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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
This Lightning team is special good. Best goaltender in the league, best defensemen in the league, best two playoff forwards in the league, and arguably the best head coach in the league. Hats off to that organization for drafting and building a team that has no weaknesses at all. I'm glad they are going to win the cup as the organization fully deserves it for being better than the rest of the league at nearly everything.
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I can never cheer for the Lightning franchise for obvious reasons, although they were actually my 2nd favorite team up growing up until 2004. But strangely enough, I'm a fan of pretty much every player individually.
As you said, best D man and over all best D corps in the league. Best playoff performers and overall best forward corps in the league. Best goalie in the league who is only 26 (!!!!). Hell, Stamkos is supposed to be their franchise player and he's been pushed down the depth chart not once, not twice but by multiple elite teammates.
Did they muck around in a sleazy way to circumvent the cap to their advantage? Sure. But if the Flames did that and weaseled their way to the cup, I too would defend it tooth and nail.
Meanwhile the best our joke of a franchise can do this time of year to is decide which 12 overall pick we're going to choose and pray we don't woof the pick. Not sure what Yzerman was thinking leaving the Bolts but man, are they in great shape.