The Reverse Stanley Cup Final is set! St.Louis Blues vs Montreal Canadiens (Series Score: 0-0)

[HanSolo]

Montreal also swept their 4 game season series with Florida this year

Anaheim went 3-1 against the Oilers. I think they should raise a banner!

 

[sinDer]

Montreal also swept their 4 game season series with Florida this year

Panthers couldn't care less about regular season games against Montreal. And they stopped playing after the 4 nations so they would be ready for playoffs. They still managed to play .500 hockey while playing at 50% lol. Once playoffs started, they turned the switch on. Only very few games can do that, maybe your team will get there one day.

 

[sinDer]

It a stark reminder that, despite their storied history, Montreal's current roster is a ways away from contention.

Who needed a reminder about that?

 

[Canadienna]

Anaheim went 3-1 against the Oilers. I think they should raise a banner!

That's really stupid. Anaheim shouldn't raise a banner because they went 3-1 against the Oilers.

Embarassing that you would suggest that unlike Habs fans who have suggested no such thing.

 

[Prairie Habs]

Panthers couldn't care less about regular season games against Montreal. And they stopped playing after the 4 nations so they would be ready for playoffs. They still managed to play .500 hockey while playing at 50% lol. Once playoffs started, they turned the switch on. Only very few games can do that, maybe your team will get there one day.

No need to get your panties in a bunch, just pointing out it's interesting that Florida winning the conference makes us the "biggest loser" through the transitive property, but getting 8 out of 8 points against them was instrumental in us making the playoffs.

No one is trying to insult your special little boys, take a deep breath.

 

[HanSolo]

That's really stupid. Anaheim shouldn't raise a banner because they went 3-1 against the Oilers.

Embarassing that you would suggest that unlike Habs fans who have suggested no such thing.

Imagine taking a joke this seriously.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Panthers couldn't care less about regular season games against Montreal. And they stopped playing after the 4 nations so they would be ready for playoffs. They still managed to play .500 hockey while playing at 50% lol. Once playoffs started, they turned the switch on. Only very few games can do that, maybe your team will get there one day.

Ngl it sounds like you care

 

[bert]

This is something I find cool every year, the teams on both sides of the bracket that are the biggest losers in the playoffs. Montreal is in the East and the Blues are poised to be the team from the west to dawn this mark if Edmonton win but the Blues went seven games in the first round matchup, whereas the Canadiens won once. It a stark reminder that, despite their storied history, Montreal's current roster is a ways away from contention.

They were quite clearly the worst team to make the playoffs. Only team that lost more games that they won that made it and one of two teams that made it with a negative goal differential. But they werent supposed to make it and I think they had the youngest team. They have a very long way to go but the future is bright. Not as bright as most habs fans like to shove down our throats but they have pieces in the right places.

 

[elmaco]

Hang a banner.

 

[Jumptheshark]

SUMMER TIME ALREADY11111111/1?

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Hang a banner.

Too many Stanley Cup banners in the way sorry

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

The Devils comp is kind of a red herring though. They built a sizable lead with Hughes and then held on for dear life once he went down. Not really a testament to the weakness of the Metro since they certainly miss the playoffs if they played the whole season in their final form.

Their collapse kinda occured when they still had Hughes.

 

[elmaco]

Too many Stanley Cup banners in the way sorry

You can hang a banner for that too.

 

[Son of Nogatco]

Their collapse kinda occured when they still had Hughes.

At the time of his injury they were tied with Carolina for 2nd in the metro and were +34

With him injured they played at a ~77 point pace with a -14 goal differential

 

[Summer Rose]

I learned of this concept from tennis, and they call it the "reverse slam" (a tongue in cheek "opposite" to the Grand Slam of winning all four majors).

It's when you lose in the first round, your opponent loses in the second round, who then loses in the third round, etc. all the way up to whoever loses in the final. Tennis tournaments have more rounds (usually anyway) than four, so it's a very dubious "honor." There's always exactly one person who "accomplishes" this dubious honor.

If Florida loses in the SCF, then then Montreal will have achieved the reverse slam of the NHL playoffs.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Is this a cope thread for a sens fan to deal with the fact that the Sens likely won't have a window as a contender?

 

[Canovin]

The little brother losing to the bigger brothers

 

[GlitchMarner]

Start the planning of the planning of the planning of the planning of the parade?

 

[HabsQC]

Now if the Panthers lose in the finals, we'll be the ultimate losers. We should get oir draft pick upgraded because of this

 

[Lshap]

This is like reverse analytics – a formula that tracks data with no value to actual hockey.

 

[Kimota]

 

[tabness]

There were a handful of teams that would have been more competitive in the playoffs than Montreal, who so didn't belong

 

[Sasha Orlov]

There were a handful of teams that would have been more competitive in the playoffs than Montreal, who so didn't belong

Yeah I’m sure

 

[I am not exposed]

Montreal also swept their 4 game season series with Florida this year

4D chess to get them in the playoffs so we could make the Stanley Cup final yet again.

 

[Summer Rose]

I learned of this concept from tennis, and they call it the "reverse slam" (a tongue in cheek "opposite" to the Grand Slam of winning all four majors).

It's when you lose in the first round, your opponent loses in the second round, who then loses in the third round, etc. all the way up to whoever loses in the final. Tennis tournaments have more rounds (usually anyway) than four, so it's a very dubious "honor." There's always exactly one person who "accomplishes" this dubious honor.

If Florida loses in the SCF, then then Montreal will have achieved the reverse slam of the NHL playoffs.

Update to this now that Edmonton vs. Florida has been finalized: if Florida wins the SCF, the honor of being reverse slammed will belong to St. Louis (lost to Winnipeg, who lost to Dallas, who lost to Edmonton).