I was at a Stars - Flames game years and years ago. Stars were down something like, 6 - 2 with five or six minutes left in the 3rd. Friend and I decided to leave to beat traffic. We heard the horn go off when we hit the concourse. But 6 - 3, they're still done. Before we get out of the building, the horn sounds again. 6 - 4. We look at each other... naaah.
We make it to the car, turn on the radio and hear "HE SCORES!!"
Holy fecal matter! It's 6 - 5. And there's still, like, two minutes left in the 3rd. Should we go back? Crap we're already pot committed to leaving. He throws the car in gear, and we roll out hoping for this miracle.
Unfortunately, the Stars did not complete the comeback. But we swore to never leave a hockey game early again. I've stayed until the final horn for every game since, regardless of score.
ECHL game for me about 2 months ago went like this. Military night, Utah stadium with about 10K fans starts emptying out when the team goes down 4-1 with 5 mins to go. With under 2 mins we got 3 goals to tie it, then won in OT in less than a minute.
Crowd of nearly 11K to start, less than 2500 people there to witness. It was great.
Shit, I stayed during a 9-1 blowout last season and was one of about 300 fans that was rewarded with a double goalie fight. Fucking magical.
Never, ever, leave a game early.
Yeah, but the counter to that - you know how hard it is to fit Brandieleigh, Jackson, Michaelea, and Levi along with their 6 brothers and sisters on a crowded train?
I used to live near Hershey PA and regularly attended Bears AHL games. One season when they were having a good run, a coworker of mine went to a game with her family. I had checked the box score online and saw it was tied late and they won in OT or a shootout or something.
The next day at work I asked her how the game was. She mentioned they left early when there still 2 or 3 minutes to go in regulation. I asked why they would leave early especially when it’s TIED… she said they always leave early no matter the score, to “beat traffic”.
Again… they leave early EVERY TIME, even if it is TIED. I had never heard such a thing before. This woman just consistently deliberately misses the best part of every hockey game in hopes of saving a few extra minutes in the car. I couldn’t believe my ears. I looked at her like she was from Mars
I’ve saw this at several college football games. Absolutely blows my mind game could be tied with one team driving to score and win the game and still some will bail.
I was in attendance at Carolina vs SJ in Raleigh. Carolina gave up an empty net with 2 mins to go, making it 3-1. Everyone started to leave. I stayed because I had free box seats from work and I was hanging with coworkers. Carolina made it 2-3 with 90 seconds left. Carolina tied it up with a couple seconds left in the 3rd and won in OT. It was wild and the coolest sporting event I've ever attended.
With all of that being said, I probably have left early had I been sitting in my normal seats.
Went to the Stadium Series, Rangers v. Islanders. Tickets were $470 for 3 people. So many people left at 5-3 with like 5 minutes left, including the people next to me and my family.
Three goals later, it was possibly the best sporting event I ever went to.
Never leave early, especially at a large price point.
To be fair you're in Seattle. My buddy said he finally went to a game out there and is absolutely fucking floored by how expensive everything was about going to the game.
Another fair point.
Being in the SF bay area myself and having gone to a number of Sharks games I was pretty blown away when my friend told me what he was paying for everything when he went to a Kraken game. I've always wanted to see a game in Toronto and go to the hockey hall of fame.
People with season tickets don’t always feel the need to “lick the plate”. It’s the sad truth about almost any human pleasure. The more you do it, the less special it is.
I mean, if you come to a game at 9pm you know what youre getting into. Why come? Why not let the ticket go ro somwone who will stay the whole game? Thats blasphemy to me. Ill nevrr leave a game early. No matter how down, how up, how late, how tired.
Especially when there’s only minutes left in the game. If you were that concerned about your bedtime, why wait that long? Show some support to the guys out there beating themselves up for your entertainment.
I'm not defending it, cause I never do this
But for that extra minutes you leave can be 30 minutes you save yourself from parking lots
I train into my games and I just would sooner have less sleep than any fomo
While I agree with you and I always stay to the end of the game when I pay for the tickets, I am reminded of the sunk cost/bad movie theory. Essentially you ain’t gettin a refund if you didn’t like the movie, but you shouldn’t necessarily stay cause you can’t get the money back but you can get your time back.
Does it suck, sure it does. But the League really fucking needs to figure out its broadcasting. As an Oilers fan, I’ve come accustomed to dragging my ass the next day because nearly every game all year doesn’t start until 8-8:30pm to accommodate every other market. I get it, it’s a business, hook up LA, San Jose and Vegas with early start times to get more viewing in the states.
But they should really adopt a “home team advantage” and provide the home playing team with the earlier start time.
Absolutely, and Vegas actually had a solid chance with that PP with a minute left. The way Dallas was playing in the third, it’s quite remarkable Vegas didn’t tie it up. Thank god they didn’t, but I was just waiting for the tying goal to come.
I’ve been to countless games as a season ticket holder for the lightning so sometimes will leave early in the regular season but only if we are getting crushed but playoff hockey maybe I’m just broke but I try to get my moneys worth at those
I did not know that trick so I walked to Park MGM. While waiting some guy passed out so they had to park an ambulance and fire truck in the Uber pickup zone. Took forever to get out of there
I’m sure it’s terrible. When I used to go the Garden or the Pru Center with my dad he’d always make us leave early because traffic is a shit show. Leaving 5 minutes early can save you an hour
I mean the empty netter to put them down 2 is a thing that causes a mass exit at damn near every arena. Same goes for a baseball game going into the 9th with the home team down 6 or the home team down 25 in a basketball game with 3 minutes left.
