Washington Capitals / St. Louis Blues

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Is it just a coincidence/fluke that the Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup last year, and they were followed by the St. Louis Blues winning their first Stanley Cup this year, or were both seasons rigged? What are we to think if the Buffalo Sabres or Vancouver Canucks finally win their first Stanley Cup next year?

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[sh724]

Yes the NHL decided to rig the games and got hundreds, possibly thousands, of people all to agree to it and not say anything. On top of that the owners of the other 29 teams decided it was in their best interest to potentially lose millions in income so the Caps and Blues could beat them and win a cup.

 

[Javaman]

Is it just a coincidence/fluke that the Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup last year, and they were followed by the St. Louis Blues winning their first Stanley Cup this year, or were both seasons rigged? What are we to think if the Buffalo Sabres or Vancouver Canucks finally win their first Stanley Cup next year?

Umm... I'm gonna go with coincidence.

And if the Canucks win the Cup next year, I'm think I'm going to try to corner the market on snowballs from hell.

 

[Devil Dancer]

It's much more likely that the NHL rigged the Kane draft to try to restore the then-pathetic Hawks to respectability.

Blues and Caps were healthy franchises before their Cups, and it's much easier to rig a draft lottery.

 

[Midnight Judges]

if the powers that be were interested in rigging anything, wouldn't they be going for the big payout - which is to have a big market team win?

 

[Strangelove]

Is it just a coincidence/fluke that St Louis and Washington are cities of Southern efficiency and Northern charm?

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Memes aren't funny when you're TRYING to create them. Just let them happen.

Either that, or this is a mind numbing post by a flat earther type.

 

[Blitzkrieg365]

Isn't there an age limit on these boards?

 

[LeafChief]

I think you're on to something here!

 

[Dbrownss]

I think Chicago becoming a modern dynasty was rigged.

#AmIDoingItRight?

 

[traparatus]

Riddle me this, OP. Is it a coincidence that after 25 years of Maple Leafs not winning the Cup they immediately didn't win it for another 25 years? Is it?

That's the real story here.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Can’t we just say that they were both just very good teams?

Why do people have to throw out the “rigged” card?

Does anyone understand how much these owners make just sitting on their asses?

Or how much effort it would take to actually rig something so major?

 

[AzHawk]

Memes aren't funny

agreed

 

[Jumptheshark]

Someone has their tin foil hat on extra tight tonight

 

[HisIceness]

Shit happens

 

[Machinehead]

I think the Rangers really got screwed at the Royal Rumble. We won the lottery and they still made us go second.

 

[HanSolo]

Yes and 2007 was rigged too.

 

[ricky0034]

you got it backwards actually

normally it's rigged in a less obvious way but their professional playoff series riggers all retired two years ago and they replaced them with this guy:

seen here accepting some bribes from Bettman:

 

[Bluesnatic27]

So the Blues are one of the weakest teams to win a Stanley Cup, and now the season was rigged to allow them to do so.

Am I getting this right?

 

[The Note]

Maybe, just maybe, both the Caps and Blues deserved to win their cups? And -stick with me here- wouldn’t the Blues (and to a lesser degree, the Caps) be near the bottom of the list of teams the NHL would rig the postseason for when you consider teams like NYR, TOR, BOS, CHI, etc. would all pull in much more revenue for the league by winning?

Additionally, the Caps and Blues are not in any way, shape, or form equivalent to where the Canucks and Sabres are right now. Those teams are smack dab in the middle of a scorched earth rebuild, the Blues and Caps have been contending for the better part of a decade. You should run this theory right up the ladder though.

 

[Butch 19]

Is it just a coincidence/fluke that the Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup last year, and they were followed by the St. Louis Blues winning their first Stanley Cup this year, or were both seasons rigged? What are we to think if the Buffalo Sabres or Vancouver Canucks finally win their first Stanley Cup next year?

 

[Platano King]

I take it the MLB rigged the Royals, Cubs, and Astros winning their first chips in decades as well?

Of course, the one year they don’t rig it the freaking Sox won. God damnit.

 

[uncleben]

There's no conspiracy.