The NHL Thread

by **Guest** » 14 Jun 2023, 04:36

This year Stanley cup finals was so lame.

by **Guest** » 27 May 2023, 09:31

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Why has it been so long (30 years and counting) since a Canadian team last won the Stanley Cup? Do the best players not want to play in Canada, or Canadian clubs are not as well managed as the Americans? Because it’s somewhat ridiculous that states with no hockey tradition, such as Florida and Nevada, have good teams, and hockey crazy Canada is left behind year after year. Is it not a topic of conversation in Canada?
It's hard to attract and keep top-end talent so they have to overpay and that's a huge disadvantage in a hard cap league.

Also, the NHL don't want small markets to win and they consider every non-US city a small market cuz their tv rating don't count for the US networks.
That a good player would prefer to play for the Knights, Panthers or the Lightning, instead of prestigious clubs such as the Canadiens or the Maple Leafs is beyond me.

In addition, there is a darker side which has to be considered in this abnormality, which is money laundering. There must be lots of drug money laundering in Florida’s professional sports, because those clubs have comparatively poorer attendances, so they’re not competitive thanks to their fans. And Las Vegas is another obvious case of money laundering in professional sport.

Most have no-trades to Canadian/"cold" cities. And they don't like the pressure to produce/win.

by **Guest** » 26 May 2023, 17:51

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Why has it been so long (30 years and counting) since a Canadian team last won the Stanley Cup? Do the best players not want to play in Canada, or Canadian clubs are not as well managed as the Americans? Because it’s somewhat ridiculous that states with no hockey tradition, such as Florida and Nevada, have good teams, and hockey crazy Canada is left behind year after year. Is it not a topic of conversation in Canada?
It's hard to attract and keep top-end talent so they have to overpay and that's a huge disadvantage in a hard cap league.

Also, the NHL don't want small markets to win and they consider every non-US city a small market cuz their tv rating don't count for the US networks.

That a good player would prefer to play for the Knights, Panthers or the Lightning, instead of prestigious clubs such as the Canadiens or the Maple Leafs is beyond me.

In addition, there is a darker side which has to be considered in this abnormality, which is money laundering. There must be lots of drug money laundering in Florida’s professional sports, because those clubs have comparatively poorer attendances, so they’re not competitive thanks to their fans. And Las Vegas is another obvious case of money laundering in professional sport.

by **Guest** » 26 May 2023, 00:56

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Why has it been so long (30 years and counting) since a Canadian team last won the Stanley Cup? Do the best players not want to play in Canada, or Canadian clubs are not as well managed as the Americans? Because it’s somewhat ridiculous that states with no hockey tradition, such as Florida and Nevada, have good teams, and hockey crazy Canada is left behind year after year. Is it not a topic of conversation in Canada?

It's hard to attract and keep top-end talent so they have to overpay and that's a huge disadvantage in a hard cap league.

Also, the NHL don't want small markets to win and they consider every non-US city a small market cuz their tv rating don't count for the US networks.

by **Guest** » 25 May 2023, 15:33

Saw this on imgur

by **Guest** » 25 May 2023, 14:47

Why has it been so long (30 years and counting) since a Canadian team last won the Stanley Cup? Do the best players not want to play in Canada, or Canadian clubs are not as well managed as the Americans? Because it’s somewhat ridiculous that states with no hockey tradition, such as Florida and Nevada, have good teams, and hockey crazy Canada is left behind year after year.

Is it not a topic of conversation in Canada?

by **Guest** » 14 May 2023, 03:39

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And the Toronto Leafs do what they do best...
So much talent and so little heart!

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And so much money for their top 3.

by **Guest** » 14 May 2023, 03:29

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And the Toronto Leafs do what they do best...

So much talent and so little heart!

by **Guest** » 13 May 2023, 22:13

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And the Toronto Leafs do what they do best...

Toronto sports fans are the DUMBEST.

by **Guest** » 13 May 2023, 05:04

And the Toronto Leafs do what they do best...

by **Guest** » 01 May 2023, 07:54

Presidents' Trophy curse strikes again.

by **Guest** » 01 May 2023, 05:19

Finally the hockey gods worked and made the panthers win

thank you I am soooo sick of the bruins and their annoying fanbase ever since the 2011 canucks vs bruins stanely cup final that shattered my heart. Go cats!!! Underdogs(cats) ftw!

