Goalies that played fantastic but still lost in the finals against better teams.
They werent winning the cup even if Kreider didnt get tripped into him.
Pretty much what I've been thinking. He himself lived up the contract when he was healthy, but the team let him down.
No they get bent over by the winner of the west and bounced in 5. Rangers top to bottom had a better team from the first line center to starting goalie and they got gentlemen’s swept that finals.
They lose in the first round if Bishop wasn’t hurt. 3 of the 4 games in that Tampa series were one goal games. They were dog walked in the first round by a mediocre Ottawa team the year before for a reason.
Price >> Lundqvist at this point, maybe he would have done it
It would've been tough against the Kings. Another huge underdog. But Subban was amazing back then... Much better chance than us in 21 vs Tampa. I'd have loved to see that series.
Price >> Lundqvist at this point, maybe he would have done it
We were robbed of any chance of winning that series. Anyways, this is going off topic.
Tampa was robbed with having bishop out. It works both ways. Tokarski did more than fine anyway.
1% better of a chance if it’s really something to hold your hat on. Kings had a better top 9 a better top 4 Dcore and an elite goalie of their own. They had no weaknesses unlike the Habs who were weak everywhere but in net.
Replacing a HoF goalie with Dustin Tokarski is miles away from "Fine". Habs were robbed.
If we win a cup nobody is saying a word.
Oh dude, I’d never say otherwise. The Canadiens self handicapped with Desharnais as their first line center. They had the worst coach in the league and had holes without a doubt. It’d have been a tall order. I’d just like to have seen the series.
2014 history lesson / reminder: Tokarski played adequately. Not sensational, but adequate. He wasn't why they lost to the Rangers; it's entirely possible the Rangers would've beaten them regardless. And the Habs would have had zero - repeat that, z-e-r-o - chance in the SCF versus either the Hawks or Kings. I take it none of us have forgotten that the WCF that year was arguably the best playoff series of the decade and it was widely believed before it even started that it was going to be the true SCF that year. Nobody but nobody gave either the Rangers nor Canadiens a prayer against whomever won the West. Rightfully so as it turned out. Those Hawks and those Kings were both good enough to three-peat had history turned out differently, but of course they had to go through each other in 13 & 14 so neither of them ultimately did.
