\nNeed we remind you that this is a team that opened with 500\/1 odds to win the Stanley Cup? That every member of this self-proclaimed band of misfits felt slighted at some point in the past year \u2026 It feels fitting for them to have to overcome an even greater deficit to claim the grand prize,” Kaplan and Wyshynski concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nVegas didn’t necessarily play poorly in Game 4, but needed just a couple of bounces to go their way. Caps goaltender Braden Holtby admitted, “We obviously got some breaks.”<\/p>\n
Vegas Wins Regardless<\/b><\/h2>\n
Should the Washington Capitals hoist the Stanley Cup when the best-of-seven series is over, Las Vegas casinos will actually see their coffers flushed with an estimated $5 million to $7 million. That’s because numerous sportsbooks across town printed futures on the Knights prior to the start of the regular season at extremely long odds.<\/p>\n
Printed slips now in serious jeopardy of becoming worthless include a $400 bet on 300\/1 odds (would pay $120,000), a $500 bet at 200\/1 that would net $100,000, and a small $60 wager on 500\/1 odds (pays $30,000).<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile a Capitals win would bring the Golden Knights history-making season to a close, it would be absurd to label the end result a failure.<\/p>\n
Disappointing, perhaps, but few could have reasonably predicted such success for Las Vegas’ first major pro sports team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Washington Capitals are a single victory away from winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. If they do, the Vegas Golden Knights’ history-making run will come to a disappointing close. The Caps dominated Game 4 Monday night in Washington, DC. They took a 3-0 lead in the first period, and while Vegas managed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":79678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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