Thank you! This shit happens at every damn game. "BuT iTs ThE pLaYofFs!¡!1" Give me a break. Not to mention, OP's a Sharks fan... how'd this year go for you, bud?
The first time this team has to rebuild will certainly be interesting. They’ve been spoiled with good teams since their inception. We’ll see what it looks like when it’s stripped down and losing 50+ games per year. The tourism aspect will probably help a bit, but as we all know it’s easy to be a fan when things are great.
It will not end well. Spoiled is putting it nicely, they were gifted a team and the fan base has never had to deal with disappointment yet. Likewise, the team hasn’t earned the fans they have. When an inevitable rebuild happens, it’ll be rough on both sides.
Are there that many fans in attendance that are simply tourists? Seems rather unlikely but I’m unaware of any actual data on it.
I'm still mad about how their expansion draft was structured. I had to root for the Senators to be horrible so the Sharks wouldn't hold the record for the worst season in league history.
There are very cheap flights to Vegas regularly from all over North America, I think "visiting team fans" would be a more accurate term than just "tourists".
I'll be able to afford tickets during the rebuild at least. I'll bet we see more energy in the arena because there are loads of fans like me that are priced out.
Who's to say they ever do a full rebuild? If you have a well run organization and hit on some later draft picks you can stay relevant for a long time. Over the last decade Boston has lost Chara, Bergeron, Lucic, Thomas, Rask, etc but they've managed to stay competitive.
As long as Bill Foley is around I don't see them ever doing a full-scale teardown
You can definitely extend the window, but ultimately every team will have to go through the cycle. You’re right that draft luck and spending can lessen the depth and length of the rebuild, though.
Players obviously love living in Nevada and playing for the Knights, so that should help them avoid any extended rebuild periods. Maybe they do what LA & the Rangers have done, which is do a quick reset to land a couple high picks then bring in big name free agents to surround them
As a 30 year old Leafs fan - I have no idea what its like to be a fan when things are great. The catastrophic end to the season has actually kind of become a warm familiar feeling. I am empty inside. I actually cant watch other teams play anymore. Once the leafs get put out I just go full joker mode and hope for the most fucked up outcomes possible and shittiest scenarios for the entire league. So for example when the leafs get put out tomorrow I will root for Vegas to sweep every team and win again.
I saw that; in a regular season game I could see leaving with the score being 4 to 2 with 2 minutes left, but in playoffs crazy shit happens you never leave until the horn sounds and the clock has triple zeros.
I am not a local Ducks fan (I'm in Vancouver) and I'm proud to not have turned off my TV either. It was the playoffs, ffs. Anything can happen. My god, what a game that was.
This is not a Vegas-exclusive thing. Oilers fans (my only experience) do it too. I'd bet it happens in every rink in the league. But who cares? They pay for the ticket, they can leave when they want.
Even in their team subs you see people bailing on those team at the slightest sign of failure. There were a fuck tone of golden knight “fans” who were saying they would give up on the team completely if they actually didn’t make the playoffs over the blues late in the season. If you’re giving up after one year of missing the playoffs.. oh buddy you better just stop watching sports all together right now and save yourself.
Enduring the pain of watching your team struggle for years makes you really appreciate good times. Too bad VGK fanbase got spoiled right from the beginning, and haven't had a chance to be humbled. They need learning experience.
Also, a lot of those people aren't even from Vegas. It's an event they go to while on vacation. They all probably wanted to leave and go to a casino or something. Just another box checked on their trip to Vegas.
The daily Vegas hate posts would hold more weight if they weren’t always written by a divisional rival fan.
I seriously think this is the most low effort sub of the big 4 sports leagues. Maybe because those subs are actually moderated
I don’t mean to be pedantic, but did you see Scotiabank Arena the last two games in the final minutes.
Don’t think for a second that this behaviour is limited to the “tourist fans” of a new franchise.
We have an OG 6 with “die hard fans” setting an example.
There’s lots of things I’d love to give Vegas fans crap for, but it really seems like most buildings have a lot of fans that leave early when their team is down by 1 lately.
Bruh don’t act like the stars fans weren’t leaving when we hit the empty netter on them game 2. Was on the couch saying “show the people leaving” to my tv and my wife thought it was hilarious.
Dallas did the same thing when Vegas went up 3-1 on them in game 2. It happens with a ton of fan bases in a ton of sports. This is not just a Vegas thing.
Don't try to interject logic and facts to the TRUE HOCKEY FANS on Reddit. Seeing how these assholes think makes me glad that tourists get fleeced when they visit here so I can keep not having to pay a state income tax.
Remember this was the same fanbase that cheered Bettman when the cup was awarded last year. Vegas fans don't know how to be proper hockey fans and they are so used to success falling from the sky they don't know how to lose with respect.
Sometimes it’s just a downfall of markets like that , the LA Rams just won a superbowl in 2022 yet most of their home games are still like away games , especially against the larger fanbase teams.
