2023/2024 season playoff discussion

[Habs Fan in Edmonton]

2 hours ago, tomh009 said:

I'd settle for being the next one from the Original Six teams--and the Original Four provinces.

 

Yes, as long as we win it before the Leafs. 

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

1 hour ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:

 

Yes, as long as we win it before the Leafs. 

 

This. I don’t want the Leafs to win a Cup until after I’m dead

[Helmethead]

1 hour ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

 

This. I don’t want the Leafs to win a Cup until after I’m dead

And even that is a stretch in my book. 

[Dalhabs]

I cant wait to see them eliminated in round one again next year.

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Let’s go Oilers 🇨🇦

 

 

[DON]

6 hours ago, Dalhabs said:

I cant wait to see them eliminated in round one again next year.

By the Habs.

[alfredoh2009]

good luck to all past Habs, including Kulak

 

Meet Brett Kulak: the unsung hero of the #LetsGoOilers run to Game 7.

Kulak could’ve been a cap casualty at the deadline. Instead, the local kid has elevated his game - and steadied two struggling partners to solidify #Oilers’ defense pairs.

Story: https://t.co/j60rvyjxiz pic.twitter.com/N08Typ9LVn

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) June 24, 2024

 

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

Nice. I always liked Kulak and would enjoy seeing him raise Lord Stanley’s Mug.

 

I’d guess the odds to be about 60-40 in FLA’s favour, but really, it’s anyone’s guess. Edmonton has this habit of getting stronger and stronger as series progress. 🤷‍♂️

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Pretty wild stats about McDavid’s performance when Barkov is on and off the ice. 
 

 

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

I feel badly for McDavid. He must be inconsolable. Maybe Price will give him a call to commiserate about what it’s like to be a franchise player who watches the other guys skate around with the Cup.

 

FLA only needed to bring their premium defensive game once, and they waited to the end, but brought it. They’re full value, as almost every Cup winner is - that trophy is one brutally hard mofo to win. (Watching this, it seems unimaginable that the Habs will ever win it again, but of course things change very quickly in sports). 

 

For my money, the really disappointing thing from Edmonton was Dreiseitl. Great in the dot, I guess, solid two-way game, but he generated next to nothing offensively. In Game 7, McDavid set him up twice by the side of the net, right where he likes it, and both times were flubs. He must have been injured, because otherwise that performance is pretty disastrous…probably the single most important variable explaining the Oiler defeat. If you are built around two league-leading superstars, you need both of them to step up in the clutch, not just one.

[Commandant]

4 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

I feel badly for McDavid. He must be inconsolable. Maybe Price will give him a call to commiserate about what it’s like to be a franchise player who watches the other guys skate around with the Cup.

 

FLA only needed to bring their premium defensive game once, and they waited to the end, but brought it. They’re full value, as almost every Cup winner is - that trophy is one brutally hard mofo to win. (Watching this, it seems unimaginable that the Habs will ever win it again, but of course things change very quickly in sports). 

 

For my money, the really disappointing thing from Edmonton was Dreiseitl. Great in the dot, I guess, solid two-way game, but he generated next to nothing offensively. In Game 7, McDavid set him up twice by the side of the net, right where he likes it, and both times were flubs. He must have been injured, because otherwise that performance is pretty disastrous…probably the single most important variable explaining the Oiler defeat. If you are built around two league-leading superstars, you need both of them to step up in the clutch, not just one.

 

Draisaitl did little all series outside of the sauce pass in game 6.  He was so good in the three rounds before the final though and has always been good in the playoffs so I wonder if he was hurt. 

[Habs Fan in Edmonton]

Kudos to Florida, it's a hard grind to get to the final and to do that 2 years in a row is an accomplishment to be proud of. Deserving champions. 

 

Kudos to the Oilers, they never quit, just came up a little short. 

 

 

[Prime Minister Koivu]

I couldn’t believe Maurice said that he hopes Winnipeg wins the next cup. 
 

He doesn’t want Florida to repeat?

 

Sorry that Edmonton lost but happy for Maurice. He is a genuine good guy

[Habs Fan in Edmonton]

2 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Sorry that Edmonton lost but happy for Maurice. He is a genuine good guy

 

Agreed, has always been one of my favourite coaches,  almost always a great interview. 

[DON]

I guess was great run to come back and tie the series and nice for Luongo to at least get a ring.

[GHT120]

3 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

I couldn’t believe Maurice said that he hopes Winnipeg wins the next cup. 
 

He doesn’t want Florida to repeat?

 

Sorry that Edmonton lost but happy for Maurice. He is a genuine good guy

I think what he said (or at least meant) was for Winnipeg to be the next team to win their first Cup

[GHT120]

11 hours ago, Commandant said:

Draisaitl did little all series outside of the sauce pass in game 6.  He was so good in the three rounds before the final though and has always been good in the playoffs so I wonder if he was hurt. 

 

I have to admit I did not watch the playoffs closely () but what little I saw of the Finals it didn't look to me like Draisaitl was moving well.

[Prime Minister Koivu]

1 hour ago, GHT120 said:

I think what he said (or at least meant) was for Winnipeg to be the next team to win their first Cup

This would make sense and it is probably what he meant. 
 

Good guy and I’m happy for him 

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

I read someplace that Corey Perry has now lost in four Finals in the last five years. 

 

OUCH.

[GHT120]

5 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

I read someplace that Corey Perry has now lost in four Finals in the last five years. 

 

OUCH.

All with different teams I believe. 

[hab29RETIRED]

3 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

I read someplace that Corey Perry has now lost in four Finals in the last five years. 

 

OUCH.

Unlucky charm?

[DON]

3 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

I read someplace that Corey Perry has now lost in four Finals in the last five years. 

 

OUCH.

Hossa went to 3 finals in a row with 3 different teams;

stuck out with Pitt & Wings before getting his ring with Hawks

[Commandant]

Perry has a ring

[Fanpuck33]

10 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

I read someplace that Corey Perry has now lost in four Finals in the last five years. 

 

OUCH.

 

And the year he didn't lose in the Final... he lost to the Leafs, which as we all know, no other team has done in the post-04/05 lockout era.  Bigger OUCH!

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Congrats to a good guy for finally getting a ring