Expansion teams get shit because they're new, and if they have early success, are criticized even more.

As a hockey fan, I don't hate the Knights because of their success, because they're new, or any horseshit like that.

I hate 'them' because they're clearly the leagues' "golden child" at the moment and very clearly getting an unfair advantage on the ice. It's making it not fun to watch when the league seems to be trying their best to script it like wrestling without being so overt about it.

I don't hate Vegas fans. I criticize Vegas fans who don't even acknowledge what absolute gifts they are getting from the league and think that "Because our style works for us, we're the best at it" when for longtime fans it's clear if anybody else in the league tried it... it would be a penalty fest 5on4/5on3 game for 30 minutes a night.

Vegas is hurting hockey because it's showing the absolute league bias towards teams usually specifically for money. Teams have gotten the short end of the stick for years for League narrative (I can think of one in particular what was almost as bad about 10 years ago but I digress) but this is taking it to a whole new level.

When/if it settles down and the knights stop getting the favourable treatment I'll have much more patience and tolerance for whatever success they have, and I'll shift to disliking whoever else is getting unfair advantage - even if it were the Canucks.

Let the fucking players play, quit game management.