Tampa wins in six
Lucky?

Now the silly season can start in earnest...

Tampa wins in six
Lucky?

Now the silly season can start in earnest...
- SlightlyOffside

Feel good for Tampa, they’ve been such a well run franchise for many years. The hardest trophy in pro sports to win was extremely difficult to win being isolated for three months from the outside world.

Feel good for Tampa, they’ve been such a well run franchise for many years. The hardest trophy in pro sports to win was extremely difficult to win being isolated for three months from the outside world.
- Pacificgem

Well built team, started with some excellent drafting.

Well built team, started with some excellent drafting.
- Load Management

Hedman is the key to it all, it takes a team to win but you gotta have that guy back there.

Feel good for Tampa, they’ve been such a well run franchise for many years. The hardest trophy in pro sports to win was extremely difficult to win being isolated for three months from the outside world.
- Pacificgem

You got to love the shots back to Tampa with no masks and social distancing. They deserve everything they get. But its over for this team and the Stars all down hill from here.

As a personal rule I don't trust anyone named Squire. He'll definitely get more money elsewhere if he wants it. But 7 mil is steep.
- Load Management

What kind of parents would name their kid that?

Hedman is the key to it all, it takes a team to win but you gotta have that guy back there.
- Pacificgem

Just dominant. Did everything at a level that isn't seen very often.

Just dominant. Did everything at a level that isn't seen very often.
- Load Management

brilliant

Well, that’s that. I’m not going to lie, I’m going to miss playoff hockey in August, but I hope that I never have to see it again.

Hedman is the key to it all, it takes a team to win but you gotta have that guy back there.
- Pacificgem

Isles were stupid not to draft him but the Bolts were brilliant drafters no luck involved.

What kind of parents would name their kid that?
- VanHockeyGuy

The Marwoods.

The Marwoods.
- Load Management

Well, that’s that. I’m not going to lie, I’m going to miss playoff hockey in August, but I hope that I never have to see it again.
- CubanBuffet

I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Next August is probable. I just hope the empty arena becomes a thing of the past sooner than later.

Stubborn Quebecois
- VanHockeyGuy

In Quebec, it was Club Pricé long before Costco

You got to love the shots back to Tampa with no masks and social distancing. They deserve everything they get. But its over for this team and the Stars all down hill from here.
- NuckUp

Stars have one of the best young dmen in the league. A good mix of vets and kids. Could run again next year no problem.

I put money on both tampa and hedman connsmythe before the bubble started. Most ive ever won on sportsbets. This team could repeat even though they need to jettison a few guys. Tyler Johnson makes a tom of sense.

Hedman is the key to it all, it takes a team to win but you gotta have that guy back there.
- Pacificgem

Seeing him and then realizing that he only has one Norris, compared to Orr (8) and Lidstrom (7)...rare talents. Would love to see Canucks get lucky enough to find someone of their stature.

FWIW, I absolutely love Hughes, but he is one dimensional compared to Hedman.... (or Josi, Hieskanen, Werenski, Makar, Sergachev....who are all situations players)

Tampa wins in six
Lucky?

Now the silly season can start in earnest...
- SlightlyOffside

At least this one is legit..

lol

Well built team, started with some excellent drafting.
- Load Management

At least this one is legit..

lol
- LordHumungous

But has an asterisk

No travel so it was not legit . At least I am told that.

- LordHumungous

Pretty impressive haul by Al Murray, TBL director of amateur scouting:
2009 - Hedman (1)
2011 - Kucherov (Rd 2); Palat (7)
2012 - Vasilevskiy (1); Paquette (4)
2013 - Drouin (1); trade Sergachev
2014 - Point (3)
2015 - Cirelli (3)
2019 - Nolan Foote (1); trade Coleman

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Above is a tweet from Mike Morreale, staff writer for the NHL, no matter how you view it, that’s an impressive ten years of drafting. Tampa sucked in 2008 & 2009, thus they got the first overall in 08 and the second overall in 09. Stamkos and Hedman.

Canucks sucked in 2016 & 2017 which lead to two 5th overall picks, I’m hopeful that’s the start of our great run of drafting as Benning and company have had an impressive run, even with a few misses in there, that should make the Canucks a competitive team for a decade if they keep building on that. Hopefully it leads to a Stanley Cup!

2014 - Virtanen (1); Demko (2); Tryamkin (3)
2015 - Boeser (1); Gaudette (5)
2016 - Juolevi (1) [hopefully]
2017 - Pettersson (1); Rathbone (4)
2018 - Q. Hughes (1)

October 6-7 2020....one week to the draft!

The Marwoods.
- Load Management

lol sounds like a bad 80's horror movie title

Pretty impressive haul by Al Murray, TBL director of amateur scouting:
2009 - Hedman (1)
2011 - Kucherov (Rd 2); Palat (7)
2012 - Vasilevskiy (1); Paquette (4)
2013 - Drouin (1); trade Sergachev
2014 - Point (3)
2015 - Cirelli (3)
2019 - Nolan Foote (1); trade Coleman

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Above is a tweet from Mike Morreale, staff writer for the NHL, no matter how you view it, that’s an impressive ten years of drafting. Tampa sucked in 2008 & 2009, thus they got the first overall in 08 and the second overall in 09. Stamkos and Hedman.

Canucks sucked in 2016 & 2017 which lead to two 5th overall picks, I’m hopeful that’s the start of our great run of drafting as Benning and company have had an impressive run, even with a few misses in there, that should make the Canucks a competitive team for a decade if they keep building on that. Hopefully it leads to a Stanley Cup!

2014 - Virtanen (1); Demko (2); Tryamkin (3)
2015 - Boeser (1); Gaudette (5)
2016 - Juolevi (1)
- Pacificgem[hopefully]
2017 - Pettersson (1); Rathbone (4)
2018 - Q. Hughes (1)

I wonder how much their fans complained all those years they sucked?

What kind of parents would name their kid that?
- VanHockeyGuy

I had to enter the name of a newborn into a system at work the other day and her middle name was Scotland.