[PST] Stanley Cup Final: Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning---Bolts win the Cup 4-1

[GioforPM]

^^ Please ID the “loading up” Tampa did in light of Kucherov’s injury.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by dino7c

He was just water boarded with booze after playing a grueling game. All the players were doing a lot of sniffing. You talk about class and then are calling a guy a drug addict (which really shouldn't be joked about anyway) just because you are upset he won a game.

Is it Groundhog Day again? My shadow has popped out. 6 more weeks of inanity

Read my phrasing carefully. I did not call him anything.

A challenge for you. Think it is possible to not respond to my post when you see one?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

I actually agree but I'm not going to discount Tampa's win or give them #### for taking advantage of it. It was smart of them.

Plus in 2015 Tampa Bay was the only NHL team that voted to close this loop hole. So if anything blame the 29 other NHL teams at that time that didn't want to close this gap because they invited Tampa to do this.

Two Pandemic Cups.

******

[stemit14]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

^^ Please ID the “loading up” Tampa did in light of Kucherov’s injury.

They built a strong team over the years and should have had to dismantle some of it last offseason… just like other teams have had to do (like Chicago). Instead, they used kucherov’s surgery to keep the players and even add at the trade deadline. The depth of this team could have been gutted otherwise. And that depth played a big role in this team’s run to the cup (Gorde, Killorn, Johnson, etc.)

The simple fact is that they had a roster playing in the playoffs that was way, way over the cap and could not exist in any regular season game. Again, all within the rules as they are now. The rules need to be updated or better enforced in order to close these loopholes.


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[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by stemit14

They built a strong team over the years and should have had to dismantle some of it last offseason… just like other teams have had to do (like Chicago). Instead, they used kucherov’s surgery to keep the players and even add at the trade deadline. The depth of this team could have been gutted otherwise. And that depth played a big role in this teams run in to the cup (Gorde, Killorn, Johnson, etc.)

Again, all within the rules as they are now. The rules need to be updated or better enforced in order to close these loopholes.


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Like a bunch of other teams, including Montreal at the beginning of the POs (until they healthy scratched Tatar) including an iffy LTIR of Drouin. TBL was the most over, but others were as well.

What should they have done with Kucherov facing season long injury? Anticipate he would be recovered 2 weeks to 2 months earlier than scheduled and field a team that’s $9M under the cap all year? And then go without Stamkos for a lot of the season as well?

[DeluxeMoustache]

I would be just fine to see the lineup on any given playoff night have to satisfy the cap

The iced lineup has to have regular season salaries totaling no more than $81.5 M. It’s that easy.

Doesn’t matter how they handled the regular season or used LTIR. Keep it simple

[GioforPM]

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ETA: The above would have been not too hard for TBL to handle as a matter of fact.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I guess I just don't see it as real or candid. He just seems like a sloppy mess to me. I don't really care. It was funny, and that to me, is the most important thing.

Well yeah as that's real celebration and he was candid likely due to his filter being down. Not a lot different than Brett Hull all inebriated at the Blues cup parade. Either way it's getting a lot of play today in the sports world and that's a good thing for the NHL.

[Manhattanboy]

I’m more than ok with Kucherov. He was in full celebration mode.

I expect he will do a sort of mea culpa at some point.

[stemit14]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Like a bunch of other teams, including Montreal at the beginning of the POs (until they healthy scratched Tatar) including an iffy LTIR of Drouin. TBL was the most over, but others were as well.

What should they have done with Kucherov facing season long injury? Anticipate he would be recovered 2 weeks to 2 months earlier than scheduled and field a team that’s $9M under the cap all year? And then go without Stamkos for a lot of the season as well?

As I said: it was within the rules - the rules need to change. I feel every team should have to have a roster that fits under the salary cap for any game - regular season and playoffs included.

If that was the case, Tampa would have had to trade some players before Kucherov came back - likely for pennies in the dollar since teams would have know they were desperate to make room for Kucherov. They could have had to give up some of their depth that was a real factor for them in their cup run.


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[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by stemit14

As I said: it was within the rules - the rules need to change. I feel every team should have to have a roster that fits under the salary cap for any game - regular season and playoffs included.

If that was the case, Tampa would have had to trade some players before Kucherov came back - likely for pennies in the dollar since teams would have know they were desperate to make room for Kucherov. They could have had to give up some of their depth that was a real factor for them in their cup run.


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If the rules are the same for every team, then where does TB have an advantage?

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[Jimdon]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Like a bunch of other teams, including Montreal at the beginning of the POs (until they healthy scratched Tatar) including an iffy LTIR of Drouin. TBL was the most over, but others were as well.

What should they have done with Kucherov facing season long injury? Anticipate he would be recovered 2 weeks to 2 months earlier than scheduled and field a team that’s $9M under the cap all year? And then go without Stamkos for a lot of the season as well?

Yeah, that's what they should have done..

[Jimdon]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

If the rules are the same for every team, then where does TB have an advantage?

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Because the NHL has no backbone to enforce the rules.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Is it Groundhog Day again? My shadow has popped out. 6 more weeks of inanity

Read my phrasing carefully. I did not call him anything.

A challenge for you. Think it is possible to not respond to my post when you see one?

something about a pot and kettle

You said he was doing cocaine because you are salty he won a kids game you wanted him to lose...truth is you have zero clue

[dino7c]

The irony in all this is Tampa was the one team that wanted to change the rule in 2015 but nobody had their backs lol

[Huntingwhale]

I probably missed it if the whole video got posted already. But posting the full interview again for hilariousness.

NSFW!

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by dino7c

something about a pot and kettle

You said he was doing cocaine because you are salty he won a kids game you wanted him to lose...truth is you have zero clue

As pointed out in some of the YouTube comments, he laughs while chugging his beer when Joe Smith is announced for his question and gets beer up his nose. Probably sniffing from that.

The nose candy came during the after party guys

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Jimdon

Because the NHL has no backbone to enforce the rules.

What rule did they fail to enforce?

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[Locke]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

I probably missed it if the whole video got posted already. But posting the full interview again for hilariousness.

NSFW!

I didnt realize until I watched the full thing that he had more beers hiding behind the podium.

Damnit Nikita! You're a goddamned Champion! You can do better than Bud Light!

[Nsd1]

Originally Posted by Locke

Damnit Nikita! You're a goddamned Champion! You can do better than Bud Light!

The Bud Light probably taste better now.

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