Felonious Python
Minor League Degenerate
- Aug 20, 2004
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Probably wouldn't even be a Lightning fan without St. Louis. Well, aside from Khabibulin. St. Louis was probably my favourite player at the time and I thought Khabibulin had a cool maskDrafting Brad Richards (along with signing Martin St Louis) saved this team. As a result of those moves, the 2004 Cup bought them time/goodwill, ownership & management tried driving it into the ground right after, but then the arrival of Stamkos, Hedman, Vinik, & Yzerman turned the ship back around and haven't looked back since.
Some elite meme potential with this clip
i will piss myself laughing if Mack gets 5 more points tonightmackinnon with 2 points so far.. oilers playing an ahl team to try and get him the ross
Luckily didn't get 6 pointsi will piss myself laughing if Mack gets 5 more points tonight
Edmonton tried but I think it was becoming to obvious.Luckily didn't get 6 points
Some of us wear our tours of service medals proudlyGod I'm glad I wasn't watching in the late 90's. 07-10 was bad enough with the clowns in charge.
Some of us wear our tours of service medals proudly
Getting Kovalchuk means no Stamkos & Hedman. Kovalchuk might mean no 2004 Cup and thus unlikely shot at the 2020 and 2021 Cup for the Lightning. Previous failures/misfortune set the events in motion for future successes. Butterfly effect is strong.Losing the 2001 draft lottery to f***ing Atlanta and losing out on Kolvachuk/Spezza and getting Svitov instead. Still stings.
Once Richards arrived in 2000, things got a hell of a lot easier to stomach. 98-00 was absolutely f***ing brutal though.
i mean, yeah, maybe. but he's right, early aughts drafting was abysmal. shit, we didn't get good at drafting until we had no choice with stammer and hedman.Getting Kovalchuk means no Stamkos & Hedman. Kovalchuk might mean no 2004 Cup and thus unlikely shot at the 2020 and 2021 Cup for the Lightning. Previous failures/misfortune set the events in motion for future successes. Butterfly effect is strong.
Yeah I find it hard to relitigate past drafts and trades immediately after the cups we won because of that. Who's to say it wouldn't have pushed us into the territory of being too good to tank but not good enough to win the cup because of guys eating cap and missing out on our other stars... Tough question. But it sure would've made the team a lot easier to watch if we weren't quite so abysmal at acquiring talent back then.Getting Kovalchuk means no Stamkos & Hedman. Kovalchuk might mean no 2004 Cup and thus unlikely shot at the 2020 and 2021 Cup for the Lightning. Previous failures/misfortune set the events in motion for future successes. Butterfly effect is strong.
Drafting Brad Richards (along with signing Martin St Louis) saved this team. As a result of those moves, the 2004 Cup bought them time/goodwill, ownership & management tried driving it into the ground right after, but then the arrival of Stamkos, Hedman, Vinik, & Yzerman turned the ship back around and haven't looked back since.
Those moves had nothing to do with saving the team or winning the Cup. Signing Andreychuk and ripping the C of Vinny was what saved this franchise from being Atlanta or Arizona. That's why he has a statue out front and not that bum Lecavalier.
Come on down Tanner!I know this was tongue in cheek but taking the captaincy away from Lecavalier was the best thing that ever happened for his career, and a big reason why I didn't like seeing Stamkos with the "C". Injuries obviously hurt his production but I believe the extra burden of captaincy probably hurt as well.
Moving forward I will always want the captaincy to be handed to a bottom line plug.
Nashville dealt us Jeannot and went out and picked up O'Reilly. Now they are a playoff team
Torts had to turn Vinny into a team player and two way player for.the lightning to win!Those moves had nothing to do with saving the team or winning the Cup. Signing Andreychuk and ripping the C of Vinny was what saved this franchise from being Atlanta or Arizona. That's why he has a statue out front and not that bum Lecavalier.
Mcd should be roughly thr same amount of salary as jeannot, sheary, and one or two of fleury, Perbix, and dehann. That trade broke our solid defense and lead to the zero depth spiral on defense.+ McDounagh