It's great, especially after seeing Crysaitl and McBaby with swollen red eyes post-game.
Sadly the refs couldn't carry them to a cup winHow devastating is it losing a game 7 for the Stanley Cup?
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Sadly the refs couldn't carry them to a cup win
Last night was a tough one. These games are so stressful and so entertaining.
Its possible that I never see either Montreal or Edmonton win a cup in my life, so yeah yesterday was disappointing.
But win or lose these guys are going back to their charmed life with the sportscars, private golf clubs and mansions and we're all going back to our 9-5s so I try not to take it too seriously.
Its possible that I never see either Montreal or Edmonton win a cup in my life, so yeah yesterday was disappointing.
But win or lose these guys are going back to their charmed life with the sportscars, private golf clubs and mansions and we're all going back to our 9-5s so I try not to take it too seriously.
Love this take - said this exact thing to my wife last night. Similar to the movie Fever Pitch, if you have seen it.
Why do we put ourselves through the wringer yet these multi millionaires will be out at their summer house in a few days, sipping Corona's and taking their yachts for a spin. Not life or death by any means.
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Luongo works in the front office, it's not like they wheeled out someone who retired and then moved to Sweden.
He also didn't "parade", he lifted it for like 5 seconds. Luongo said that the Canucks gang all messaged him positively wishing him good luck.
2003 was absolutely gut wrenching at the time. Horrible feeling. As years go by though you mainly just look back with fond memories of the emotional rollercoaster you went on that playoffs and only remember the best moments.
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Three years later, and that game still haunts me. There were a lot of special moments during that run - I thought that it was our year.
I think we would’ve beaten Montreal in the SCF.
It would’ve hurt less if we got blown out in Game 7.
Losing Game 7 in any round sucks. Given how difficult it is to make the final, as well as how infrequently most teams reach a final, it just magnifies the pain of falling short. It's like reading a good but hard to find book, and then when you reach the end you find out the last chapter is missing.
As a fan I speak from experience having seen my team lose game 7 in two of their 3 final appearances.
In 1994 it was heart break and sadness. In 2011 it was depression and a empty feeling. 2011 felt like a real gut punch, since that season it felt like we had done everything needed to win that year and yet still the same result in the end.
Tough losses like 2011 leave you struggling to keep trust and faith in the team no matter how well things are going since your always waiting for that other shoe to drop, and for them to find some way to blow it.
As a fan I speak from experience having seen my team lose game 7 in two of their 3 final appearances.
In 1994 it was heart break and sadness. In 2011 it was depression and a empty feeling. 2011 felt like a real gut punch, since that season it felt like we had done everything needed to win that year and yet still the same result in the end.
Tough losses like 2011 leave you struggling to keep trust and faith in the team no matter how well things are going since your always waiting for that other shoe to drop, and for them to find some way to blow it.
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It's only game. Why you heff to be mad?
Exactly, had Vancouver won a few seasons later 2011 would be nothing but a forgotten nightmare. As a seahawk fan losing in 2005 was tough because of the way it when down. (Refs giving the game to Pittsburgh) 2013 winning over Denver made thar painfull moment from 2005 easier afterwards.
Winning cures a lot of things.
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It's funny, I think if Ottawa beats NJ the Ducks might we'll have won that year as the Devils were an awful matchup for them. But then they would not have been in position to draft Getzlaf and Perry, Kariya never leaves, Niedermayer is never signed, and the Ducks never have those contending years .. And maybe Ottawa wins in 07?
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Rick Rocket
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You are absolutely sulking as an oilers fan.
You know he works for the team, works with the goalies, and was also a former Panthers star? Going by your amazing take, I guess Zito and Maurice shouldn’t have lifted the Cup either.
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Depends on the context. Coming back from a 0-3 far less because you have already mourned the playoff loss by the time the inevitable happens.
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Not the finals, but I've seen the Avalanche lose three game 7's in OT. They still haunt me. To lose a game 7 in the finals knowing you were 1 game away must haunt all players, unless they actually win a cup later. Maybe ridding the mind of those memories.
2 days after the game I find some of these terms pretty dramatic. Maybe I’m not quite the superfan that others are.
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At the end of the day, hockey is just entertainment. I personally have never understood the emotional attachment to seeing a team you follow win or lose.
They win? cool, they lose? cool.
Watching others you have no physical or emotional attachment to play for a prize just doesn’t have the same affect as watching someone you know.
They win? cool, they lose? cool.
Watching others you have no physical or emotional attachment to play for a prize just doesn’t have the same affect as watching someone you know.
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Three days after coming off a Game 7 SCF loss and it isn't as bad as I thought it'd be... I consider myself a pretty big Oilers fan but I felt the same level of 'disappointment' with this loss as with the Vegas 2nd round loss last year. At the end of the day, it's not any of us playing and none of us fans get a ring out of it
The city got 2 months of partying which was great
The city got 2 months of partying which was great
