Stanley Cup Finals Thread

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The Four Peters said:
Literally the minute Game 4 ended you knew the Cup needed to be in the building tonight. That was Wednesday night. Inexcusable.
Gary is pissed about all that press Roger has gotten lately.
 

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Good for Keith. Absolutely well deserved. He's an animal.
 

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Goddamn it Midwesterners are too goddamn nice. Stop cheering Bettman.
 

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I've seen the bruins win the cup on the road. I've seen the cup won at the garden. I'm missing one thing....
 

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The Napkin said:
I've seen the bruins win the cup on the road. I've seen the cup won at the garden. I'm missing one thing....
Yep.
 
Which is why they should trade Chara and Dougie for Kessel and two firsts.
 

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Damn this Kimmo stuff is pretty awesome. Wasn't overhyped at all but it's such an amazing story. Great for him.

Proud pick of Lemelin's Pad Stack in the Real Fantasy Draft oh so long ago.
 

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cshea said:
Hossa has played in 5 of the last 8 Stanley Cup Final's. The man has played some playoff hockey.
That's absolutely absurd in this era.
 

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cshea said:
On the other side, Bishop confirms he had a torn groin.
Just coming to post that. How does a goalie play with that? I can't even fathom it.
 

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cshea said:
Hossa has played in 5 of the last 8 Stanley Cup Final's. The man has played some playoff hockey.
I spent this entire playoffs thinking to myself, "How can that old fart keep playing so well, while we watch the corpses of Chara and Seidenberg" (I know, different position, but they are all players who feel like they have been around forever).
 
Turns out he isn't even 6 months older than me.  
 
I really wanted Game 7, but i can't complain about Chicago winning.  Just an extraordinary team to watch night in and night out.  It seemed like in every game there was a point where they said to each other, "Screw this, let's take this game over", and for the next 7-10 minutes they absolutely controlled the game.  Some night, bishop was enough.  the last 2, he wasn't.
 

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LogansDad said:
I spent this entire playoffs thinking to myself, "How can that old fart keep playing so well, while we watch the corpses of Chara and Seidenberg" (I know, different position, but they are all players who feel like they have been around forever).
 
Turns out he isn't even 6 months older than me.  
 
I really wanted Game 7, but i can't complain about Chicago winning.  Just an extraordinary team to watch night in and night out.  It seemed like in every game there was a point where they said to each other, "Screw this, let's take this game over", and for the next 7-10 minutes they absolutely controlled the game.  Some night, bishop was enough.  the last 2, he wasn't.
Hossa hasn't torn one of his 'CLs.
 

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Hossa hasn't torn one of his 'CLs.
This is fair, and I am hopeful that Chara can come back.  It just blows my mind to see Hossa continually be one of the fastest and strongest guys on the ice, because it feels like he has been around FOREVER.
 

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Tampa played 26 out of a possible 28 playoff games. That had to have some effect the last couple of games.
 
Thank God the Bruins swept the Flyers in 2011. Otherwise they were looking at 26, 27, maybe 28 games.
 

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Tampa played 26 out of a possible 28 playoff games. That had to have some effect the last couple of games.
 
Thank God the Bruins swept the Flyers in 2011. Otherwise they were looking at 26, 27, maybe 28 games.
If they didn't get that rest after the 2nd round, I don't know if they make it through that Tampa series.
 

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NYCSox said:
Tampa played 26 out of a possible 28 playoff games. That had to have some effect the last couple of games.
 
Thank God the Bruins swept the Flyers in 2011. Otherwise they were looking at 26, 27, maybe 28 games.
Every year, the cup winner has one short series. It's basically impossible to win it without that.