[OOT] Game one of the Stanley Cup Final!

[GioforPM]

Paul again. Kuemper maybe plays it wrong.

[Manhattanboy]

ABC with some neat camera work.

I don’t know why the NHL didn’t do more of that in the bubble. I would have had drones with cameras all over the place.

[Scroopy Noopers]

What a trick shot!!!

[timbit]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Paul again. Kuemper maybe plays it wrong.

He overplayed it horribly.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by timbit

He overplayed it horribly.

Rusty perhaps.

[dino7c]

That was a weird one...goaltending is the lightning's one advantage IMO

[hwy19man]

The Avalanche defense gets zapped on that goal!

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by timbit

He overplayed it horribly.

He actually had him but the puck somehow ramped up the backside of Paul’s stick and over his pad.

[Hockey_Ninja]

Originally Posted by Five-hole

It was deflected 20 feet out. How is that a softie?

I didn’t notice it got tipped initially. My bad

[Fan in Exile]

I'm starting to think that maybe the key player in Tampa's back-to-back Cups wasn't Blake Coleman.

[colbym72]

Originally Posted by Fan in Exile

I'm starting to think that maybe the key player in Tampa's back-to-back Cups wasn't Blake Coleman.

Depth matters but ultimately these things are about star power. We saw that in our series

[Fan in Exile]

I guess Makar got hooked on his hands but I can't sat I understand why he went down. Pretty weak to put them 5 on 3.

[Manhattanboy]

Refs just can’t help themselves. Have to be stars in their own right. NHL just a joke.

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town Hustler

I'll get blasted here but MacKinnon is way better than mcdingus overall. Mctwit may have more speed, but that's it. No D.

Go Flams

Who exactly do you think will blast you? Where do you think you are?

[WhiteTiger]

Well, that was a good first, for sure. Avs all over the Lightning.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by Fan in Exile

I'm starting to think that maybe the key player in Tampa's back-to-back Cups wasn't Blake Coleman.

That centre depth they had - Point-Cirelli-Stamkos-Gourde - was pretty crazy in particular. They weathered an injury to Stamkos during the first Cup, and cruised along with Cirelli having a pretty underwhelming year on the second cup because Goodrow-Gourde-Coleman did essentially play second line 5v5 shutdown minutes for them. This year they have Cirelli playing to his peak level again and Stamkos is healthy and arguably having the best postseason of his entire career... and that got them through the Point injury just long enough even without Gourde.

Backlund showed up for us in the playoffs on a line with Coleman. But the rest of our centres may as well have not shown up.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Fan in Exile

I'm starting to think that maybe the key player in Tampa's back-to-back Cups wasn't Blake Coleman.

17 points...players like that can certainly push you over the edge. Let's see if they win without him.

They were a crossbar away from losing in game six of round one don't forget

[Chi-Town Hustler]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Who exactly do you think will blast you? Where do you think you are?

Sorry just used to the other 95% of society fellating mcIdiot for his skills and leadership

Go Flams

[Scroopy Noopers]

What is ron talking about?

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

What is ron talking about?

I’ll do you one better: why is Ron talking about?