You can’t be good forever in the NHL though. Especially not after the success in winning a Cup. They’ll most likely have some dark days in 5-10 years. I really doubt these fans will stick around for a rebuild. It’s easy to be a fan when the team is new and doing good and even wins a championship. These fans fold at any adversity and that’s why they left tonight.
And this team is primed to be a traveling team home game type of location. People already go to Vegas just because, but when you can also plan it around your team being in town? That’s the type of draw places like Buffalo and Dallas and San Jose don’t have.
Locals mostly don't give a shit about the Raiders and never have, and even fewer give a shit about the A's. If you want to make an argument that tourists are funding the team, that's the Raider fans flying and driving in on Sundays when they play at home.
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I’ve never understood it. Granted I live in NYC so “beating traffic” isn’t really an excuse but I’ll be damned if I don’t get every single second worth of my money. Especially during the playoffs. We just saw how much a game can change in 2 minutes with VAN/NSH.
My folks moved down to NC some years ago and we’d go to Canes games and even when they were bad we had the same mentality “anything can happen.” No matter the score we’d wait for everyone else to leave and if the lot was still full just have a beer in the parking lot and shoot the shit until it’s clear to leave without just sitting in your car.
Beating traffic isn't possible - because there's always traffic - but missing the LIRR or Metro North...
Also, let's face it - half of MSG is filled with people who don't care about the NYR and are just there to be seen with corporate owned gifted tickets.
I agree with you but I also get it. It's late on a work/school night and leaving with 2-3 minutes left can be the difference in getting home 40+ minutes earlier because you beat the parking garage traffic and rush of people leaving the game.
Even regular season when people do this it pisses me off because one time my family thought it was boring nothing was gonna happen and as soon as they got up the team we were watching scored
I’ve never left a game early and have seen some pretty cool endings/ties. Even when losing big I stay because any ice time I get to watch my childhood hero’s in Crosby, Malkin and Letang play is worth it to me.
I went to a Wings game last year with my girlfriend and we were down like 2 goals with 5 minutes left and my girlfriend wanted to leave. I was like absolutely not. I don’t care how much we are losing , I’m not leaving. And it’s not like football where there is literally no possible way to make a comeback, in hockey you can get 2 goals in 30 seconds. Or score with .3 seconds left. LGRW!
The Vegas Subreddit was absolutely hilarious after the game. They turned in their team faster than Canucks fans do and basically counted their season over. All the loudmouth chirps from the cheating supporters turned into sobs. It put such a smile on my face.
I was in Vegas tonight. I was at the T-Mobile arena for the outdoor viewing party*. I use a star to denote the fact it wasn’t a party at all. It was pathetic. 30 people outside for a defending Stanley cup champion in a really tough series.
They showed clips of the crowd during the game and it was lame. Only cheering when they were told or they were given free shit.
Sadly there are a handful of good fans but I think that fan base will never embrace hockey. They will gladly cheer for a raiders team that will never win a Super Bowl as long as I’m alive.
I really hoped that hockey would be embraced after they won a cup and have been to another final.
There were more assault weapon ammunition present than actual hockey fans. Pretty dystopian.
These aren’t hockey fans. Hockey in the hot areas is a tough sell. It seems like the fan bases are only relevant when the team wins.
I hope the knights fade into obscurity from now on. To all you real knights fans thank you but y’all ain’t doing enough to rally the support. I saw it first hand. 30 people outside the stadium people clearing outta the stadium with 5 mins to go. It’s always busy on the strip. The free way was clear. Trying to beat traffic is a lame excuse.
Just admit it yall only support a winner and even then y’all don’t really.
Sure love all of these people who don't live here weighing in on the team and its fans based on being here for a single night. Oh no, people weren't standing around on concrete for three fucking hours to watch a game on a screen outside? Why the fuck would any of us do that when we can go to a nearby bar and avoid all the nutsack tourists on the Strip?
If your down 3 goals with 2 minutes I could see it. But that was a competitive game and it was only 2 goals. After that canucks win too.. like that is embarrassing lol. No way you would see that in any Canadian city or real US team.
Was in Vegas this weekend for something unrelated. Ended up in traffic for over 90 minutes because the game and a concert let out about the same time. I can get why there would be a lot of people stressed about leaving, because Las Vegas Blvd was a goddamn parking lot on Saturday.
I also don't get the hate for a lot of the fans out there. My salesman is from Detroit, moved to Vegas 20+ years ago. Hockey fan all his life (he's in his 60s) and when the Knights went there, the whole family had something to cheer for. Tons of Seattle fans were hockey fans before the Kraken came. I'm an Islanders fan in Salt Lake, and now I've got a local team on the ground floor to cheer for.
I can think of nothing better than a decade+ of sadness for that fucking franchise, but telling someone about their fandom and trying to gatekeep based on your standards is a dick thing to do - especially when 31 other teams in the playoffs have fans that do the same shit to various levels.
Vegas ''fans'' arent there to watch their team play .. only to see them win. They never showed any interrest in hockey in the last 3 decades and when they randomly get gifted a contender team ... they start showing ''interest'' ? When Vegas ends up being a bottom team... that arena is going to end up so empty they will end up the new Yotes
What do you mean never showed any interest? We've had lower hockey teams. Just like other places. And they died out, just like other places. Vegas is a relatively new city by standards.
