SCF Game 5 - Montréal vs Tampa Bay - 8 PM ET

[NYR94]

Nice to see the fans enjoying this live this time .

 

[U55]

between vasi shut out streak in close out games and maroon 3 cups in a row I am not sure which is more impressive.

 

[Three On Zero]

It's a completely different league. Much harder to do.

That doesn't change what's needed to be a dynasty

 

[MontrealHabitant]

I can hear the collective sigh of relief from Rangers fans. Price isn't erasing Lundquist just yet

 

[keonsbitterness]

Will it be the first ever MVP by a player with a $0 cap hit?

No cap in the playoffs, so no.

 

[River Meadow]

Did they have a good 3C and a grinding rookie? Yes.

They also had guys like Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Sergei Fedorov, Brendan Shanahan, and Nicklas Lidstrom in their 20s.

I don't mean this to take away from Tampa. The Avalanche and Red Wings in the 90s and early 2000s were broken f***ing teams that should not have existed.

But did they have a... Sergachev?

 

[PromisedLand]

Hedman won last year?

I thought Kuch did. Damn I am getting old

 

[jcs0218]

They need to turn the on-ice microphone volume up. I want to hear all the F-bombs.

 

[Dynamite Time]

Well Montreal at least gets the 30th pick.

 

[Reno]

Thank God these playoffs are finally over and how fitting for them to end in a boring 1-0 game. The lack of lead changes, the bad ice, the dead puck hockey.....this just isn't good to watch I've come to realize unless your team is in it.

I guess the powers that be don't see the problem with this hockey because they've allowed it to prosper, even the offensively skilled teams are relying on dead puck hockey like Tampa. But it's just not something that's gonna bring in a lot of new fans or grow the sport.

I beg to differ. There is nothing more thrilling than watching an ultra skilled player battle his way through a sea of sticks and arms.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

What? They haven't increased its size since 1991

They added another row in 2011. It used to be two rows, now it is three, with a big base.

 

[Bondurant]

Bettman hasn’t been this hyped for a call in a long time. Probably cause this is the first time he hasn’t been booed off in a long time.

Bettman is an epic heel. He feeds of the hate from the marks that think he actually controls things.

 

[Rob Brown]

Some Tampa fans are already leaving my god....

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

between vasi shut out streak in close out games and maroon 3 cups in a row I am not sure which is more impressive.

The one that isn't a coincidence. Your goalie is a phenomenal player.

 

[SensFactor]

Canada's SC Drought Continues:

2004 - Calgary loses in 7 to Tampa Bay
2006 - Edmonton loses in 7 to Carolina
2007 - Ottawa loses in 5 to Anaheim
2011 - Vancouver loses in 7 to Boston
2021 - Montreal loses in 5 to Tampa Bay

Who is next Toronto or Winnipeg?

 

[BigGulpsEh]

I'm the lead developer for a massive e-commerce software company. What do you do?

Do you look down on people with customer service jobs?

 

[U55]

The one that isn't a coincidence. Your goalie is a phenomenal player.

Yeah I was only kidding.

 

[Prendan Brust]

yes there is, not last year, but this year there is. The leading point getter in the playoffs should have been ineligible, or Tampa should have been made to cut the players they signed to replace Kucherov in the reg season. total * for this year.

Come on get over it. Everything they did was within the rules.

 

[berklon]

Bettman's still alive?

 

[Marshmallow Man]

Thank God these playoffs are finally over and how fitting for them to end in a boring 1-0 game. The lack of lead changes, the bad ice, the dead puck hockey.....this just isn't good to watch I've come to realize unless your team is in it.

I guess the powers that be don't see the problem with this hockey because they've allowed it to prosper, even the offensively skilled teams are relying on dead puck hockey like Tampa. But it's just not something that's gonna bring in a lot of new fans or grow the sport.

Biggest problem (literally) is the goalies. Seeing how massive the Tampa goalie was while accepting the Conn Smyth will be a meme.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Those are made up things for the board. LTIR is something used by all teams. Suspicion means nothing without proof. The NHL has not had a problem with this. It is just something manufactured by the board, the media and at least one player whose team lost. I get that you think there should be a rule, but there isn't. Tampa won and that is a fact. Montreal had a great run and came up short.

Tampa did win, while being close to over 18m

it was reported before the playoffs by Friedman and various beat writers that Kucherov was ready to go before the playoffs tongue in cheek references to LTIR circumvention.

to me, its an *. I don't decide it though. Its tainted win in my opinion, but its just my opinion and at the end of the day it doesn't mean anything more than yours.

but I will never not be convinced that Kucherov wasn't healthy before the start of the playoffs.

 

[Kranix]

McDonagh is a yuge part of that team. Changed them into real deal contenders when they got him

 

[Canadian Game]

The in-arena audio during the celebration on the blooooowwws. I’m not talking about the on-ice audio, but even the celebration music as Stamkos skated with the Stanley Cup could hardly be heard.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

the captain gets the cup, wtf is this bullshit

Stamkos MVP.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Yeah I was only kidding.

NBC would have me undecided.

 

[Puikiou]

Some Tampa fans are already leaving my god....

When winning becomes an annual routine...