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And the capitals are better than the Red Wings.. PERRIODTT.. they just rode a hot goalie at the right time.. the Red Wings weather made the playoffs if Dylan Larkin wasn't hurt and we didn't have that seven-game losing streak.. keep hatin tho😤 Detroit vs EVERYONE!! 🔥🔥🔥

The reason you feel that way about the Red Wings is because you don't know exactly what's going on here.. Stevie-Y is working on getting the younger guys developed and the playoffs are a bonus to that, HOWEVER ☝️ it isn't the be-all of end-all.. he's doing basically what Brad Holmes on the Detroit Lions are doing and setting up the future and to have a competitive team that's contending for the Stanley Cup for years to come.. he said plenty of times in this pressure that he could have easily went out and signed a big free agent and be able to make the playoffs for 2 or 3 seasons but then you put your team in future cap hail whereas now he has the cap under control for the most part and the development of the young guys will have this team making their own splash from within within the next 2 years.. this team will shock everybody but it may take another year or two... People are just looking for it in a different way.. I mean if you guys want to dismiss the Red Wings that's fine but we know what's about to happen here in Detroit!😤 YOU ARE WITNESSING THE YZER-PLAN I JUST TOLD YOU!.. 😒

GO CAPS!!!!!!!!!

matthew is biased

Tarasenko aint no steal. Good veteran presense maybe, but while he was good for Florida with 9pts in playoffs, he was no cornerstone in their cup win with the 11th best points of the team.

They are an improved team. They now have 2 top lines. Def. Is a little suspect.

No cap. All remaining $ is committed to rfa.

LOL! "Steve" forgets one important thing: Do you sign (32) Stamkos for ANOTHER 4 YEARS at 8 mil/per or try to get YOUNGER with Guentzel? You clearly don't know what Stammer is NOW vs what Guentzel is NOW. 5v5 Stammer isn't a name. He's a PP specialist at this point in his career. The Lightning have become younger, over the long term and better. We'll retire Stammer's jersey and he'll be a first ballot HoF'er as a Bolt. But it's obvious the Lightning are a better team today then they were WITH Stamkos and WITHOUT Guentzel.

My Bolts have done the best they can to CONTINUE their success, in the long term. The Pens are an example of a team that has NOT done this. DESPITE bargaining away their future draft picks. This is the BEST they can do, despite the obstacles of COVID and whatnot. This guy laments the loss of Stamkos...as do ALL Lightning fans. The fact is, we COULD NOT get younger (and potentially better) by adding Guentzel AND keep an aging Stammer. We've cycled out Stammer, Killorn, Gourde, TJ, Palat...and have added Guentzel, Paul, Easymonte, Hagel, Cirelli, Point...and the rest. Making Kuch and Heddy the "old men" on the team vs a team FULL of 32+ year olds. You can either give out LEGACY CONTRACTS (like the Pens have done) or MOVE ON and try to re-build through youth. The Bolts are re-building in an amazing way, considering the position they're in.

Nashville getting ready to beat Vancouver next season. Vancouver getting ready to beat oilers. Nashville still not on Vancouver level

The "wisdom" of generation zero.

What you didn't mention was that Florida Winning Saved more than the NHL, it created something missing from the Florida Hockey culture: a team to revere and for kids to aspire to be here in SO Florida. So, only 2.5 weeks ago Fla wins. The following day my grandson (4) is going to his ice skating session group. There are usually 3 or 4 kids wearing Panther gear and one annoying brat wearing Ranger sweaters. That week, Panther gear is all over the ice. 80% of the kids, even the girls are wearing Panthers sweaters. The ice hockey teams exploded in signups which ironically were that week here in So Fla. Kids talking on the sideboards about Tkachuk, Barkov, and Reino. Talking about winning their own Game 7 shot. That has NEVER EVER EVER occurred down here. There was no game they could point to to discuss it in context. It was already growing, but now it will explode. It's what SO Fla hockey has needed. A SC champion to point to for the kids to aspire to. Guys like Geeke and even Greer now with the Panthers came from So Fla. but now it's a bit more meaningful. If they win a second, it's gonna be bedlam down here on the ice sheets and Gretzky is building a new facility just 30 min from me.

Awesome signings by Detroit. They have a good team, agree with Steve I wanted Tarasenko back

it certainly is well documented that while superstars result in regular season success, depth is what wins games in the playoffs. Pretty easy to think about how deep dynasty teams have stacked up like the Lightning anywhere from 2015-2022 or Penguins anywhere from 2008-2017 or the Kings anywhere from 2011-2014 or the Blackhawks anywhere from 2009-2017 or Red Wings at any time from 1991-2013 or the Islanders in the early 80s to name some. Even teams that weren't dynasties but were quite dominant like the 2007 Ducks, 2011 Canucks, 2017 Predators, 2018 Capitals, 2020 Stars, the 2022 Avalanche or the Bruins in 2011, 2013 and 2019. Those respective clubs in those respective times had the success they did because they had everybody contribute not just the star players.

So nothing will “save the NHL”. It is a one position. Your goaltender is great you win if not you lose. This series just reinforces it.

