SCF Game 5: Florida Panthers Vs Vegas Golden Knights | 8:00PM ET 5:00PM PT | TNT, TBS, TruTV, CBC, SN, TVAS

[MichaelFarrell]

despite not having scored in 12 straight playoff games now?

He’s fed Jon a lot of those goals though. His playmaking, puck possession ability, and transition game have made a giant impact.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

2023 has turned out to be embarassing ass-whoopings at the end in both championship series for both South Florida teams.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Idk about Kessel, he is the antithesis of this Vegas team at this point. He's basically off-ice comic relief.

Yeah, but at least he didn't claim after the fact credit card debt in a bankruptcy filing for Snake Farms things. Give the Thrill a hotdog.

 

[AcerComputer]

utter trash Cup Final

I'm enjoying it. I love a good pounding.

 

[Leksand]

is that guy just polishing the cup the entire time?

Yea they have to:stop having him on camera, like ever. Takes away from th SC every year.

 

[Garbageyuk]

Lmao that creepy Cup rubbing

Gotta shine’er up good and proppah lmao

 

[PromisedLand]

Ekblad

lol

I think it’ll be Eichel.

would be quite a story for Eichel.

- really bad neck injury
- all the drama with with his choice surgery
- traded
- wins the cup and smyth too

 

[Devilsfan118]

2023 has turned out to be embarassing ass-whoopings at the end in both championship series for both South Florida teams.

Ya love to see it

 

[TimeZone]

Why you go back 8, go back 20 years lol so random. Also Tampa was the only legit contender in the east before the decline and they won like 3 of the cups.

Maybe because literally zero players on either of the teams in the Stanley Cup Finals from 20 years ago currently occupy the league.

I feel like that's a pretty good reason for not going back that far, but that's just me.

 

[Kingsfan1]

who you guys got for the Smyth? This is probably one tough year to pick an obvious one

If jack eichel wins the smythe he had crazy odds coming into tonights game at 25-1 wow . 5k would pay 125k

 

[Drakon]

According to Cap fans, he was responsible for the 'shift' in system.

He was. And it worked out for that playoff.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Oh great now we get to see that blond goofball polishing the cup for the next 15 minutes, looking like he’s waaaaayy to into it.

Yep, give it a rest.

 

[SI90]

Reinhart with the tip?

 

[kaiser matias]

Chris Cuthbert apparently forgot about 1998.

 

[Cursed Lemon]

lmao

 

[Zirakzigil]

7-3! Panthers are coming for you @hangman005 ! By period 5 it will be tied!

 

[Satan]

cats have 9 lifes

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Benny!!! Feel gooder. Take that Oilers fans

 

[AcerComputer]

Gotta shine’er up good and proppah lmao

I'm surprised he missed a spot.

 

[Sentinel]

A comeback?

 

[sansabri]

the comeback?

 

[TimeZone]

As long as your having fun. 27 dollars is funny

Pizza money, I'll take it, most are well into the negatively who bet even semi often.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I'm enjoying it. I love a good pounding.

cool
most don't

 

[tarheelhockey]

That's why we play the games. If it should go based on standings then why not just give Boston the cup? Florida won fair and square and maybe the eastern teams are all chokers not contenders. Being the best regular season team does not mean you win the cup

So what are you actually trying to say? Large sample sizes are important, but the teams that are on top after 82 games aren't actually that good?

Florida had a great run in the second half of the season and playoffs. A lot of their success in the playoffs was a matter of Bobrovsky and Tkachuk pulling some historic levels of insane playoff clutchness. That sort of thing can happen over a short streak, we have seen it happen a whole lot of times in playoff history. It very rarely happens over the course of a complete Cup run, and we are seeing the regression happen in real time.

Check Bobrovsky's playoff save%. Going into this series it was .935. As of the time I type this post it's down to .916. His career is .915. This is what regression looks like. The question was whether it would arrive in time to sink the Panthers, and that's exactly what happened.

Edit: funny enough, the same thing is creeping up on Hill now. Unless you think he's also a bona fide .935 goalie.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Yeah…Florida, you needed these goals an hour ago