth the wait that they had a parade that was last week
Rest in peace bark we won it for you
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And for our 60 "Guardian Angels"
@8: 48 Jack with the crossover that would make Iverson proud
6 long years!! Vegas Baby!!
I have waited 6. Long. Years. 😂 To be fair, we never had our own local sports team before, so everyone saying people from Vegas don't deserve a champion can shut up lol
Love how the knights laid the wood to each playoff opponent in the close out game. No sweat. Already getting slept on for 2024. Good luck w that
i love this team! GO KNIGHTS GO
Well done!!!
Has it been a month already since the coveted Stanley Cup was won by the VGK? Wow! I could keep watching this over and over! Vegas was never a game down in any of the games, they were so dominating in the final!
What a great team this was
Great video! Fun watch!
IT WAS WAITING ALL THIS TIME
In 2022,Vegas was the most injured contender in the NHL,& didnt really get a chance to have much say as my Avalanche won the Cup. And though I dislike them-I deffended Vegas a lot-you cant expect a team that decimated by injuries to truely contend.(2022 Nuggets were in the same boat as the Knights-& as we saw-both teams won last yr with much more injury luck).Last yr-the Avs were the most injured contender in the NHL.(& most injured deffending champ in like 3 decades) Yes,we somehow won the central,& finished as the west 2 seed-but that was a minor miracle-Avs wildly overachieved in the regular season.
Realistic fans knew we werent going far-even if we got past Seattle-we probably wouldnt get past Dallas with all the guys we had out(even though analytically we dominated game 7 vs Seattle-but thats just how hockey goes sometimes)...& definitely werent beating the Vegas/Edmonton winner-at least I believed that. This year I honestly hope both teams have relative injury health(we still wont have Landeskog this year-but beyond him)-& the rivalry they developed a few yrs ago could be back in strong force this year.
People forget in 2021-when they were in the same "COVID division"-the Avs,& Vegas tied for the presidents trophy-Colorado won on a tiebreaker. Then cuz of the dumb NHL playoff setup-they met round 2. Avs won the 1st 2...Vegas won 4 straight. The Knights were a tougher,& deeper team-physically,& mentally. Both teams were basically healthy,& I truely believe that series-& the lessons Vegas doled out to Colorado-paid dividends & helped the Avs win in 2022. They developed mental toughness from failing in that moment. Some of the players have said the exact same thing. It showed them they had to get tougher-physically...but much more so mentally.
I think it could be fascinating this year to see the rivalry now-with both teams having scaled the mountain,& the confidence that teams develop when they become Champions. If we are lucky enough for both teams to stay reasonably healthy,& maybe meet in the playoffs again-it could be an Alltime great series. Hopefully the Western Conference Finals...I could easily see that happening & as somebody who works at Ball arena-thatd be a phenomenal series to watch/work. Could be a very fun time as the Avs are actually NHL favorites by most sports books,but I have seen Vegas as favorites in a few others-which is what Id say for now. If a deffending champ is reasonably intact-they should be favorites til otherwise proven.
Just like in the NBA,where our deffending champ Nuggets are consensus favorites. We just pulled off the rarity of winning the NHL,& NBA back2back. And I believe theres a decent chance Ball arena could be hosting the NBA,& NHL Finals this spring. But Vegas is a huge obstacle to that happening. Avs never really got a fair shot to defend their title cuz of injuries-so it could be very interesting if the last 2 Cup champs stay healthy,& meet up in the playoffs. Especially with the recent history,& rivalry theyve already developed with each other. Remember just like Vegas last playoffs-Colorado never trailed in a series in 2022,& matched the 2023 Nuggets with 16-4 playoff run. Vegas had a very similar record in 2023...16-6 I THINK they went...off the top of my head.
I agree with just about everything you said here. I was going crazy last year telling everyone that Vegas struggles were almost ENTIRELY due to injuries . And even with the injuries they still only missed the playoffs by 3 points . I KNEW they’d come out hard this past season and they did.
