Quick Look: NHL 18

I really hope they find someone to play FIFA or PES with them this year.

BA-KA-LAR! BA-KA-LAR! BA-KA-LAR! BA-KA-LAR!

Baby got Bak...alar

I don't follow hockey but it must suck to start a new team. If all the best players are "protected" from an expansion draft, also assuming that means what I think it does, then what's the point?

You wind up with a team of third string jobbers who are at a huge disadvantage. Who the hell would pay to watch a team lose? It's fine for away games but Hockey is a business. If no one goes to the home games you make no money.

I get that ANY NHL player is still really great at Hockey... But by the same standard those "protected" players are just that much better. Right?

Seems like you're making a new team, spending hundreds of millions to do so, all the while knowing that there's like 5% chance of them winning the Stanley Cup. Seems crazy.

Loved the fact that during that first threes match, at around 36:35 min into the quicklook the opposing team score celebration suddenly have 4 or 5 people on the ice out of nowhere.

@doombot13: Yes!!

The singing at 31:30 really got me for some reason

Man, do I wish Bakalar would join the Giant Bomb crew. This is such a fun video.

Always love these.

@vinny that was an all-star quality play at 9:17

so do you guys not like the black keys?

Hmmm, from the look of it not sure if Threes is gonna hit that 3 on 3 NHL Arcade itch I have been looking for.

That Threes stuff was pure, solid gold. Whole lotta laughing over here.

I know the team ratings are kinda bull anyway but those ratings for the Vegas Golden Knights are EXTREMELY generous.

The models for the audience look incredibly awful holy shit

I wish EastJeff could do more videos with Giant Bomb. He's fantastic.

YEAH TEAM! GO SPORTS!!!

I was going to watch, but don't know who that guy is

Is it just me, or is the commentary really stilted - or, at least, more stilted than one would expect in a modern sports game? I felt like there was a lot of, "SHIPLA! Gets the puck. They really need to...MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN here. Oh! That was a...WASTED OPPORTUNITY!"

Vinny won! Jeff and Alexstink at hockey. Hurrah!

Heh, anyone else notice that the [same song that was used as] The Lobby theme (the GameSpot show with Danny) was playing at 15:30? :)

GB sports quick looks are always the best.

Also, hell yeah Jeff Bakalar!

@crashtanuki: Spoiler tag that please. Not that this is esports, but there is no reason to spoil what happens to everyone that opens the page and automatically see your comment at the top.

Offsides *grits teeth*

apparently the game calls it offside, so why do americans keep saying offsides? I never understood.

Also that 3 on 3 commentator sounds like Internet Dan without the cursing.

@onemanarmyy: Sports people are funny.

Sooo.... When is GB gonna snatch up Jeff Bakalar???

@onemanarmyy: Offsides is a term in American football, that's probably where it comes from.

Better?

The 3 on 3 announcer sounds exactly like Internet Dan

I also thought the announcer was about to call the game a false flag.

That is usually the case, but this time around teams were not allowed to protect as many players. My team, the Nashville Predators, lost one of their best scoring forwards because they had to protect their younger, talented defense men.

Certainly, Vegas won't be a top team, but it will not be like expansions in the past where the team is terrible for 5-10 years.

The goal of a new expansion for management is not to generally make a Stanley Cup run, let alone even make the playoffs. New teams generally need somewhere around 5 years to actually start building a team to an actual competitive level because they just need to attract talent. Most have the goal of just getting more than X number of points to finish the season, or a specific-placed finish in their divisions.

It also depends on who's in upper management - sometimes you get a lot of new people, sometimes you get some people with a lot of experience right away. I still remember when the San Jose Sharks were a brand new team and were pretty junky. Now they're an established franchise that is a playoffs regular.

Please have more Bakalar on Quick Looks.

Can we have more Bakalar's quick look? Dude is cool.

Is it just me, or does Jeff's voice always sound amazing?

Jeff Bakalar kinda sounds like Austin when he yells sometimes.

PlainOldJeff!