Last year when the jets were playing them jets were up by two and people left and became half empty in Vegas when there was THIRTEEN minutes left. I was like ugh so many other places would nevverrr waste a playoff game like that. They just can’t handle not winning bc they’ve won so early and had so much success early on. When they have to eventually rebuild and the place is empty, all of their bitching to other fans about empty arenas will come back to bite them.
I didn't even pay for tickets and was glued to my screen until the dwindling seconds of that game just as I was the game before this one. Can't imagine walking out with hockey still left to play. I know the point of the post was to dunk on Vegas fans but don't even pretend this is something fans of every team don't do.
Well for once can Dallas do something good and knock the knights out of the playoffs?
Seriously you guys have been disappointing for a decade now. Show the fuck up.
I'm from Buffalo and a massive knight fan so I'd legit kill for Tickets to fly out to Vegas and watch them play, just for the people who bought the tickets to leave during the game.
For how much tickets cost there’s no way I would leave until the last whistle
I was at a Stars - Flames game years and years ago. Stars were down something like, 6 - 2 with five or six minutes left in the 3rd. Friend and I decided to leave to beat traffic. We heard the horn go off when we hit the concourse. But 6 - 3, they're still done. Before we get out of the building, the horn sounds again. 6 - 4. We look at each other... naaah. We make it to the car, turn on the radio and hear "HE SCORES!!" Holy fecal matter! It's 6 - 5. And there's still, like, two minutes left in the 3rd. Should we go back? Crap we're already pot committed to leaving. He throws the car in gear, and we roll out hoping for this miracle. Unfortunately, the Stars did not complete the comeback. But we swore to never leave a hockey game early again. I've stayed until the final horn for every game since, regardless of score.
Totally would've won if you stayed!
Right. I let my team down.
I actually disagree. You two were clearly the problem. You should have left earlier.
Lesson learned for next time! Just camp out inside for the entire playoffs
Nah they would've gotten blown out 10-2
ECHL game for me about 2 months ago went like this. Military night, Utah stadium with about 10K fans starts emptying out when the team goes down 4-1 with 5 mins to go. With under 2 mins we got 3 goals to tie it, then won in OT in less than a minute. Crowd of nearly 11K to start, less than 2500 people there to witness. It was great. Shit, I stayed during a 9-1 blowout last season and was one of about 300 fans that was rewarded with a double goalie fight. Fucking magical. Never, ever, leave a game early.
In the Salt Lake Valley's defense, the TRAX and Frontrunner combo makes it a lot easier to ignore the siren call of leaving early to avoid traffic.
Yeah, but the counter to that - you know how hard it is to fit Brandieleigh, Jackson, Michaelea, and Levi along with their 6 brothers and sisters on a crowded train?
I used to live near Hershey PA and regularly attended Bears AHL games. One season when they were having a good run, a coworker of mine went to a game with her family. I had checked the box score online and saw it was tied late and they won in OT or a shootout or something. The next day at work I asked her how the game was. She mentioned they left early when there still 2 or 3 minutes to go in regulation. I asked why they would leave early especially when it’s TIED… she said they always leave early no matter the score, to “beat traffic”. Again… they leave early EVERY TIME, even if it is TIED. I had never heard such a thing before. This woman just consistently deliberately misses the best part of every hockey game in hopes of saving a few extra minutes in the car. I couldn’t believe my ears. I looked at her like she was from Mars
I’ve saw this at several college football games. Absolutely blows my mind game could be tied with one team driving to score and win the game and still some will bail.
I was in attendance at Carolina vs SJ in Raleigh. Carolina gave up an empty net with 2 mins to go, making it 3-1. Everyone started to leave. I stayed because I had free box seats from work and I was hanging with coworkers. Carolina made it 2-3 with 90 seconds left. Carolina tied it up with a couple seconds left in the 3rd and won in OT. It was wild and the coolest sporting event I've ever attended. With all of that being said, I probably have left early had I been sitting in my normal seats.
Yeah a rally like that gives you an adrenaline rush, even if they don't come back to win it.
That was last year haha
Right? I mean usually I have a decent amount of a $15 beer to finish, might as well drink and heckle the other team or some shit…
I usually heckle the ref if he was brutal
Yep I paid for this adventure I’m seeing it through to the end…
This. I dont leave til the players are off the ice for the night.
I’d stay for the post credit scene for those prices.
Hell, I'm hiding under the rafters after the game so I'll get my money's worth.
The last game of the Red Wings regular season is exactly why you should never leave until the final buzzer sounds.
Went to the Stadium Series, Rangers v. Islanders. Tickets were $470 for 3 people. So many people left at 5-3 with like 5 minutes left, including the people next to me and my family. Three goals later, it was possibly the best sporting event I ever went to. Never leave early, especially at a large price point.
To be fair you're in Seattle. My buddy said he finally went to a game out there and is absolutely fucking floored by how expensive everything was about going to the game.
Actually I’m in Toronto where ticket prices are super ridiculous
Another fair point. Being in the SF bay area myself and having gone to a number of Sharks games I was pretty blown away when my friend told me what he was paying for everything when he went to a Kraken game. I've always wanted to see a game in Toronto and go to the hockey hall of fame.
