Bruce Cassidy has been the Golden KnightsB次元官网网址� coach for only a year, but he knows full well the history of the Misfits.

So in the game that would win the Stanley Cup for Vegas, Cassidy started five of the original Knights and sent the sixth one in for the second shift Tuesday night in a .

B次元官网网址淭heyB次元官网网址檙e the original guys, right?B次元官网网址� Cassidy said. B次元官网网址淭heyB次元官网网址檙e the foundation of this hockey team. The first building blocks started with them. TheyB次元官网网址檝e been here since the beginning. They lost in a final like I did. I know how that feels, so very happy for them.B次元官网网址�

Cassidy lost in Game 7 of the 2019 final to the St. Louis Blues when he coached the Boston Bruins.

The half-dozen Knights were on the 2017-18 team that dubbed itself the Golden Misfits because it was a collection of players from all over the NHL.

The original Knights fell in five games to the Washington Capitals in the final. This time, they were an integral part of the championship team that knocked off the Panthers in five games.

Jonathan Marchessault, one of the players who watched the Capitals party on the T-Mobile Arena ice, won the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP.

B次元官网网址淲e waited a long time for that moment to come back,B次元官网网址� Marchessault said. B次元官网网址淲e wanted to make sure we cashed in this time.B次元官网网址�

Captain Mark Stone, as is tradition, was the first to skate with the Stanley Cup. Then he handed the 37-pound trophy to Reilly Smith, and soon after it was passed it to Marchessault and then to William Karlsson and then to Brayden McNabb and then to Shea Theodore and finally to William Carrier.

All, except Stone, are original Knights.

B次元官网网址淚 donB次元官网网址檛 think we thought about that or planned that,B次元官网网址� Carrier said. B次元官网网址淚t was just off the call, guys calling out to one another, not well planned. The guys have been here, theyB次元官网网址檝e been battling. ItB次元官网网址檚 been a lot of hockey the last six years, a lot of practices, so itB次元官网网址檚 a credit to this group of six guys that are still here. It means a lot.B次元官网网址�

Those six have not only won the Stanley Cup, but played in the final twice, and made the NHL semifinals at least four times.

Not a bad resume from players mostly left unprotected from other teams.

McNabb said the thought of winning the Stanley Cup wasnB次元官网网址檛 even on his mind when the team was formed. Vegas picked him up in the expansion draft from the Los Angeles Kings.

B次元官网网址淚 was just hoping to make the team,B次元官网网址� McNabb said.

McNabb started with Theodore on the blue line against the Panthers, and the Karlsson, Marchessault and Smith made up the Misfit line. Carrier, a forward, entered on the gameB次元官网网址檚 second shift.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 not going to lie, it was pretty cool,B次元官网网址� Karlsson said. B次元官网网址淚t was nice to throw it back to old school group, starting one shift, with that original group.B次元官网网址�

And they produced.

Smith scored a goal and assisted on another Tuesday, Theodore finished with three assists, and McNabb, Marchessault and Karlsson each had an assist. Only Carrier was left off the scoresheet, but he had a plus-one rating.

Owner Bill Foley had high hopes for this group from the beginning, proclaiming it his goal that the Knights would win the cup in six years.

They did just that, the Misfits still an important part of the team, even if the roster has gone undergone major changes in the years since that inaugural season.

B次元官网网址淭hat was a magical year (in 2018),B次元官网网址� Karlsson said. B次元官网网址榃e were close, but unfortunately it didnB次元官网网址檛 go our way. But that team will always have a special place in my heart, and IB次元官网网址檓 happy thereB次元官网网址檚 six of us here still, and to kind of get to win it for (the original team) is incredible.B次元官网网址�

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