Thorny

Reality disagrees. Connor’s name is on the trophy. its not an award for “player you couldn’t have won without”. Multiple fit that criteria every year. You are literally just inventing your own criteria because you are unable to cope with the actual terms of the award by all means, you and the other one can continue dealing me your eye rolls and vomiting emojis because you are in your feels and want to kick and stomp your feet about it

And McDavid set the assist record

McDavid scoring 42 points is more unprecedented (3 times before this year) than a player from a losing team winning the Conn Smythe (it’s happened 5 times before today). It would have been a far bigger blunder to not reward his playoffs, in a historic sense

There isn’t a player on Florida who did more to lead Florida to one that McDavid did. Or even as close to as much. McDavid as an ingredient supplied more than any other player. Florida just collectively averaged more contribution over a 23 man roster people need to stop acting like this is some sacred thing. It’s not like a player from a losing team winning is unprecedented. Giguere did it. McDavid was all time good. If not him? Who? I get for you the answer is “no one” but that’s a personal bias moreso than an accurate reading of the award’s criteria

It didn’t “blow up in their face” it went to the guy who most deserved it. Like by far. Him not being there is whatever. Everyone with half a brain can understand why. To not you’d have to be willfully choosing to not look beyond the optics. You are just salty because you said there’s no chance it would happen

Forsling saved it

The mental dynamics change when the teams are back on equal footing. It’s not a house money situation anymore

Do people still think Florida has no chance?

You absolutely need to go get your stick A free 5 on 3 because you want to be a useless pylon

Speaking of, this was a heck of a call, minus Girgensons obviously @GASabresIUFANI take your points, was definitely just mostly remembering my reaction at the time and probably dudaceks lol.

No I mean Lehner wasn’t half bad for us and the ROR trade was great. Those 2 deals worked in combination with eachother because yes I’d have preferred to give up a 2nd for Lehner but also would have willingly dealt a 1st for ROR instead of a second (which, IIRC, is what we paid in that trade) Edit - the “we all said” thing was bad wording on my part, I meant/should have said that it was a point raised by many at the time. But you are right the reaction at the time was bad, even worse looking back just now

“Do you think we will win a cup in Buffalo?” ”oh, I definitely don’t think we’ll win a cup in Buffalo.”

lol didn’t matter at all

Lehner trade was fine. At the time we all said we basically dealt a second for him B/c we only had to include a 2nd for ROR. Which remains a great trade they were sort of part and parcel like Mittelstadt and whatever trade we keep saying is coming for the second half of it

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Let’s all laugh at Ottawa for ditching the korpisalo contract for a reasonable price and also adding Ullmark in the process mOrE pIcKs

Are the 93 Habs texting the 72 dolphins for support?

It sort of sucks that Ottawa is the team (needing help) and getting it, while the bruins are taking the hit but seem to overcome everything thrown their way. ie this hurts us vs Ottawa, and im not sure how comfortable I am even contemplating finishing ahead of Boston regardless of what they do probably ptsd but it is what it is. I’ve been natured.

Seems a reasonable return? If he’s not negotiating a contract? As if the league lacking trades in general for entertainment value makes a trade *5 mins* before game 7 of the cup final lmao Should really help Ottawa tho tbh

We shouldn’t take him in that scenario. That sounds like “I’ll go to Buffalo when every other teams deems me not valuable and they have to do it for the press”

A very moderate offseason this would be. Not terrible, not exciting

If only we had his numbers on an average team to see..oh wait we have his numbers on a putrid sabres team and they were really good