McDavid-centric media was friggin embarrassing and revolting. Best team won. Go Panthers!!!

Smith is a major upgrade over Roslyvic. Devils improved tho, but Hurricanes took a major step back

I like Trouba jus not at 8M, wish it more like 4.5M

Trouba is becoming a convenient scapegoat ... The man plays hard ... Keep him.

Riley smith has one year left

Saved? They don't have much fans no one cares about this team at all and I bet most Panthers fans have been fans since 2022 lol.

Even days after the Cats won the Cup people are acting like it was a fluke or the refs helped them or they didn't deserve it and it's all just a bunch of sour grapes. The NHL has no one to blame but themselves for sending fantastic hockey players to the state of Florida, and Sunrise has come up with a fantastic combination of players that may never play as pretty as the likes of McDavid, but they get the job done nonetheless and they get it done with passion and power. Long live this iteration of the Florida Panthers, they're securing a new legacy here.

Teams win championships, especially in hockey, where your best player is on the ice -- MAYBE -- 45% of the game (if it's a defenseman) and actually playing the puck or effecting play even less. So, the Panthers winning made sense as they had the deeper team and a goalie who could steal a game (Game 1). But that's also why using championships when comparing individuals gets a little messy. Bobby Orr was the best player in the game before the Bruins won a second playoff series with him. In 2 of the first 3 years that Lemieux had overtaken Gretzky as the dominant individual (of the moment), the Pens still missed the playoffs. Mike Bossy has 4 Stanley Cups because he's a sniper and shared the locker room with Trottier, Potvin, Smith and tremendous role players (Tonelli, Henning, Morrow, Sutter, Persson, etc.). As Jim Matheson, who has covered the Oilers since the WHA days said, "The difference between McDavid and Gretzky is Gretzky had Kurri, Messier, Anderson, Kevin Lowe, Paul Coffey and Grant Fuhr. McDavid has Leon Draisaitl."

Florida would have very easily ended up like Phoenix, they had more playoff success than the Coyotes for sure, but lets take a tally of the similarities up until game 7 - legacy of failure, never won a cup - been around 30 years - in traditionally non-hockey markets where other markets criticize and question why are they even there - decades of ownership and management woes - many seasons of empty arenas. leading to point 3. If Florida choked in a reverse sweep, it would have destroyed the franchise. It would have started a chain reaction that saw the cats leave florida. Im a Canadian who's main team is Ottawa. and Im saying it now, after we lost the Coyotes, we dont need that. Win or lose, Edmonton isnt going anywhere. For Florida, it was the most important game in their franchise history. Its not even close

Blues helped panthers also make nhl better glad my blues won in 2019 tied with panthers knights

Grit

Superstars are great, only hockey is the ultimate team sport. McDavid IMO knows this and did a great job as a leader. He seemed to care less about the Conn Smythe trophy or accolades, and I could be wrong. The push of his talent was a sales pitch by the Oil Can management, media, and league marketing. The guy is a warrior and they way they stopped penalty kills had me baffled. Don't know whats missing on their squad other then the puck bouncing in their favor.

There’s no one close to Gretzky. 97 can’t catch 99 unless he wins 4 cups and cracks 2,500 points

Thanks for cutting through the noise. Even as a Canadian I was so tired of the McDavid-centric media and fan reporting as if all the stats and history of the cup go out the window when he's on the ice. It obviously was not the case. Edmonton responded in game 7 the way Florida did in game 4. I was cheering for Florida last year and I was cheering for them this year. Florida was the 'complete package' which begins in the net. I lived through the dynasty era of the 1970s and 1980s. This Edmonton team is in the vacinity, but not there yet. I think Skinner's performance puts him into the conversation for next year. I freakin' loved Mike Bossy!

Trading Trouba wouldn't surprise me but I don't like the idea of trading a captain.

I absolutely agree. The Panthers are a very good team. Boring as hell, but it’s impressive how well they have played this whole season. I think if Nichushkin didn’t get suspended the Avs would have made it to the finals. But the Panthers would have beat them in 6 or 7.

He stinks. Over over over rated!!

That defense is slow and soft absolutely horrendous. Couldn't establish themselves in any way, facet, or form. Miserable way to go out. Alot of questions surrounding this team. They don't have a Stanley cup foundation the ecf or semis is their ceiling. That offense needs tweaking and especially the defense needs to play harder. Chris Drury has to get to work.

YEAH!!!!!!!!!

Florida is going to end the rangers run.. they played the 2 worst playoff teams and have had zero push back

Igor played bad most of the season? 😝 Dude you don’t know what you’re talking about 🤦‍♂️

rangers in 5

He got cooking? On a 6 on 4 Powerplay…??? The problem with Mika and Kreids was Wheeler.

"LETS GO RANGERS"

I agreee with Kristy . The goaltending has been average but the defense is the biggest issue . The Washington game was perfect example when ruff defended goaltending saying the defense let them skate right into the zone . On brighter note kristy has probably the sweetest smile ever and is a good luck charm against the rangers 😊

Boys are on a heaterrrr