(The commentators saying the rats thrown onto the ice for game 6 might be to represent the bruins players was hilarious, esp. since they were the canucks commentators during the regular season

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If you're a bruins fans reading this...sorry but you've had your glory days time to let us have 1 day of happiness

by **Guest** » 01 May 2023, 03:38

Me to my brother and dad: Florida in 7

Bro and dad: are you nuts???

Me now:

by **Guest** » 30 Apr 2023, 02:31

HELL HAS FROZEN OVER! Hold your loved ones close, lock your doors + windows and stock up on food + water.

by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 23:51

I'm so sad for my home team
Go Habs!

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by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 22:49

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Back to back champs for a small market is pretty exciting.
DA

I think it's rather demeaning for the NHL that so many small market teams with no tradition in the sport win all the time. And Canada once again failed to get a Stanley Cup. The NHL is looking more and more like the MLS.
What's more "demeaning" is to have a shitty regular season team make the finals rendering the regular season meaningless.
Da
Are you a leafs fan? Must be pretty “demeaning” eliminated by a “shitty regular season team” then.
So you think they weren't a shitty regular season team in a division full of shitty teams? They finished 18th and would not have even made the post season if they didn't close the border.

If they were good, their fans wouldn't have been celebrating like they won the cup for not getting swept. You should be thanking the Tampa mayor for gifting you that win. At least y'all didn't burn down the city like Canucks fans.

Well, Vegas must be a pretty shitty team too eh?

It’s Montreal, arguably the most hockey of hockey cities. They haven’t been in a playoff finals since forever. They’re passionate fans...so not sure why they’re being faulted for celebrating a win? Especially if they are at the brink of being eliminated? Surviving one more game is a pretty good reason for celebration. So you really should just lay off the bitter pill and look forward to next season.

by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 22:43

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Back to back champs for a small market is pretty exciting.
DA

I think it's rather demeaning for the NHL that so many small market teams with no tradition in the sport win all the time. And Canada once again failed to get a Stanley Cup. The NHL is looking more and more like the MLS.
What's more "demeaning" is to have a shitty regular season team make the finals rendering the regular season meaningless.
Da
Are you a leafs fan? Must be pretty “demeaning” eliminated by a “shitty regular season team” then.
DA but being a leafs fan has nothing to do with it (Leafs suck btw, so do the Habs). The only people who have a right to like this final series were TB fans. The Habs had no business being in the finals. They got hot at the right time and were able to capitalize on it. When it comes down to it, they were boring af. This was a boring af final. They got steamrolled. They only won 1 game because TB wanted to win the cup at home. There was a 20 point differential during the regular season, and it showed. I don't know what other sports some of you watch, but when hockey is boring, it's really f'ing boring. This was really f'ing boring to watch. Midway through Price decided he would just collect his paycheque lol. I can't wait until we get back to regular season and divisions.

Lol conspiracy at best. No team’s going to purposefully give up an opportunity just to win the cup at home. It’s a nice story, but anything can happen in a playoff series and no lead is a safe lead.

I’m sorry you’re bored, but you’re not gonna have ground breaking exciting series every year. The games themselves may not be terribly exciting for you, but there’s been some pretty exciting storylines throughout this playoffs already. E.g. resurgence of Price during the playoffs after being called out for being overpaid throughout the regular season, Habs defying expectations, Leafs not winning a payoff series yet again, Vegas once again falling short of winning the cup, horrible reffing, Tampa winning b2b, Tampa playing fielding an over capped team (fair or not?)

by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 22:35

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This final was boring... from a Habs fan and a hockey fan in general.
Back to back champs for a small market is pretty exciting.
DA

I think it's rather demeaning for the NHL that so many small market teams with no tradition in the sport win all the time. And Canada once again failed to get a Stanley Cup. The NHL is looking more and more like the MLS.
What's more "demeaning" is to have a shitty regular season team make the finals rendering the regular season meaningless.
Da
Are you a leafs fan? Must be pretty “demeaning” eliminated by a “shitty regular season team” then.

So you think they weren't a shitty regular season team in a division full of shitty teams? They finished 18th and would not have even made the post season if they didn't close the border.

If they were good, their fans wouldn't have been celebrating like they won the cup for not getting swept. You should be thanking the Tampa mayor for gifting you that win. At least y'all didn't burn down the city like Canucks fans.

by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 22:22

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This final was boring... from a Habs fan and a hockey fan in general.
Back to back champs for a small market is pretty exciting.
DA

I think it's rather demeaning for the NHL that so many small market teams with no tradition in the sport win all the time. And Canada once again failed to get a Stanley Cup. The NHL is looking more and more like the MLS.
What's more "demeaning" is to have a shitty regular season team make the finals rendering the regular season meaningless.
Da
Are you a leafs fan? Must be pretty “demeaning” eliminated by a “shitty regular season team” then.