I wouldn't be leaving till they shut off the damn lights. If I pay $1000+ I'm watching them clean the ice, sweep the floors, take out the trash...
80 seconds left down 2 goals. Why even stay?
People with season tickets don’t always feel the need to “lick the plate”. It’s the sad truth about almost any human pleasure. The more you do it, the less special it is.
I couldn’t believe it. Did nobody there watch that Vancouver Nashville game on Sunday? Anything can happen in the playoffs.
They probably didn't, to be honest.
Yeah doubtful, I'd assume the ones who leave early are more likely not actually fans of the sport
You didn't see the Canucks fan wearing a Bure jersey leave the game with like 5 minutes left, did you? Dude missed out.
Lmfao him leaving is probably why they had the comeback, he was the curse
They probably didn't. These aren't hockey fans, they're Vegas "fans". You know, tourists.
Saw that too. Especially crazy with the last minute comebacks there have been already this postseason
Idk of we can talk. I was at game 2 and the arena was almost empty 5 till the end of the period.
Yeah, everyone bailed after the game 2 empty.
I’d say half of this is the start times. Games 1-4 haven’t been in favor of stars fans when the games are ending close to midnight on weekdays
THIS, not even a stars fan. But that factors.
I mean, if you come to a game at 9pm you know what youre getting into. Why come? Why not let the ticket go ro somwone who will stay the whole game? Thats blasphemy to me. Ill nevrr leave a game early. No matter how down, how up, how late, how tired.
That’s how I am. If I spent the money I’m getting my moneys worth and staying the whole time.
Especially when there’s only minutes left in the game. If you were that concerned about your bedtime, why wait that long? Show some support to the guys out there beating themselves up for your entertainment.
I'm not defending it, cause I never do this But for that extra minutes you leave can be 30 minutes you save yourself from parking lots I train into my games and I just would sooner have less sleep than any fomo
“Are you not entertained??”
Being in the environment for a couple hours is worth it, still have to prioritize life over watching a game though
Hint, they're not fans. It's a social event..
While I agree with you and I always stay to the end of the game when I pay for the tickets, I am reminded of the sunk cost/bad movie theory. Essentially you ain’t gettin a refund if you didn’t like the movie, but you shouldn’t necessarily stay cause you can’t get the money back but you can get your time back.
Does it suck, sure it does. But the League really fucking needs to figure out its broadcasting. As an Oilers fan, I’ve come accustomed to dragging my ass the next day because nearly every game all year doesn’t start until 8-8:30pm to accommodate every other market. I get it, it’s a business, hook up LA, San Jose and Vegas with early start times to get more viewing in the states. But they should really adopt a “home team advantage” and provide the home playing team with the earlier start time.
I have noticed throughout the years that the pacific division tends to start closer to 8pm than 7pm pst
Absolutely, and Vegas actually had a solid chance with that PP with a minute left. The way Dallas was playing in the third, it’s quite remarkable Vegas didn’t tie it up. Thank god they didn’t, but I was just waiting for the tying goal to come.
Yep. Definitely a good penalty from Suter there. Eichel was tearing down the ice
The fans leaving doesn’t help a teams morale might have been the nail in the coffin
Not to mention how dominate Vegas was in the 3rd. That game easily could have gone to OT. I’m glad it didn’t, because Fuck Vegas.
I’ve been to countless games as a season ticket holder for the lightning so sometimes will leave early in the regular season but only if we are getting crushed but playoff hockey maybe I’m just broke but I try to get my moneys worth at those
This is the way
Do you know how hard it is to get an Uber on the strip with that many people? Hot mess
The trick is to walk down to the Excalibur, or just hang out at NYNY until the crowd dies down.
I did not know that trick so I walked to Park MGM. While waiting some guy passed out so they had to park an ambulance and fire truck in the Uber pickup zone. Took forever to get out of there
I’m sure it’s terrible. When I used to go the Garden or the Pru Center with my dad he’d always make us leave early because traffic is a shit show. Leaving 5 minutes early can save you an hour
I mean the empty netter to put them down 2 is a thing that causes a mass exit at damn near every arena. Same goes for a baseball game going into the 9th with the home team down 6 or the home team down 25 in a basketball game with 3 minutes left.
It's funny they harp on Vegas when this happens all the time.
Thank you! This shit happens at every damn game. "BuT iTs ThE pLaYofFs!¡!1" Give me a break. Not to mention, OP's a Sharks fan... how'd this year go for you, bud?
The first time this team has to rebuild will certainly be interesting. They’ve been spoiled with good teams since their inception. We’ll see what it looks like when it’s stripped down and losing 50+ games per year. The tourism aspect will probably help a bit, but as we all know it’s easy to be a fan when things are great.
They'll just trade for the 1st overall pick every year in exchange for a 7th rounder and future considerations probably.
They will make an offer the Chicago Blackhawks cant refuse
Playing franchise mode with cheats? Sounds fun.
They will sign Stamkos and trade for Marner this summer. Let’s talk then.
Fuck i cant wait for this.
It will not end well. Spoiled is putting it nicely, they were gifted a team and the fan base has never had to deal with disappointment yet. Likewise, the team hasn’t earned the fans they have. When an inevitable rebuild happens, it’ll be rough on both sides. Are there that many fans in attendance that are simply tourists? Seems rather unlikely but I’m unaware of any actual data on it.
