STANLEY CUP FINALS : LIGHTNING VS CANADIANS

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Glad to see Tampa win this one. Great for Montreal to make it but the better team definitely won.

 

[FabricDetails]

Booooo Bettman... Hehe...

 

[pz29]

Watching the game with a bunch of bandwagon Floridians who decided to become "fans" a couple of years ago. Painful.

 

[Bondurant]

It's over. Now the fun begins.

 

[bedtime20]

Congrats to Brian Lashoff for winning the Stanley Cup.
Trades work in weird ways.

 

[Ricelund]

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

If we'd had a normal 19-20 & 20-21, Habs wouldn't have made it in. They were extremely lucky to be there, but played well enough to survive. VGK series was a legit victory.

 

[jkutswings]

Yes. Somehow in that trade...

Detroit walked away with Kyle Quincey.
Colorado walked away with Steve Downie.
Tampa walked away with Andrei f***ing Vasilevksiy.

That's Conn Smythe Trophy winner Andrei Vasilevskiy to you.

 

[tabness]

ok so happy for Stamkos and to know that Yzerman had a big part to build the team but like I really hope they don’t win three in a row lol

 

[dragonballgtz]

Congrats Tampa, well deserved.

Tampa and Montreal have a quick turn around time from now to about when the NHL wants to start next season. Good luck to the players getting right back into rather quickly.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Really hurts knowing we traded Vasilevskiy for Kyle Quincey

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Really hurts knowing we traded Vasilevskiy for Kyle Quincey

Sure, that's one way to see it. However at the time, Mrazek 1st played in DET during '12 season (Vasi's draft yr.), so he had a 2 yr. head start & was the incumbent heir apparent to Jimmah. '12-'16 Mrazek was good, til his b-day 2-14-16 (the meltdown) & he never recovered. '20-'21 was the 1st yr. that PM's Sv% approached those early yrs in DET.

So in retrospect, (even if we did select Vasi @ 19th, which isn't probable) Vasi would've:

1. given us a strong tandem w/Petr, Vasi's NHL debut was '14-'15.
2. or option to trade Petr/Howard, or both & get a 1b vet
3. Saved us from Jimmy's long & bloated $ contract.
4. Assuming his development was near TB level, he'd have us in bubble team territory or 5th-8th (worse draft pick).
5. Sure we might beat CHI & TB in the playoffs, Bruins too possibly. But we'd be 1 & done w/our D.
6. He'd have been a major trade piece to help the rebuild.
7. DDK played his best hockey w/Quincey as his partner lol.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Vasi (Gm5): "I must break him" (doing his best Ivan Drago)

 

[Gniwder]

Vasi (Gm5): "I must break him"
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Chubilevskiy looks a lot more than 225 lbs there....

 

[14ari13]

Kucherov >>>>> vasilievsky

 

[GreytWun]

Not unique to Habs fans during Finals talk. Toronto trolls are 24/7/365.

Leaf fans are just delusional. Try living amongst them, it’s unbearable.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Kuch ties Gretzky's 5th best & beats Lemieux's best.

 

[deca guard]

well there it is , yzermans built a dynasty . and you know why ? mr ilich one day asked ' whose the best , lets get the best ' . this outlook eventually turned hockey town into the ' acropolis of the nhl ' where the ' bc sage ' learned from the best . mr ilich dialed up jimmy d who learned from al arbor , then jimmy d rung up mr scotty bowman ! then came murph , cheli , lirionov , hull , luc , dom , etc . and #9 #7 were always around . and #19 learned from all these hockey greats to one day become ' the bc sage ' (yzermans from BritishColumbia)

 

[FabricDetails]

Kucherov with no chill while being somewhat artificially chill, haha.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

 

[Bench]

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[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

? What?

 

[Bench]

? What?

It's a quote from Princess Bride. With Andre the Giant. I dunno why I picked the gif from I Love You Man. It just makes me laugh.