GDT: 2022 STANLEY CUP discussion thread Part 9. Final. Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (0) vs Colorado Avalanche 4 (1)

[Rapala]

It kinda hurts seeing Sergachev and McDonagh being contributors to this modern day dynasty. Brisebois as well.

I always wondered what a Mcdonagh-Subban pair would have done for us

LOL It would have gotten PK traded long before it happened?

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Sometimes I watch Kucherov and think he might be best in the league. I don’t like him… but what a player.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

And… Sergachev

And I forgot I’m watching on DVR. You guys saw this probably 20 minutes ago

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Cernak is the heart of that D and more important than 3rd pairing loser Sergachev.

Honestly the f***ing Sergachev trade just get's uglier and uglier as time goes by!! f***

Giving free supplementary scoring to Tampa, who at the time had no depth beyond Hedman offensively on D. They were a flawed, vulnerable team. Bergey helped perfect them because he thought he was paying for a bona fide center with bloodlines.

 

[ArtPeur]

Cernak is the heart of that D and more important than 3rd pairing loser Sergachev.

He's such a 3rd pairing bum. He's getting carried by Bogosian

(I have no idea who he's playing with)

 

[Belial]

Colorado doesn't have it. What is it. I don't know, just know they don't have it. Tampa has it. Colorado got to the finals (and I picked them to) because the west was awful this year. They were legitimately the only elite team in the west. Whereas the east had like 3-5 elite teams. I wish my prediction of Tampa 3 peating got proven wrong in the first round but theyre just too clutch

Tampa can play any style of hockey, Colorado is not there yet IMO.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Avs got this. Bolts will run out of gas.

Lol, Rantanen tried to run over Sergachev and just bounced off like he hit a wall.

 

[Hullois]

Y'all are a little fast burying the avs. They are figuring out Tampa also, and doing so without Kadri. While I hate the POS he's still a very good player.

If only the goalie battle was a bit more even.

 

[Rapala]

Oh oh.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Mackinnon undressed Cernak in that sequence, but Vasi makes the save.

 

[Rapala]

Nate you have to think shoot immediately that slight delay is a killer.

 

[McGees]

Why they singing Blink 182 lol.
Ok.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

What did Drouin ever do for us again

Injure both wrists, so we didn't have to watch him play.

 

[No More Subban]

Colorado doesn't have it. What is it. I don't know, just know they don't have it. Tampa has it. Colorado got to the finals (and I picked them to) because the west was awful this year. They were legitimately the only elite team in the west. Whereas the east had like 3-5 elite teams. I wish my prediction of Tampa 3 peating got proven wrong in the first round but theyre just too clutch

Goaltending.

 

[peate]

What a maroon.

 

[Belial]

MAroon you dunce!

 

[HabsCowboysOwn]

Fat Pat with the brainfart

 

[Rapala]

OT what fun.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Goaltending.

I wrote a piece a while back. Basically like 95% of teams that won the cup after 05 lockout either drafted or developed their goalie. This correlation cannot be ignored.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Colorado definitely generating chances. Sergachev with that last block.

 

[HabsQC]

LOL It would have gotten PK traded long before it happened?

I think they would have completed each other. While PK does his thing on offense, McD would have been the rock on D

 

[SirClintonPortis]

I wrote a piece a while back. Basically like 95% of teams that won the cup after 05 lockout either drafted or developed their goalie. This correlation cannot be ignored.

They also had a deep D corps in front of the goalie.

 

[Redux91]

Damn it
Needed Avs to score on that PP so bad

Who KNOWS what happens in OT now, but I suspect PERRY

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Why they singing Blink 182 lol.
Ok.

It was pretty cringy.

 

[Belial]

The Hype has been deserved! What a first game!