Would The Golden Knights Be The First Team To Win The Stanley Cup Whilst Wearing White Gloves?
I’ll admit that I’ve been a bit sour about Vegas heading to the Stanley Cup Final. I’d say that 99.5% of it just comes from pure jealousy that the Vegas Golden Knights are already this successful, meanwhile the Flyers continue to shit down their own throats year after year. It’s a tough pill to swallow to wait your entire life to see your favorite team win the Stanley Cup and then all of a sudden here come these fans in Vegas who are just 4-wins away from experiencing it less than 12 months into their fandom. But whatever. That’s a personal issue. It’s nothing against the team itself.
Now while the idea of an expansion team may be able to experience the joy of winning the Stanley Cup way before I get to experience said joy as a Flyers fan, there is still one thing that is pulling me towards rooting for Vegas in this upcoming series against Tampa or Washington. That fact, of course, is that they would become the first time to win the Stanley Cup that also happens to wear white gloves. And I can very much get down with that.
Now a lot of people like to shit on white mitts. They say that it’s roller hockey shit. It probably conjures up some memories of that kid you played with in peewees who sucked but thought he was going to the show and would wear a pair of all white Eagle X70’s and tied a skate string around his shin pads as “tape”. But why the fuck should that kid get to ruin everything? White gloves are fresh when done right, and Vegas does them the rightest. There’s a reason why this team full of misfits has been making a mockery out of the NHL this year. And it’s due to the age old saying, “Look good, Feel good, Play good”. If Vegas wasn’t rocking white gloves this season, maybe they’re a bubble team who just misses out on the playoffs this year. But with the white mitts? They are Western Conference Champions. This isn’t opinion. This is scientifically proven fact.
And now Vegas has a chance to make history. If these bastards are able to string together just 4 more wins, white gloves will no longer just be for that douchebag you used to play peewees with. White gloves will be for Stanley Cup Champions. It was only a matter of time.
P.S. – the Keeper of the Cup wears white gloves as well. Coincidence? More like conspiracy!
