I think the ghosts of Habs past decided to retire to and possess Florida for a year.

[SirClintonPortis]

Bruins - hated rivals, one of the best regular seasons in a while, and a threat to win yet another Cup. Not only did they lose....they lost in a VERY similar manner to the 1979 semifinals, with Montour channeling Lafleur. So, Gen z Bruins fans experience the exact same feeling their grandpas felt in '79.

Toronto - Just remind everyone they're just a high octane version of the Nashville Predators in the Trotz era. Good for playoffs, but not deep runs.

Carolina - Bastards won in the because some Justin Williams fella decide to wreak Koivu's eye. Swept.

And even Sam Pollock decided to be a joker and say "you gotta guess lottery teams better than that to mimic my capture of Lafleur. "

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[1909]

All the old folks prefer the warm sun of Florida.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I blame two people..

Baseball Coach who kept talking about them winning the cup all year & whoever spiked the football with the Florida pick is looking good thread.

 

[JHabs]

They were snowbirds then, and they are snowbirds now.

 

[Frankenheimer]

Carolina - Bastards won in the because some Justin Williams fella decide to wreak Koivu's eye. Swept.

We have much more recent beef with Canes.

 

[Habs]

I blame two people..

Baseball Coach who kept talking about them winning the cup all year & whoever spiked the football with the Florida pick is looking good thread.

I want him banned

 

[26Mats]

Bruins - hated rivals, one of the best regular seasons in a while, and a threat to win yet another Cup. Not only did they lose....they lost in a VERY similar manner to the 1979 semifinals, with Montour channeling Lafleur. So, Gen z Bruins fans experience the exact same feeling their grandpas felt in '79.

Toronto - Just remind everyone they're just a high octane version of the Nashville Predators in the Trotz era. Good for playoffs, but not deep runs.

Carolina - Bastards won in the because some Justin Williams fella decide to wreak Koivu's eye. Swept.

And even Sam Pollock decided to be a joker and say "you gotta guess lottery teams better than that to mimic my capture of Lafleur. "

Florida have a stacked team. They picked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd overall (Ekblad, Barkov, Huberdeau who became Tkachuk) when they were tanking. Amazung what tanking for multiple years does.

Then they traded a lot of good futures for solid vets (Reinhart, Bennett), and had some good UFA signings (Verhaeghe, Bobrovsky, Duclair).

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Probably the ghost of Clarence Campbell.

 

[cowboy82nd]

Florida have a stacked team. They picked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd overall (Ekblad, Barkov, Huberdeau who became Tkachuk) when they were tanking. Amazung what tanking for multiple years does.

Then they traded a lot of good futures for solid vets (Reinhart, Bennett), and had some good UFA signings (Verhaeghe, Bobrovsky, Duclair).

They didn't tank, They just sucked during that time period.

 

[26Mats]

They didn't tank, They just sucked during that time period.

Bahaha, same difference.

They missed the playoffs 10 times over a 12 year period. That's what enabled them to get the top players on their team (Barkov, Tkachuk via Huberdeau, and Ekblad).

You don't finish low in the standings, you don't get those players. Take those players off the team and they're not in the finals/last year's president's trophy winners.

 

[cowboy82nd]

Bahaha, same difference.

They missed the playoffs 10 times over a 12 year period. That's what enabled them to get the top players on their team (Barkov, Tkachuk via Huberdeau, and Ekblad).

You don't finish low in the standings, you don't get those players. Take those players off the team and they're not in the finals/last year's president's trophy winners.

I think there is a difference between tanking and sucking. But you are right, without those high draft picks, we don't end up with those players.

 

[Conflicted Habs fan]

Florida has been blessed by the hand of God

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Pretty sure this is entirely my fault for responding “let’s f***ing GOOOOOOO” when Ekblad got hurt earlier this year

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

...Sunrise shouldn't even have a freakin' team, it should be in Quebec City...this is Buttman's dream scenario if Vegas also makes the Finals...

 

[Habs]

Pretty sure this is entirely my fault for responding “let’s f***ing GOOOOOOO” when Ekblad got hurt earlier this year

mods please ban, clearly his fault

 

[Sasha Orlov]

mods please ban, clearly his fault

Letting me continue to visit this website every day is honestly worse punishment

 

[Habs]

Letting me continue to visit this website every day is honestly worse punishment

 

[rickthegoon]

This final reminds me of " if a tree falls in the forest and nobody's around.....

 

[JuJu Mobb]

It's all part of a divine plan.

The late first pick will become a gem.

 

[Le Tricolore]

We have much more recent beef with Canes.

Nah, this is the worst thing. The KK / Aho stuff is whatever.