Locker room cancer Ryan O'Reilly wins Conn Smythe and Frank J Selke Trophies

[Stupendous Yappi]

O'Reilly had to endure a lot of badmouthing of his heart and influence in the locker room. He was vilified in some circles in Buffalo, by at least some of their local press. He came ready to play at the beginning of the season, but the team result wasn't there. I'm sure he wanted to make a response to the negativity, but it wasn't happening.

But now he has his Selke nomination (maybe win?), a Conn Smythe trophy and his name etched on the Stanley Cup. Its got to be very gratifying to have this type of solid evidence of his character and value as a teammate. What a response to those critics!

I'm so happy for him.

Click to read more...

 

[Deko]

Best single thing to happen to the franchise for years.

 

[Finnish your Czech]

I'm so happy for him

 

[PiggySmalls]

Yeap 2 cap dumps, Thompson that wanted more playing time, the 31 st pick in this year’s draft and a 2nd next year. What a freaking steal.

 

[Deko]

Yeap 2 cap dumps, Thompson that wanted more playing time, the 31 st pick in this year’s draft and a 2nd next year. What a freaking steal.

And four years left of a ridiculously cheap contract.

 

[GoldenSeal]

I don't give a damn what anyone else said about him, ROR is a Blues legend now and one of the people who BROUGHT HOME THE CUP. Obvious he wasn't the problem in Buffalo.

 

[bleedblue1223]

He was out constant all season, from the start till the very end.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

Best Blues trade of all time, better then the Hull trade now!

 

[GoldenSeal]

Best Blues trade of all time, better then the Hull trade now!

FACTS

 

[Em etah Eh]

I feel bad for Buf fans. Most knew what he was and the value that they got back. Jack attack can keep validating the trade though, for all I care. I’ll probably still need some entertainment in the offseason

 

[BergMan]

He was out constant all season, from the start till the very end.

I's say that he's earned himself a long rest which is what I would do.

But based on what we have seen of him as soon as he is healed up from this offseason he'll be hitting the gym and practicing.

 

[Veneficus]

Best single thing to happen to the franchise for years.

 

[GoldenSeal]

I feel bad for Buf fans. Most knew what he was and the value that they got back. Jack attack can keep validating the trade though, for all I care. I’ll probably still need some entertainment in the offseason

Buffalo fans need to run that fool out of town.

 

[TheDizee]

https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1139012880551034880

what a toxic player

 

[Itsnotatrap]

O'Reilly had to endure a lot of badmouthing of his heart and influence in the locker room. He was vilified in some circles in Buffalo, by at least some of their local press. He came ready to play at the beginning of the season, but the team result wasn't there. I'm sure he wanted to make a response to the negativity, but it wasn't happening.

But now he has his Selke nomination (maybe win?), a Conn Smythe trophy and his name etched on the Stanley Cup. Its got to be very gratifying to have this type of solid evidence of his character and value as a teammate. What a response to those critics!

I'm so happy for him.

That headline is glorious. Some of the stuff the media peddled in December about him is embarrassing. Put aside what he did in the playoffs. What he did October-December, when things were going really wrong, is inspirational & I doubt we would even have been in the playoffs if he didn’t commit to pushing on when we were playing like garbage then. We were really, REALLY, close to selling off, and the facts on the ground supported Army doing so if we are being honest. This is speculation, but I think the fact that he decided to take value on Shatty and Stastny, and the worries about the message that would send fans to do it 3 years in a row, along with basic job security concerns, helped hold that stuff off.

TLDR: I think the margin between winning a f’in Cup and blowing it up was terrifyingly thin, and ROR is the number one reason it all got held together to the deadline this year.

 

[KingBran]

Feels so good!

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Stud hockey player...and one heck of a human being

 

[Ranksu]

Lol, this is our O'Reilly official thread. Fine.



Btw seached O'Reilly thread, but official it was locked and not given change to make a part 2.

Confirmed with Link: - ROR traded to STL

 

[Itsnotatrap]

The malignancy is spreading. All the awards are being affected at this stage.

 

[KingBran]

I love this thread title.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

ror mother truckers

 

[JoshFromMO]

I mean, he did cause abnormal growth of everything around him, so yeah he's a cancer

 

[The Note]

Lifted from the Selke thread on the main board.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

View attachment 238245

Lifted from the Selke thread on the main board.

Left out that 2nd rounder. Maybe they’ll hit the jackpot on that pick.

 

[TK 421]

Lol, this is our O'Reilly official thread. Fine.



Btw seached O'Reilly thread, but official it was locked and not given change to make a part 2.

Confirmed with Link: - ROR traded to STL

My guess is that everyone knows the trade was lopsided in our favor and creating part 2 of that would simply give too many people with an agenda a platform to dump all over Buffalo needlessly. That and the amount of time lapsed since part 1 was created.

Better we just keep the celebratory stuff about that trade to our board. Kicking dirt in a suffering fan bases face isn't a good look. That's how you become Boston, no thanks.