Not 2 months ago Mark Stone was once again put on LTIR. This time for a lacerated spleen and it came just 2 weeks before the trade deadline.. what fortune! As this allowed Vegas to go out and acquire Thomas Hertl as well as Noah Hanifin. After securing a Playoff berth, today their Dallas Stars vs Vegas Golden Knights series was set to begin and like clock work, Mark Stone came off of LTIR. Even better, William Carrier was also activated from IR. Truly, a miracle! In the last 3 years, Stone has been activated off of LTIR just days before the playoffs all 3 years. So with him getting back on the ice for the first time in 26 games, it went exactly to script. Hanifin, Stone and Hertl combine for a 4 point night. This, after just 26 seconds into the game, the Stars took a penalty. They Knights went to work and guess who? It was Mark Stone on his very first shift with the opening goal of the series! You seriously can’t make it up. The Stars fought from behind the rest of game in what was overall a fun one. I cover it all in todays NHL hockey video!
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Dallas fan. Every time the bally broadcast showed Stone on the bench he was wincing in a lot of pain. He’s able to play, but he’s clearly going through something at the same time.
Remember how the Wild and others were penalized for having players sign contracts that were within the rules at the time?
Byfuglien would make sure Stone stays out
I absolutely love it. GO KNIGHTS GO
Vgk didn’t do anything wrong. But continue whining, it’s quite comical 😂
Hertl, Hanifin, and pebble all on the board! Why
They need hockey to do good in Vegas… look at Arizona…. so they are tipping the scale
The team from vegas is slimey and "cheats"😂? Guys come on…..they are 100% what they should be. Enjoy the controversy and have fun. Just a game
"Two months ago he was put on LITR with a paper cut"
Man what is it with all these haters and "look I dont hate VGK winkwink" grifters not owning up that Mark Stone came back in the regular season and missed the playoffs 2022? It's almost as if it ruins the narrative lol
if I was Dallas and it was looking like a sweep, it would be hard for me as a player to not want to make sure stone continues his injuries in the playoffs
They are just fuckin mad go cry about it
The boos make it even more hilarious because the crowd went completely silent once the time ran out in the 3rd hahaha
A lot of teams use this rule to their advantage. Vegas exploits it bc they can. Simple as that. Can’t be mad at a team for taking what they are given. Coming from a Dallas fan btw.
Not worried yet. If you’ve watched Dallas over the past idk how long you should have been prepared for a game 1 loss. They played great and held back the Vegas offense quite a bit. A few bounces the other way and this would be a different story. Let’s go stars
They should be fined hard
If the IR loophole isn't filled in the next CBA. I'm done with hockey.
Well financed teams are going to be the only teams that will ever win Lord Stanley. Like the Yankees in baseball. The Lakers in basketball. The Pats (and now KC) in football.
Vegas fans – Chill out a bit. I have no dog in this fight. I’m also not suggesting he faked a lacerated spleen. I do think they used it and played around with his return in a “legal” way though. They aren’t doing anything anyone else can’t do (for now). It is simply an observation of a miraculous “coincidence” worth at least mentioning imo. Enjoy your team. They’re built for the playoffs!
The Vegas Kidney Stones
Cope and Seethe. That’s my captain. #RUNITAGAIN
Somehow gotta find a way to close that loophole.
Well it looks like the Vegas Golden Ltrir’s are getting the cup
Score at least one on your guys power play and you wouldn’t have to be crying a river about stone
The VGK play within NHL rules. More power to them.
Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is enemy action. And, yes, I see the comments, "It's within the rules!" Great. So they're not cheating. By technicality. And, no, I don't have any teams in the playoffs. Just an outsider calling it like it is.
I get that it's all legal. But it's super unsportsmanlike to use IR to stack your roster like that. I don't know if it's because of the ownership or the fact that they aren't a very old team, but they don't seem to have the same respect for other teams that the rest of the league does
golden cheaters
Look, I'm not disputing that Mark Stone is injured. I just think it's insane that he'd be ready just about exactly for the playoffs after being on LTIR three years in a row. There's no way that Vegas hasn't sneaked something in there, whether that's keeping him off the ice a little longer than necessary for cap reasons, or sending him out before he's fully healed. Neither of those is acceptable. They're allowed to use LTIR the same as everyone else, and they should have to scramble for it sometimes, just like everyone else.
Is it me or does mark stone have the most punchable face in nhl along side marchand. U have to respect the guy. Dude can go filthy. That said i think its a little low class what they do with the ltir and such, like just a little rat move like when a team ices the puck and they cant remeber who was on ice and get a bit of a breather sorting it out because they cant change lines. But if its within the rules and other teams can do the same thing and benefit from it then i dont think anyone should be complaining about it. U cant get to mad when team wants to win and will do everything they can to win. I respect it. Wish my red wings would have some strive for greatness. But i still want to hit mark stone in face!! Lol
Perhaps some old western Canadian hockey league disciplinary action is needed .
what makes it worse is being a Dallas fan and watching that prick score a goal off a shit penalty, TWICE
Once is happenstance, twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern
The nhl is complicit in this too. They’ve allowed this to happen because Vegas as a market is so important to them.
Do not forget about the two teams in the playoffs with higher cap totals than Vegas. Toronto at $97,645,821 and Tampa Bay at $93,776,877. Vegas at $92,239,581. Colorado at $90,957,006. Vegas is not the only team using LTIR.
My favorite thing about this whole ordeal is the lineup they iced last night wouldve been an entire 750k over the cap, which isnt even min salary for a player 😂 Internet treating it like they're millions above the cap
Fuck Vegas, the whole expansion draft was one big scam for big money interests
I cannot believe what I’ve just spleen dude like this is insane
Stars fan here. I just want to say thanks for covering the Stars because it feels like we get overlooked a lot of the time. You're one of my favorite hockey content creators anyway, and I get extra stoked when I see some Stars content coming from you. Im flying to Dallas tomorrow specifically to see game 2, and I am optimistic it's going to be a good bounceback game for the boys.
NHL VS the Las Vegas mafia!
Should do the Canes/Isles game 2 😳 Crazy win🎉
In perfect Vegas style: The less glamorous, less appealing, excessive, risky and “organized” influences of Vegas history, and the exploitation of certain industries. Never without its share of challenges and controversies (let’s say, dirt).
I love how all the "random name followed by random bunch of numbers" accounts are coming in to defend Vegas, it's almost like watching a bot party come in to stoke the flames of hockey fans 😂
Vegas. Low quality, dirty, slimy, dubious shenanigans. Or. This is all normal. Why are we even talking about it?
Vegas will force a rule change at this summers GM meetings. They better enjoy that loophole right now because it will be gone next year. The rule was inteded to help teams riddled with injuries down the stretch of a long NHL season. Now that luxury will be gone for everyone.
Legal, but nonsense. Clearly an abuse of the rules.
Pointing out other teams have done it still doesn't make it right.
Rule change should be that players aquired with a guy on LTIR cant play if by yet another MIRACLE the LTIR player is healed just in time for the playoffs.
What we're seeing is dirty pool.
Lol, dont be surprised. Its a team owned by casino billionaires. Their whole life is skirting the law, they know how to play a rule book
It’s Bettman’s team. What do you expect
The Dallas GDT on Reddit is half Mark Stone insults like "Mark Stone drives 45 in the left lane"
This is truly a simple fix. Any player on LTIR at the trade deadline is ineligible to play the rest of the season and playoffs. How this isn’t the rule is astounding.
Looks like some folks are worried the Knights are getting back to full strength