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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Also, like you... 2002 finals was probably the most epic game I had ever watched besides the 2004 Game 7 vs Vancouver... 2010 was anti-climatic to me. Great setup by Iginla, but I'll always remember that game more as the one that Luongo almost blew it for us.
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Yeah, definitely. Luongo and Scott Niedermayer too honestly. He had a brutal giveaway in OT that almost cost Canada the gold medal.
2002 was epic... the entire state of Canadian hockey was being questioned for years leading up to this. The choke job in the '96 World Cup of Hoceky, the total failure of '98 in Nagano and the emergence of the dominating Czech Rebublic had everyone wondering what was wrong with Canadian hockey.
2002 brought back a lot of pride for Canadian hockey and is one of the best moments for Canada on the international stage. The old timers can have their '72, but for me it's 2002.
It's certainly debatable though and anyone making boneheaded definite statements is a moron.