The L?s Veg?s ?nd W?shington te?ms st?rt the NHL title fight tonight ?s we ?re some unsuspected fin?lists.Tonight, st?rting ?t two in the morning in L?s Veg?s, will st?rt, not ex?gger?ted, the fin?l of the St?nley Cup ice hockey (NHL) most surprising of recent times. I w?s going to s?y ?bout history, but you ?lre?dy underst?nd th?t it is impossible to consider tod?y's sport in the s?me sphere ?s, s?y, h?lf of the 20th century.The f?ct is th?t Veg?s Golden Knights ?nd W?shington C?pit?ls ?re going to f?ce ? series to the best of seven g?mes th?t nobody could h?ve predicted ?t the beginning of the se?son . The events h?ve been h?ppening in ? w?y ?s ?m?zing ?s m?jestic, ?nd th?t m?kes this ye?r's edition of the St?nley Cup will be unforgett?ble, wh?tever h?ppens on the ice.The m?in re?son is the Golden Knights. The te?m is in its first se?son in the NHL. They ?re ?n exp?nsion te?m whose destiny w?s to be l?st in the Western Conference for ? few ye?rs before being ?ble to build ? te?m worthy of fighting with the best. These f?llen of fortune, disc?rds of other te?ms th?t in L?s Veg?s could hunt in the exp?nsion dr?ft, h?ve ended up forming ? full group of cour?ge ?nd "us ?g?inst the world", un?ble to lose, so it is seen, in how much ? single individu?l in the entire world d?res to doubt them.But it is no less rem?rk?ble th?t they f?ce the C?pit?ls. The te?m of the big losers, 43 ye?rs of const?nt ?nger. Se?sons ?nd se?sons being f?vorites ?nd not even being ?ble to re?ch the end of their conference . ?nd when no one w?s w?iting for them, when their st?rs h?d become old ?nd ? reconstruction w?s w?iting in front, it turns out th?t it is when they ?re pl?nted in the gr?nd fin?le. Perh?ps, unlike the Golden Knights, wh?t they needed w?s for no one to doubt them: simply th?t nobody thought of them ?t ?ll.The big st?r of the Golden Knights is being his go?lkeeper, M?rc-?ndre Fleury . Disgr?ced in the three-time Pittsburgh Penguins, he found his bones in L?s Veg?s ?nd, suddenly, he h?s become imp?ss?ble. There is no s?fer bet for the MVP, if they win the Golden Knights th?n he does. In f?ct, the scheme of the te?m in its big pl?yoffs h?s been Fleury stopping everything ?nd his te?mm?tes hunting ? counter?tt?ck here or there. ?nd, with th?t, here you h?ve them.The big st?r of the C?pit?ls is the veter?n ?lex Ovechkin who, ?s it could not be less in this story, h?s ? gre?t story with Fleury. In f?ct, ?ll C?pit?ls h?ve it. ?fter ?ll, when the go?lkeeper defended the colors of the Penguins this w?s the gre?t riv?lry of the le?gue. ?nd I ?lw?ys be?t them.Ovechkin, 13 ye?rs of being the best, 13 ye?rs "f?iling" in the pl?yoffs, is t?king this St?nley Cup ?s the highlight of his c?reer. It is, of course. But it 's h?rd to see ? veter?n sportsm?n embr?ce the public n?rr?tive with such sincerity : yes, he dies of nerves to win; yes, it needs to be cl?imed; Yes, this is the most import?nt thing you will ever do; Yes, it terrifies you to lose ?g?in. ?nd he recognizes it without equivoc?tion.Ovechkin h?s 22 points (go?ls plus ?ssists) in 19 pl?yoff g?mes. He is ?n unredeemed bomber who h?s ?lre?dy won enough b?ttles for Fleury to h?ve confidence in himself. In ?ddition, he is ?ccomp?nied by Evgeny Kuznetsov, in ? st?te of insulting m?nner ?nd with 26 points in those s?me pl?yoff g?mes. However, both h?ve struggled with the dis?ppointments of defe?t enough times, ?nd with Fleury in front t?king the win, ?s if to know th?t every mist?ke they m?ke, every .Both Golden Knights ?nd C?pit?ls ?re tough. Very h?rd Ment?lly ?nd physic?lly Both te?ms ?re the ones who stick the most in g?mes ?nd those who do not shy ?w?y from ? fight. The f?ctor f?ctor is in f?vor of Veg?s, but the truth is th?t it h?s not been ? f?ctor in these pl?yoffs. Especi?lly in the c?se of the C?pit?ls, which h?s ? record in these qu?lifiers in 2018 of 4-5 in W?shington ?nd 8-2 out of their home. In the regul?r se?son they h?ve met twice ?nd both won the Golden Kights. In between four ?nd seven g?mes we will know if he removes the m?ch?d? of his first ye?r with the perfect end of the ring, or if the history of the C?pit?ls puts the clim?x to ? gener?tion th?t, until now, w?s ?lw?ys br?nded ? loser.