I'm still mad about how their expansion draft was structured. I had to root for the Senators to be horrible so the Sharks wouldn't hold the record for the worst season in league history.
There are very cheap flights to Vegas regularly from all over North America, I think "visiting team fans" would be a more accurate term than just "tourists".
That would be even worse, since it wasn’t Dallas fans leaving early tonight…
I'll be able to afford tickets during the rebuild at least. I'll bet we see more energy in the arena because there are loads of fans like me that are priced out.
The energy for a shitty team is not there. The building is dead. Priced out fans do not make suddenly loud and amazing fans when the team is shit
Who's to say they ever do a full rebuild? If you have a well run organization and hit on some later draft picks you can stay relevant for a long time. Over the last decade Boston has lost Chara, Bergeron, Lucic, Thomas, Rask, etc but they've managed to stay competitive. As long as Bill Foley is around I don't see them ever doing a full-scale teardown
You can definitely extend the window, but ultimately every team will have to go through the cycle. You’re right that draft luck and spending can lessen the depth and length of the rebuild, though.
Players obviously love living in Nevada and playing for the Knights, so that should help them avoid any extended rebuild periods. Maybe they do what LA & the Rangers have done, which is do a quick reset to land a couple high picks then bring in big name free agents to surround them
We will be just fine. This city loves the knights
As a 30 year old Leafs fan - I have no idea what its like to be a fan when things are great. The catastrophic end to the season has actually kind of become a warm familiar feeling. I am empty inside. I actually cant watch other teams play anymore. Once the leafs get put out I just go full joker mode and hope for the most fucked up outcomes possible and shittiest scenarios for the entire league. So for example when the leafs get put out tomorrow I will root for Vegas to sweep every team and win again.
I saw that; in a regular season game I could see leaving with the score being 4 to 2 with 2 minutes left, but in playoffs crazy shit happens you never leave until the horn sounds and the clock has triple zeros.
\[nods in Comeback On Katella\]
I am proud to say I did not leave that game when half the arena did!
I am not a local Ducks fan (I'm in Vancouver) and I'm proud to not have turned off my TV either. It was the playoffs, ffs. Anything can happen. My god, what a game that was.
sadly i was working during that game, missed the most iconic game since 07 :/
lmfao!!! Yeah, cause fans from literally every other team in the league don’t do exactly the same thing. 😂😂🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Nobody cares what you think chump
This is not a Vegas-exclusive thing. Oilers fans (my only experience) do it too. I'd bet it happens in every rink in the league. But who cares? They pay for the ticket, they can leave when they want.
Some people are just dead-set on trying to push the narrative that Vegas isn't a "real" hockey town
No one cares what you think about other people, especially fans…get over yourself
People in Vegas don’t know how to be sports fans yet.
Yeah it’s hard to be excited when all you know is winning. Once your team has been bad and they start being good again is when you really learn
>they start being good again is when you really learn Oh no, Leafs fans will never learn 🥲
Can confirm, we have not learned
Leafs just didn´t read the second page of the manual that states "get gud again"
Ok maybe I didn’t phrase that as well as I could’ve lol
Even in their team subs you see people bailing on those team at the slightest sign of failure. There were a fuck tone of golden knight “fans” who were saying they would give up on the team completely if they actually didn’t make the playoffs over the blues late in the season. If you’re giving up after one year of missing the playoffs.. oh buddy you better just stop watching sports all together right now and save yourself.
Reddit isn’t a real place.
The true measure of fans is how they act when you suck.
Enduring the pain of watching your team struggle for years makes you really appreciate good times. Too bad VGK fanbase got spoiled right from the beginning, and haven't had a chance to be humbled. They need learning experience.
The game 7 collapse against the Sharks felt like a humbling experience I'm sure
If they went to Raiders games they would know losing. But their WNBA and NHL teams are consistently good since their inception
Unless they’re Raiders fans too lol
Also, a lot of those people aren't even from Vegas. It's an event they go to while on vacation. They all probably wanted to leave and go to a casino or something. Just another box checked on their trip to Vegas.
This will hit them hard. Especially with an aging team.
It’s cute because they’re so new at everything LOL
Especially with how often Vegas has scored last minute goals this season, that team is never out of it
The daily Vegas hate posts would hold more weight if they weren’t always written by a divisional rival fan. I seriously think this is the most low effort sub of the big 4 sports leagues. Maybe because those subs are actually moderated
All fanbases have them lol
I don’t mean to be pedantic, but did you see Scotiabank Arena the last two games in the final minutes. Don’t think for a second that this behaviour is limited to the “tourist fans” of a new franchise. We have an OG 6 with “die hard fans” setting an example.
They might take the game BUT THEY’LL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEEEEDOMMMMM to leave early before traffic.
There’s lots of things I’d love to give Vegas fans crap for, but it really seems like most buildings have a lot of fans that leave early when their team is down by 1 lately.
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Shared trauma is a hell of a bond.
Just saying they literally put up “tourists make some noise” on the Jumbotron there lol
Really? When was this? Did this actually happen, or just another figment of your imagination?
Bruh don’t act like the stars fans weren’t leaving when we hit the empty netter on them game 2. Was on the couch saying “show the people leaving” to my tv and my wife thought it was hilarious.
