THE BUSTED WINDOW OF CONTENTION WON'T STAY OPEN: THE NHL 2023-2024 SEASON THRED (INC KNIGHTS HANGOVER & PANIC MOVES. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

feeling unreasonably tense

I don't usually watch hockey but I'm super tempted to throw this on, mostly for the schadenfreude of possibly watching a team blow a 3-0 lead in the finals. Does that make me a bad person?

no

Definitely not and even if it did, fuck Florida

btw it's absurd that the stanley cup will be awarded, in a normal non-olympic/pandemic season, on june 24. it's full-on summer ffs

the 1991 finals went six games and ended on may 25

also it's gonna be funny when the florida fans boo bettman when his doggedness is the only reason they have a team

I cant bear the thought of the cup going to Florida, its against nature

alanis!

TSN here was airing G4 of the '88 final this afternoon, Edmonton vs. Boston. Watched a few minutes and saw Gretzky score a goal.

you realize tampa bay has won 3, and las vegas one(1) SC yeah?
xp

let's not talk about that

former penguins evan rodrigues and cody ceci making their presence felt

Just because they won it doesn't mean it's good IMHO

Also this game is nuts

as a lifetime Floridian, rooting full-throated Edmonton

fucking do something leon

a nation turns its lonely eyes to you

fuck

boo

The color guy on the panthers live radio broadcast is wild and unhinged

^ Bill Lindsay

Rats all over the ice!

haha i was mostly listening to the oilers radio pxp guy (who, weirdly, is from western pennsylvania)

damn mcdavid gets MVP that’s not gonna go over well

rather have the cup than a consolation mvp

pretty happy for barkov

god bless phil prichard but this whole 'shining-the-Cup' thing is straight out of some wrestling promotion in the 1980s

the Cup is cool. having a captain hoist it is cool. back off the other stuff

Ah well

There's no justice, we oughta leave this world behind

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How the Florida Panthers winning the Stanley Cup sounded on Panthers radio pic.twitter.com/cZLiERI6vi

— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) June 25, 2024

How the end of Game 7 sounded on Oilers radio

Kudos to Jack Michaels on such a fantastic call that had to be incredibly tough pic.twitter.com/Ut3x4pB1Wx

— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) June 25, 2024

Glad the Panthers won. I've only seen one hockey game in my life and it was Panthers vs Calgary in Miami in the Panthers' debut season. John Vanbiesbrouck was goaltender. I also learned to ice skate in the facility where the team practiced. So I guess have a soft spot.

Sorry that others here are disappointed. But whoever heard of the Stanley Cup going to a Canadian team anyway.

That’s a good chirp

https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/06/25080937/GettyImages-2159160821-scaled-e1719317437466.jpg

(oops huge) but deservedly so

Who is that?

I remember the time that Ariana Grande got hit by a puck at a Panthers game (true story)

Well I don’t remember it from the time bc she wasn’t famous yet but eventually the story emerged

Roberto xp

almo should be inducted for this alone pic.twitter.com/lIIk1sswpG

— Sam (@samanthacp_) June 25, 2024

nashville splashing out

Kane and now Tarasenko, shit, they can't recreate the early aughts Wings when they just bought all types of old stars… can they?

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not sure those guys Know Their Roles anymore

what is it that makes stan bowman so much better than all the other hockey guys in the world who *didn't* sweep sexual assault under the rug

(don't say his dad)

Brutal. RIP

https://6abc.com/post/oldmans-township-bicyclists-killed-new-jersey-salem-county/15245621/

Holy shit.

RIP. One of my favorite hockey nicknames of all time.

Woah

it's so sad