0 pts in games 6 & 7… and f@ck Caller Bob

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When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb

Fun series.

Hard to believe that a Canadian team has not won the cup since the early 90s.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Maybe Corey Perry is bad luck.

Is McDavid better than Kane. I think yes, then no.

I've heard people say McDavid is better then Wayne Gretzky.

Conn Smyth to a loser!?

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I don't see him much but right or wrong I feel like he lacks what the French call a certain I don't know what.

How much does Phil Pritchard get paid?

Bettman definitely has some sort of tick. He’s either hopped up on something or totally-normal-can-competently-administer-a-nuclear-superpower.

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They're disadvantaged by income tax and players who are big babies about "media pressure."

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Kane scored when it mattered the most.

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“How do you get to be president and you’re stupid?” Donald J Trump - 4/10/25
When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb

I think he gets a lot of love from people like me who don’t watch enough to know the finer differences in the game. I listen to the spitting chiclets podcast a little; those guys are pros and think he’s Jesus. So idk.

He’s very fast - that’s stands out. He scores awesome goals, like the one in Dallas. He’s probably not the reason they lost but he’s definitively not the reason they won, cuz they didn’t.

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That's what I said. He always came thru.

We have no issues with him getting the Conn Smythe though.

Didn't he get 8 points in games 4 and 5? A Finals record for 2 games. Doesn't that count as being good in big moments? That got them to a game 7.

I think he's got 43 points over the playoffs about 2 per game. But he didn't win.

Does Bobby Lu finally get a ring?

edit: And there he is!!

I know he didn't win. But Christ, the 43 points means he's great. Despite the fact that I don't know hockey.

Losing game 7 by 1 goal is really the difference between being great and sucking? That doesn't make sense.

I don't think he sucks. Don't turn into Brick. Ain't nobody got time for that.

OK Hawks....go trade for Brady.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

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So much for my hockey acumen.
Don't even mind that Luongo finally got to lift The Cup

panther vibe.

i'm sure it wasn't florida's plan to win it in 7 after taking a 3-0 series lead. congrats go to both clubs.

personally, i'm happy that florida won. one reason is that some of their free agents will seek big money and leave. i'm hoping the blackhawks get involved with reinhart.

Who? They're wrong. McDavid will go down as a top 10, probably top 5 player of all time.

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

no one is saying that McDavid is better than Gretz. Just typical nonsense from the worst poster this board has ever seen (Beardown).


McDavid will definitely crack the top 5 when it's all said and done. The real question is, will he crack the top 4? Big gap between #4 and #5 right now.

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In order Orr, Gretzky, Lemieux and Howe???

I won’t argue with your group but the order. I would also expand for
Messier.

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Elections have consequences.

I can see Messier as #5! McDavid will have to win a cup or two to surpass him.
I made a list just to see other people's opinions. No one is wrong, no one is right.
I'm going to make the assumption Orr at #1 is what you were alluding to. Lack of longevity because of a Dan Hampton amount of knee surgeries curtailed his career. First and only defenseman to lead the league in scoring while winning 7 or 8 Norris trophies in a row. The biggest thing for me is the accolades from his peers. In his last Canada-Russian series Bobby Hull called him the best player by far on one leg!!!
Having seen all my top 5 play live I'm solidly in Orr's camp as #1.
And having said all that I'm good with recency bias going for Gretzky. (Again, another assumption.)

Orr v. Gretzky as #1 is one of my favorite debates.

I'm on team Gretzky.

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