DA but being a leafs fan has nothing to do with it (Leafs suck btw, so do the Habs). The only people who have a right to like this final series were TB fans. The Habs had no business being in the finals. They got hot at the right time and were able to capitalize on it. When it comes down to it, they were boring af. This was a boring af final. They got steamrolled. They only won 1 game because TB wanted to win the cup at home. There was a 20 point differential during the regular season, and it showed. I don't know what other sports some of you watch, but when hockey is boring, it's really f'ing boring. This was really f'ing boring to watch. Midway through Price decided he would just collect his paycheque lol. I can't wait until we get back to regular season and divisions.

by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 22:15

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This final was boring... from a Habs fan and a hockey fan in general.
Back to back champs for a small market is pretty exciting.
DA

I think it's rather demeaning for the NHL that so many small market teams with no tradition in the sport win all the time. And Canada once again failed to get a Stanley Cup. The NHL is looking more and more like the MLS.
What's more "demeaning" is to have a shitty regular season team make the finals rendering the regular season meaningless.
Da
Are you a leafs fan? Must be pretty “demeaning” eliminated by a “shitty regular season team” then.

Qmta
Having said that, congrats on the b2b tampa fans

by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 22:12

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This final was boring... from a Habs fan and a hockey fan in general.
Back to back champs for a small market is pretty exciting.
DA

I think it's rather demeaning for the NHL that so many small market teams with no tradition in the sport win all the time. And Canada once again failed to get a Stanley Cup. The NHL is looking more and more like the MLS.
What's more "demeaning" is to have a shitty regular season team make the finals rendering the regular season meaningless.

Da
Are you a leafs fan? Must be pretty “demeaning” eliminated by a “shitty regular season team” then.

by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 21:37

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This final was boring... from a Habs fan and a hockey fan in general.
Back to back champs for a small market is pretty exciting.
DA

I think it's rather demeaning for the NHL that so many small market teams with no tradition in the sport win all the time. And Canada once again failed to get a Stanley Cup. The NHL is looking more and more like the MLS.

What's more "demeaning" is to have a shitty regular season team make the finals rendering the regular season meaningless.

by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 21:19

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by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 17:48

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This final was boring... from a Habs fan and a hockey fan in general.
Back to back champs for a small market is pretty exciting.

DA

I think it's rather demeaning for the NHL that so many small market teams with no tradition in the sport win all the time. And Canada once again failed to get a Stanley Cup. The NHL is looking more and more like the MLS.

by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 15:59

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This final was boring... from a Habs fan and a hockey fan in general.

Back to back champs for a small market is pretty exciting.

by **Guest** » 08 Jul 2021, 15:17

This final was boring... from a Habs fan and a hockey fan in general.

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by **Guest** » 25 Jun 2021, 07:48

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It's sad, the 18th "best" team makes the Finals. The 4th place team from the 4th ranked division.

Yeah, hope we go back to the pre-COVID format.

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It's sad, the 18th "best" team makes the Finals. The 4th place team from the 4th ranked division.
That’s the whole beauty of the NHL right—playoff hockey is really a whole different mode and the winner is unpredictable.
Why watch the regular season on tv or pay for season tickets?
Is that a feature or a problem for the NHL?
And why watch playoff hockey if none of the "stars" make it past the 2nd round (other than the Lightning players)?
Re:regular season - Because you still have trash teams like buffalo that really don’t belong in the playoffs to filter out.

Re:playoff hockey - Because the unpredictability is exciting. If you want results based on ranking, why play playoff hockey at all? The Cup would really just be the President’s trophy then.

Why "filter the trash teams"? Maybe they're just not regular season teams and would dominate playoff style hockey.

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It's sad, the 18th "best" team makes the Finals. The 4th place team from the 4th ranked division.
That’s the whole beauty of the NHL right—playoff hockey is really a whole different mode and the winner is unpredictable.
Why watch the regular season on tv or pay for season tickets?
Is that a feature or a problem for the NHL?
And why watch playoff hockey if none of the "stars" make it past the 2nd round (other than the Lightning players)?

Re:regular season - Because you still have trash teams like buffalo that really don’t belong in the playoffs to filter out.

