Really hating the Maple Leafs right now for letting the Bruins wiggle off the hook. The city of Boston is going to win its third championship since October and cement this postseason as being the worst in my life.
I am curious why you think it's silly? The Canes have the third best record of all teams behind you guys and the Blues since Jan 1st. The Canes also beat the defending champions. Is it because Aho is our only real star? Or because we focus on defense?
You have every right to your opinion and I won't try to change it because it wouldn't work. Just curious.
Your team is amazing and they will be dangerous for years to come.
Believe me, I'm rooting like hell for your boys against the Bruins, and don't f***ing let me down, but I'm also going to be saltier than the Dead Sea if we've made the ECF four times, the SCF once, with two other playoff trips, since your last playoff appearance at all, and you end up winning the whole damn thing on your first try.
At this point, San Jose or St. Louis are who I would like to see win it the most, and even that's not my favorite sentence to type. I don't like the Cardinals and I generally don't care much for St. Louis, but under the circumstances, I could live with that one. Either of them feel long overdue. As much as I'll always appreciate Ben Bishop, the Stars are the weakest team in the field and, kinda in line with
@Lightning1995's point, it would just be silly for them to be the team who wins it all. This isn't quite like the 2016-'17 Predators who were about as dangerous a #8 seed as I can ever remember in the NHL; there's really nothing special about that Stars team. Their depth at forward tails off very fast and their best defenseman is a teenager. A bloody excellent teenager, sure, but, c'mon. That's not a Cup winning recipe in a normal year.
On one hand it would be great to see a team like the Canes win the Cup. On the other hand it would be ****ing depressing to see a team just come in and get it done on their first try, while we've had a roster capable of doing it for 5 years now and haven't been able to win it all.
Didn't even read this post before I wrote mine. Total agreement here.