Little Psycho
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They are my pick to win the cup but I also feel like this might happen too. Like they are too good if it makes sense lol.
Tampa has bigger gap over 2nd place than 2nd place has over 17th place
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Quid Pro Clowe
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Yeah, the Sharks losing in the finals to a Pittsburgh team that actually was healthy for once was such a choke.
Give me a break.
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And their reward for being 1st overall is currently a playoff series against Pittsburgh, that might be the best 1 VS 8 matchup ever
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The Macho King
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Why would anyone believe what You say if you don't even have conviction in your beliefs. Tf outta here with this ezpz crap. Put up or shut up.
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I mean isn't it pretty obvious? Even the best teams have like 15-20% chance or winning the Cup when the playoffs start.
Buts its gonna be so EZ that its not worth betting on. I'd be better of betting on how many threads are started by leaf fans trying come up with excuses for the loss.
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We'll see. Stamkos always disappears so if Kucherov disappears like he did last year vs washington then I don't see Tampa winning. Crosby and Malkin always bring it.
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Tampa fans nervously laughing to legit accusations in this thread. Who cares how far you've gotten in the playoffs? You still haven't won a cup. By these standards, the Ducks should be a dynasty from 14-17.
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Same could have been said about last years team. Same could be said for many of the teams that were “favorites” but didn’t win. I know consensus is that we are “heavy” favorites and majority expects us to win, including our own fans, but I also understand how different the playoffs are from the regular season and just how difficult it is to win a cup. I don’t want to sound like I’m making excuses if we lose, the reality is that in the playoffs anything can happen. They don’t just say “get into the tournament and anything can happen” just to say it. It’s because this truly is a tournament and rather a game where anything can happen.
The game is different in the playoffs than it is in the regular season. I’ve seen it so many times where a team lost all the games in the regular season to a team but then turned around in the playoffs look a lot better against them and win the series. Dominate it even in some cases. Fans from opposing teams are all fired up because they played well against them in the regular season only to get worked by said team in the playoffs. Team tighten up in the playoffs. Every bounce, every shot, every pass, every decision and coaching decision matters. So there is a fair amount of luck and momentum that needs to go your way. There’s so many things that go into winning a cup that it’s not always the best team from the regular season winning in the playoffs.
We have had great runs and have come so close so many times now but we have fallen short and anything less than a cup this year will just feel like all the other years but this one would hurt for us because SY leaving. We all want to win one with him still a part of the team because he’s done so much for us. Would really be a shame if we couldn’t do it while he was here. So that’s why I feel all in for this one and would be really upset if we didn’t win it but at the same time I understand just how hard it is to win it. To full on expect that cup is just not realistic and I feel is something that is more so saved for the sports talk that we all like to have. As we are doing now.
I don’t know if it’s the right attitude to have but I feel these years have been amazing as a Lightning fan and it would be really shitty if this core never won a cup but I’d rather have had all these really great times than not at all. People like to rag on the favorites that don’t win it but at the same time these fans have just gone on a great ride and most fans didn’t really get to take it. So this era I see right now with Tb is something we may never see here again. It’s fun while it’s lasting. Hope this team wins this year as this core has worked really hard all these years to win it and have gotten so close. I can only imagine the way they would feel if they pulled it off.
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This team is ridiculously good no matter if we win the Cup or lose in the first round. Last season and this season have been the best team the Lightning have had in its franchise history. Yes, over the 04 team that won the Cup.
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Reminds me of the 2001 Devils. The 2001 Devils were definitely better than the other cup winning Devils teams but they just faced another monster of a team that took them to Game 7. I see the same with the Lightning/Caps series, it would have been the Lightning's year if it wasn't for Ovy going beast mode.
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Oh no! We suck again!!
Cuz figuring out how to actually beat the Bruins in the playoffs is the REAL big boy stuff am I right? Is there like, a smaller Stanley Cup you can get for that? We should probably get one of those too if the Leafs ever get around to figuring it out
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I'm not referencing that. I'm referring to them having one of the best teams in the league year after year and not having anything to show for it.
Maybe this year they make the leap like the Caps did. Who knows?
Savour the second place trophy, which doesn't exist, and will be the only thing the Leafs win.
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Sharks have been consistently good, not elite. Their president trophy squad was 11 years ago, and they haven't won their division in quite a few years.