Re:playoff hockey - Because the unpredictability is exciting. If you want results based on ranking, why play playoff hockey at all? The Cup would really just be the President’s trophy then.

by **Guest** » 25 Jun 2021, 06:46

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It's sad, the 18th "best" team makes the Finals. The 4th place team from the 4th ranked division.
That’s the whole beauty of the NHL right—playoff hockey is really a whole different mode and the winner is unpredictable.

Why watch the regular season on tv or pay for season tickets?
Is that a feature or a problem for the NHL?
And why watch playoff hockey if none of the "stars" make it past the 2nd round (other than the Lightning players)?

by **Guest** » 25 Jun 2021, 06:08

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25 Jun 2021, 04:42
It's sad, the 18th "best" team makes the Finals. The 4th place team from the 4th ranked division.

That’s the whole beauty of the NHL right—playoff hockey is really a whole different mode and the winner is unpredictable.

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by **Guest** » 25 Jun 2021, 04:42

It's sad, the 18th "best" team makes the Finals. The 4th place team from the 4th ranked division.

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by **Guest** » 25 Jun 2021, 03:14

Somewhere in this universe, my father is losing his mind GO HABS!!!

by **Guest** » 22 Jun 2021, 02:50

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Well, if this isn't one of the most lop-sided games ever...

you can say that again!

by **Guest** » 22 Jun 2021, 02:45

Well, if this isn't one of the most lop-sided games ever...

by **Guest74** » 08 Jun 2021, 21:48

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So....My Habs...

Congrats on completing the sweep!

by **Guest** » 08 Jun 2021, 20:12

So....My Habs...

by **Guest** » 03 Jun 2021, 23:10

Tanking works...again.

by **Guest** » 03 Jun 2021, 22:46

Cute....but those nails

by **Guest** » 02 Jun 2021, 06:27

The Leafs can't win because their top players play for the money and not the cup.

by **Guest** » 02 Jun 2021, 03:13

^DA but I think it's because she's a canucks fan and the bruins and chicago have been our arch enemies for awhile, plus the canucks lost their series against vegas last year.

by **Guest** » 01 Jun 2021, 23:39

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Sooo... go Jets I guess?!
From a Canadian perspective, which team has a better chance to win the Stanley Cup? The Canadiens are the ‘royalty’ of the sport, but do they have a team compatible with their historic reputation? The Jets could play the part of the underdog and pull a surprise, like so many American teams have done in the last 20 years.

In addition, a team’s performance is also related to the opponent it is facing. So, whilst Montreal by itself is sure to fire up the opposing team, there might be some dismissiveness of Winnipeg which could play to the Jets’ advantage.
da
Also from a canadian’s perspective—Jets are expected to win over the Habs in this matchup. But regardless, while it’d be nice to see a Canadian team finally win the Stanley cup, we don’t necessarily cheer for teams because it’s a Canadian team. I’m from Vancouver and we would much rather see an American team win (except Boston, Knights, Hawks (although not as much hate anymore)) than another fellow Canadian team. Personally I don’t mind the Habs or Jets, but Leafs, and the Albertan teams (ie Flames and Oilers) are big no-nos. I think a lot of other Canadians across Canada share this sentiment too.

Why everybody but the Bruins, Vegas and Chicago to you? Is it because of their fans?

by **Guest** » 01 Jun 2021, 22:54

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Sooo... go Jets I guess?!
From a Canadian perspective, which team has a better chance to win the Stanley Cup? The Canadiens are the ‘royalty’ of the sport, but do they have a team compatible with their historic reputation? The Jets could play the part of the underdog and pull a surprise, like so many American teams have done in the last 20 years.

In addition, a team’s performance is also related to the opponent it is facing. So, whilst Montreal by itself is sure to fire up the opposing team, there might be some dismissiveness of Winnipeg which could play to the Jets’ advantage.

da
Also from a canadian’s perspective—Jets are expected to win over the Habs in this matchup. But regardless, while it’d be nice to see a Canadian team finally win the Stanley cup, we don’t necessarily cheer for teams because it’s a Canadian team. I’m from Vancouver and we would much rather see an American team win (except Boston, Knights, Hawks (although not as much hate anymore)) than another fellow Canadian team. Personally I don’t mind the Habs or Jets, but Leafs, and the Albertan teams (ie Flames and Oilers) are big no-nos. I think a lot of other Canadians across Canada share this sentiment too.

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