16 years of Champions Bracket [Runner Ups] - 2. COLORADO 2022 vs. 8. TAMPA 2020

[Tufted Titmouse]

After falling short in their Final 4 matchups, COL 2022 and TAMPA 2020 face off for the Bronze.

Colorado was able to beat Tampa 2021 on their road to their Final 4 appearance, but the 2020 team was a different beast.

	TAMPA 2020	COLORADO 2022
Reg Season Pts%	0.657	0.726
Goals For	1st	3rd
Goals Against	9th	7th
CF%	52%	53%
SCF%	53%	52%
HDF%	56%	48%
xG Difference	+12	+12

TAMPA 2020						COLORADO 2022
Player	GP	G	A	PTS		Player	GP	G	A	PTS
Nikita Kucherov	25​	7​	27​	34​		Cale Makar	20​	8​	21​	29​
Brayden Point	23​	14​	19​	33​		Mikko Rantanen	20​	5​	20​	25​
Victor Hedman	25​	10​	12​	22​		Nathan MacKinnon	20​	13​	11​	24​
Ondrej Palat	25​	11​	7​	18​		Gabriel Landeskog	20​	11​	11​	22​
Yanni Gourde	25​	7​	7​	14​		Valeri Nichushkin	20​	9​	6​	15​
Blake Coleman	25​	5​	8​	13​		Nazem Kadri	16​	7​	8​	15​
Kevin Shattenkirk	25​	3​	10​	13​		Devon Toews	20​	5​	10​	15​
Alex Killorn	24​	5​	5​	10​		Artturi Lehkonen	20​	8​	6​	14​
Mikhail Sergachev	25​	3​	7​	10​		Bowen Byram	20​	0​	9​	9​
Anthony Cirelli	25​	3​	6​	9​		J.T. Compher	20​	5​	3​	8​
Tyler Johnson	25​	4​	3​	7​		Andre Burakovsky	12​	3​	5​	8​
Barclay Goodrow	25​	1​	5​	6​		Josh Manson	20​	3​	5​	8​
Pat Maroon	25​	1​	5​	6​		Andrew Cogliano	16​	3​	3​	6​
Ryan McDonagh	22​	1​	4​	5​		Darren Helm	20​	2​	3​	5​
Zach Bogosian	20​	0​	4​	4​		Erik Johnson	20​	1​	4​	5​
Erik Cernak	25​	0​	4​	4​		Logan O'Connor	17​	1​	3​	4​
Cedric Paquette	25​	0​	3​	3​		Alex Newhook	12​	0​	4​	4​
Luke Schenn	11​	0​	2​	2​		Samuel Girard	7​	1​	2​	3​
Carter Verhaeghe	8​	0​	2​	2​		Nico Sturm	13​	0​	2​	2​
Steven Stamkos	1​	1​	0​	1​		Darcy Kuemper	16​	0​	1​	1​
Mitchell Stephens	7​	1​	0​	1​		Nicolas Aube-Kubel	14​	0​	0​	0​
Jan Rutta	5​	0​	1​	1​		Pavel Francouz	7​	0​	0​	0​
Andrei Vasilevskiy	25​	0​	1​	1​		Jack Johnson	13​	0​	0​	0​
Braydon Coburn	3​	0​	0​	0​
Alexander Volkov	1​	0​	0​	0​
						Player	GP	SV%	GAA	GSAA
Player	GP	SV%	GAA	GSAA		Darcy Kuemper	16​	0.902​	2.57​	-4.3​
Andrei Vasilevskiy	25​	0.927​	1.9​	7.7​		Pavel Francouz	7​	0.906​	2.81​	-1.1​

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[heretik27]

Both teams have pretty solid lineups, but the biggest difference I see is in net. Vasi tips this towards Tampa for me.

 

[Gurglesons]

Tampa with Point and that third line is a different animal than the team that went 6 with the Avs.

 

[dmac7719]

So what exactly is the difference between the '20 Lightning and the '21 Lightning? Because the Avs were voted 67% in favor over the '21 team.

 

[Gurglesons]

So what exactly is the difference between the '20 Lightning and the '21 Lightning? Because the Avs were voted 67% in favor over the '21 team.

Deeper d-core for one.

 

[dmac7719]

Deeper d-core for one.

Shattenkirk and Bogosian vs Rutta and Savard makes that much of a difference?

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

So what exactly is the difference between the '20 Lightning and the '21 Lightning? Because the Avs were voted 67% in favor over the '21 team.

Honestly, I kind of agree - but I voted for Tampa in both.

2020 Tampa did play better defence and relied on Vasi a lot less than 2021. Seemed like they played a better system, and held on to the puck a little better. Point was also incredible in 2020, I didn't think he tipped the ice quite as much in 2021.

Overall, I think a healthy 2020 & 2021 would both take out Colorado, but I also think those two would take out almost any team in the past 16 years.

 

[Gurglesons]

Shattenkirk and Bogosian vs Rutta and Savard makes that much of a difference?

I think the D pairings made more sense whether or not the talent was similar.

 

[J T Money]

So what exactly is the difference between the '20 Lightning and the '21 Lightning? Because the Avs were voted 67% in favor over the '21 team.

Biggest difference was Hedman. He was healthy in ‘20 but blew out his knee before the ‘21 playoffs.

 

[leafsfan5]

Tampa in 6

 

[JaegerDice]

So what exactly is the difference between the '20 Lightning and the '21 Lightning? Because the Avs were voted 67% in favor over the '21 team.

Tampa 2020 was better defensively and had better puck possession. 2021 were sloppier, relied on Vasi to bail them out way more often.

 

[Chips]

Vasi is too significant, as is a healthy Point. Went with the Bolts

 

[The Abusement Park]

Vasi is the difference maker no doubt. Teams are pretty even but Vasi>>>>>> Kuemper.

 

[TheRarestDangles]

100% the Lightning. Avs would have zero chance of beating Vasi in a 7 game series.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Poll closes tomorrow, TBay pulling away.

100% the Lightning. Avs would have zero chance of beating Vasi in a 7 game series.

*Looks at results of this past Cup Finals*

I voted Tbay too but cmon lol

 

[TheRarestDangles]

Poll closes tomorrow, TBay pulling away.


*Looks at results of this past Cup Finals*

I voted Tbay too but cmon lol

Nope