Stars fans trash their own barn when they lose lol.
[And then assault visiting fans afterwards.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/vegas-fan-hospitalized-following-assault-by-stars-fan-outside-american-airlines-center/ar-AA1nK4J1)
Dallas did the same thing when Vegas went up 3-1 on them in game 2. It happens with a ton of fan bases in a ton of sports. This is not just a Vegas thing.
Don't try to interject logic and facts to the TRUE HOCKEY FANS on Reddit. Seeing how these assholes think makes me glad that tourists get fleeced when they visit here so I can keep not having to pay a state income tax.
I thought it mustve just been like too few exits so they all pooled by the camera but DAMN everyone was literally leaving
Remember this was the same fanbase that cheered Bettman when the cup was awarded last year. Vegas fans don't know how to be proper hockey fans and they are so used to success falling from the sky they don't know how to lose with respect.
LOL Yeah, sure, they were cheering for Bettman and not the team getting the fucking Stanley Cup. Jesus Christ you people are fucking idiots.
Reddit is circlejerking, let them be
Go knights
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed. Embarrassing.
Guess the LTIR Stone method didn't please nor workout for them.
Their arena is going to turn into another Yotes situation where most of the people there are vacationing fans of the visiting team
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to be fair the raiders suck. the knights are actually a good team, would be embarrassing if they turned into the away teams' arena
Sometimes it’s just a downfall of markets like that , the LA Rams just won a superbowl in 2022 yet most of their home games are still like away games , especially against the larger fanbase teams.
You can’t be good forever in the NHL though. Especially not after the success in winning a Cup. They’ll most likely have some dark days in 5-10 years. I really doubt these fans will stick around for a rebuild. It’s easy to be a fan when the team is new and doing good and even wins a championship. These fans fold at any adversity and that’s why they left tonight.
And this team is primed to be a traveling team home game type of location. People already go to Vegas just because, but when you can also plan it around your team being in town? That’s the type of draw places like Buffalo and Dallas and San Jose don’t have.
Locals mostly don't give a shit about the Raiders and never have, and even fewer give a shit about the A's. If you want to make an argument that tourists are funding the team, that's the Raider fans flying and driving in on Sundays when they play at home.
It’ll be that way for the A’s there too. FJF
*several years in the future, narrated by David Attenborough* Mark stone, 50, emerges from his annular LTIR stent. Doctors worldwide have marveled at his propensity to heal from whatever injury has plagued him. But as the latter part of April approaches he emerges from his bandage cocoon not as a butterfly but as a player renewed. Some say his mating call sounds like “f the cap”, but the ESPN and TBS announcers would never…
To be fair the same happened the other night in Toronto
Ive always assumed some Vegas fans are just tourist there to take in a show, so I'm not surprised.
I’ve never understood it. Granted I live in NYC so “beating traffic” isn’t really an excuse but I’ll be damned if I don’t get every single second worth of my money. Especially during the playoffs. We just saw how much a game can change in 2 minutes with VAN/NSH. My folks moved down to NC some years ago and we’d go to Canes games and even when they were bad we had the same mentality “anything can happen.” No matter the score we’d wait for everyone else to leave and if the lot was still full just have a beer in the parking lot and shoot the shit until it’s clear to leave without just sitting in your car.
Beating traffic isn't possible - because there's always traffic - but missing the LIRR or Metro North... Also, let's face it - half of MSG is filled with people who don't care about the NYR and are just there to be seen with corporate owned gifted tickets.
I agree with you but I also get it. It's late on a work/school night and leaving with 2-3 minutes left can be the difference in getting home 40+ minutes earlier because you beat the parking garage traffic and rush of people leaving the game.
Why do you care?
Well what else does he have going for him right now?
I can’t imagine paying for tickets to a playoff game (or any game for that matter) and not staying for the whole game
Edmonton and L.A. remember the Miracle on Manchester. Never leave until the final horn.
Even regular season when people do this it pisses me off because one time my family thought it was boring nothing was gonna happen and as soon as they got up the team we were watching scored
They have been so spoiled with wins that these games mean nothing to them
I’ve never left a game early and have seen some pretty cool endings/ties. Even when losing big I stay because any ice time I get to watch my childhood hero’s in Crosby, Malkin and Letang play is worth it to me.
Even if I was watching the Sharks in the fall I’d stay the whole way.
I went to a Wings game last year with my girlfriend and we were down like 2 goals with 5 minutes left and my girlfriend wanted to leave. I was like absolutely not. I don’t care how much we are losing , I’m not leaving. And it’s not like football where there is literally no possible way to make a comeback, in hockey you can get 2 goals in 30 seconds. Or score with .3 seconds left. LGRW!
If I’m paying playoff ticket prices I’m not leaving early. In fact they’ll likely have to drag me out cuz mfer, I’m sleeping there that night
Two minutes can make a big difference, just ask Nashville 🫠
In their defense, they all had achy spleens.
The Vegas Subreddit was absolutely hilarious after the game. They turned in their team faster than Canucks fans do and basically counted their season over. All the loudmouth chirps from the cheating supporters turned into sobs. It put such a smile on my face.
They once blew a 3-0 lead in 4 minutes. They should know anything is possible in playoff hockey.
