Tampa Bay Lightning first Presidents Trophy winners to be swept in first round

[Blitzkrieg365]

It's time for them to break up that core, one of or both Stamkos/Kuch have to go imo.

 

[iCanada]

Maybe the bolts shoulda focused on preparing for the playoffs instead of feeding Kucherov points?

 

[Balance]

Its mind boggling that a team with the best lineup on paper in the league, who have improved gradually yearly, were one win away from the SCF final against the team who won the cup last year, and had a historic regular season run get swept in the playoffs. Just amazing.

 

[Super Fadio Bro]

62 wins and first eliminated.

 

[BM14]

"Tampa is the model that everyone has to follow"

 

[Svencouver]

Hahahahahahahahaha

 

[jbobell98]

Getting swept in the first round is worse than not making the playoffs.

 

[JerseyMike34]

Stupid playoff format.........

 

[c9777666]

They might have won if:

Maybe Tampa fans on this board talked more trash?

Maybe if the Tampa franchise was cockier?

Maybe if Tampa extended Coop before the playoffs?

Maybe if Bobrovsky didn’t sacrifice to the hockey gods to no longer be the modern day Dan Cloutier

 

[super6646]

This is even better than Chicago choking 2 years ago. I love hockey

 

[jcs0218]

This is the biggest choke in NHL history. I challenge anyone to find a bigger choke.

They weren't just Presidents Trophy winners. They were Presidents Trophy winners who put up 62 wins and 128 points. They were 21 points and 12 wins higher than the 2nd-place team.

They were 16.4% higher than 2nd-place in points and 19.4% higher than 2nd-place in wins.

In other words, this wasn't some Presidents Trophy team who won the Presidents Trophy by 1 point or 1 win. Their margin of victory was huge.

Now, they get swept in the 1st-round of the Playoffs, not even winning 1 game?

If anyone wants to name a bigger choke-job, I challenge them.

 

[thekernel]

They never even lost 3 games in a row during the whole regular season. What timeline are we in

 

[Dzonna]

Stammer chose them

 

[Mr Positive]

Yea, but both of those teams made massive changes in the middle of the year. They weren't typical "8th" seeds.

this is true. They kept the players everyone said they should sell, like Bob and Panarin. Then, they added UFA players. Then, they were inconsistent and were in danger of missing the playoffs.

You've got to hand it to a team that puts it all on the line to win when the "smart" thing is to shrink away.

 

[Section88]

Cant stop thinking about the tampa fan who said after the first period of game 1 the series would be a cakewalk. Hilarious

 

[c9777666]

And to think, this could have been MON or Carolina

 

[Kairi Zaide]

This is the biggest choke in NHL history. I challenge anyone to find a bigger choke.

They weren't just Presidents Trophy winners. They were Presidents Trophy winners who put up 62 wins and 128 points. They were 21 points and 12 wins higher than the 2nd-place team.

They were 16.4% higher than 2nd-place in points and 19.4% higher than 2nd-place in wins.

In other words, this wasn't some Presidents Trophy team who won the Presidents Trophy by 1 point or 1 win. Their margin of victory was huge.

Now, they get swept in the 1st-round of the Playoffs, not even winning 1 game?

If anyone wants to name a bigger choke-job, I challenge them.

Well, for starter, it wasn't a choke job.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

HAHHAHAHAHA

BLOTS!!!

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

When they were talking about making history I don't think this is what they had in mind.

Tampa Bay LOLightning.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

What a gutless effort. A joy to witness.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

I have no words for this.

What were the Vegas odds on Tampa getting swept in the 1st round, like 500/1?

 

[stokes84]

So I guess they weren’t built for the playoffs.

 

[BF3]

Choking chokers choke. More at 11.

Where dem chripy fans now trololol.

 

[Loff]

 

[deaderhead28]

This is the biggest choke in NHL history. I challenge anyone to find a bigger choke.

They weren't just Presidents Trophy winners. They were Presidents Trophy winners who put up 62 wins and 128 points. They were 21 points and 12 wins higher than the 2nd-place team.

They were 16.4% higher than 2nd-place in points and 19.4% higher than 2nd-place in wins.

In other words, this wasn't some Presidents Trophy team who won the Presidents Trophy by 1 point or 1 win. Their margin of victory was huge.

Now, they get swept in the 1st-round of the Playoffs, not even winning 1 game?

If anyone wants to name a bigger choke-job, I challenge them.

2014 San Jose reverse sweep is much worse.