Also funny you defended us to people about our injuries I totally did the same with you guys this year. You guys had pretty much the same season we had last year with all the injuries . I think next year you guys will come out super hot and go far in the playoffs again. I ALSO REALLY wanna see a rematch between our 2 teams healthy. I think our 2 teams are best in the west with Edmonton and Dallas close behind , and Seattle and LA close behind them . I really wanna see us play eachother again in the WCF this coming season. I already KNOW Avs want revenge on us for beating them in 2021, and I think Vegas is such a deep team they have it in them to be repeat champs. Would likely be a 7 game insane series . Here’s to hoping it happens!
Ahhh man. Gotta come back here every so often. Still say if we had gotten passed Dallas we would’ve repeated this year. That series was so close .
You guys prob would've lost too the oilers. But thats okay
@@AnIgniSign would’ve been a close series but I still take Vegas over Edmonton. Beat them once already .
hell yeah i love your content man. keep up the good work
Fantastic!!
Cactus is back again 🔥🔥
I was waiting for this 🔥🔥🔥
GO KNIGHTS GO!
love it
God our boys are beautiful
Since day fucking one, went to game five of the final and saw the hardware, magical. After our elimination this year came back, looking like we won’t resign marchessault, hope he gets a statue one day for that Dallas game 2 goal, running his way to a con Smythe baby
Great video.
Bro you make more like the capitals one with actual good music
I didn’t watch the video Hope they win it
Great job with this video
#GoKnightsGo #VGK #CupInSix
Back To Back
Pretty good little too much time on the jets series its not like that one was close.
REALM UKNIGHTED!
@catcushockey song from 13:10
I think it’s drake broke boys instrumental
@@cactushockey thanks man!
As someone who always watches this guys road to the Stanley cup videos, I was really hoping for the Panthers
I’m working on a video for their run right now
@@cactushockey Awesome! And btw I’m a big Blues and thought that one was a 10/10.
@@ericforst8613 Thanks man!
Was at game 5 when we sealed it. Unreal experience. I will NEVER forget those moments.
Regarding Tkachuck and the comments he made after hitting Jack - Kat Williams said it the best, “Ya shouldn’t been talkin shit.”
That Kolessar hit changed the entire Panthers bench. They started to understand in that moment that this Vegas team is purely better than them. Not just skilled players who can run the score up, but a deep roster that is well coached and can play any game you want.
This team also endured one of the best teams we have ever seen play in the postseason (Edmonton) and beat them in 6 games in their home stadium.
hopefully make another video next year too
Vegas won a cup before my canucks. Im sick rn 🤢🤢
Ok well that's life
Steamrolled
After the second round, the playoffs got ridiculously boring and not fun to watch which might explain the lack of viewership on this video when compared to previous ones. Hopefully next year we get a good playoffs with a REAL hockey team champion
Lmfao pure domination
Sounds like a fan of the loser team....VGK dominated. And VEGAS IS A HOCKEY MARKET 🏒 YOU DONT HAVE TO LIVE IN TORONTO TO LOVE HOCKEY
Panthers goalie is so overrated
Lol
these playoff were't as good as the previous years. possibly one of the worst stanley cup finals
Sounds like someone’s team were of the few playoff chokers 😂😂
Don't worry about it, Pantherfan. You'll get another shot in... about 27 years.
@robertsprouse9282 I think the panthers should try and keep this momentum they had in the playoffs.
Hopefully, they don't get the 2021 Canadians drought after they made it to finals when they had no contender potential.
Entertaining playoffs, and there have been far worse finals. You can't complain on Vegas' end because they showed the hell up. Too bad the panthers shit the bed.
Nah the playoffs were fun. The cup final was just one-sided. Round 1’s went crazy
Road the the refs help
Lol riiight
Are you a hurt Stars or Oilers fan? Which one is it? Lol
@@jakemagulick7006 he's one of them for sure
Yeah, I loved how the refs slipped on a VGK jersey over their referee jersey, unnoticed, and scored all those goals. Did you notice that those jerseys the refs wore had no name or number on the back? 😂😂😂😂
Let's just be honest, Florida should have won it...
Cap
@@jsomerville2353 no
lol no if you want to be honest, they should have been swept
@@stakalak6216LOL. Based on what I’m curious?
should have been swept
Refs* road to the Stanley Cup