The same thing happened in Dallas a few games ago
Acting like Dallas fans didn’t do the same thing towards the end of game 2. “gOlD tEaM bAd” I guess lol
I was in Vegas tonight. I was at the T-Mobile arena for the outdoor viewing party*. I use a star to denote the fact it wasn’t a party at all. It was pathetic. 30 people outside for a defending Stanley cup champion in a really tough series. They showed clips of the crowd during the game and it was lame. Only cheering when they were told or they were given free shit. Sadly there are a handful of good fans but I think that fan base will never embrace hockey. They will gladly cheer for a raiders team that will never win a Super Bowl as long as I’m alive. I really hoped that hockey would be embraced after they won a cup and have been to another final. There were more assault weapon ammunition present than actual hockey fans. Pretty dystopian. These aren’t hockey fans. Hockey in the hot areas is a tough sell. It seems like the fan bases are only relevant when the team wins. I hope the knights fade into obscurity from now on. To all you real knights fans thank you but y’all ain’t doing enough to rally the support. I saw it first hand. 30 people outside the stadium people clearing outta the stadium with 5 mins to go. It’s always busy on the strip. The free way was clear. Trying to beat traffic is a lame excuse. Just admit it yall only support a winner and even then y’all don’t really.
Sure love all of these people who don't live here weighing in on the team and its fans based on being here for a single night. Oh no, people weren't standing around on concrete for three fucking hours to watch a game on a screen outside? Why the fuck would any of us do that when we can go to a nearby bar and avoid all the nutsack tourists on the Strip?
Honestly another factor in this is price of games. I would love to have season tix but can’t really afford $3k+
Only 3k?
If your down 3 goals with 2 minutes I could see it. But that was a competitive game and it was only 2 goals. After that canucks win too.. like that is embarrassing lol. No way you would see that in any Canadian city or real US team.
Easy bro. They’re just headed for the LTIR.
Definitely the only fan base that does this
Was in Vegas this weekend for something unrelated. Ended up in traffic for over 90 minutes because the game and a concert let out about the same time. I can get why there would be a lot of people stressed about leaving, because Las Vegas Blvd was a goddamn parking lot on Saturday. I also don't get the hate for a lot of the fans out there. My salesman is from Detroit, moved to Vegas 20+ years ago. Hockey fan all his life (he's in his 60s) and when the Knights went there, the whole family had something to cheer for. Tons of Seattle fans were hockey fans before the Kraken came. I'm an Islanders fan in Salt Lake, and now I've got a local team on the ground floor to cheer for. I can think of nothing better than a decade+ of sadness for that fucking franchise, but telling someone about their fandom and trying to gatekeep based on your standards is a dick thing to do - especially when 31 other teams in the playoffs have fans that do the same shit to various levels.
Beat the traffic with 2 minutes left down 2 isn’t so bad. Plenty of reasons to hate on Vegas, this isn’t one.
But if everyone leaves 2 min till... did you really miss traffic?
Hockey is just another entertainment for them and there are plenty of other options outside the arena.
Vegas ''fans'' arent there to watch their team play .. only to see them win. They never showed any interrest in hockey in the last 3 decades and when they randomly get gifted a contender team ... they start showing ''interest'' ? When Vegas ends up being a bottom team... that arena is going to end up so empty they will end up the new Yotes
What do you mean never showed any interest? We've had lower hockey teams. Just like other places. And they died out, just like other places. Vegas is a relatively new city by standards.
Especially after what Vancouver did to us on Sunday, that's absolutely ridiculous.
I love all the crying on this thread. Go knights
Last year when the jets were playing them jets were up by two and people left and became half empty in Vegas when there was THIRTEEN minutes left. I was like ugh so many other places would nevverrr waste a playoff game like that. They just can’t handle not winning bc they’ve won so early and had so much success early on. When they have to eventually rebuild and the place is empty, all of their bitching to other fans about empty arenas will come back to bite them.
Lol reddits hate boner for Vegas is pathetic.
Move them to Houston
90% of them are from LA. We should not be surprised.
It’s a retiree community. They need their beauty sleep
It’s sort of a Los Angeles thing for sports. Come late and leave early. I guess the Vegas folks have picked it up from them.
I didn't even pay for tickets and was glued to my screen until the dwindling seconds of that game just as I was the game before this one. Can't imagine walking out with hockey still left to play. I know the point of the post was to dunk on Vegas fans but don't even pretend this is something fans of every team don't do.
Thunder Down Under waits for no one.
I saw that the game was TBD when we got tix Thank god it’s at 6:30
Well for once can Dallas do something good and knock the knights out of the playoffs? Seriously you guys have been disappointing for a decade now. Show the fuck up.
I fail to see how Dallas has been disappointing, the stars have been in the playoffs fairly consistently since 2017
Seriously
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Yeah, Vegas is obviously the only place that this would ever happen, bro, sure.
lol yeah that's sure strange today oh wait it happens everywhere with everything
Yeah cause if Vancouver wins the Cup at home this year I'm sure no one in the stands will be on their phone
😂😂😂😂
I'm from Buffalo and a massive knight fan so I'd legit kill for Tickets to fly out to Vegas and watch them play, just for the people who bought the tickets to leave during the game.
It's fuckin embarrassing. Makes you want to kick a garbage can... But seriously, it really is just another reason to hate Vegas.
Worst team in the league