2013:
Bruins blow 3-1 series lead beat Leafs in 7
2018:
Bruins blow 3-1 series lead beat Leafs in 7
2024:
Bruins blow 3-1 series lead beat Leafs in 7
It’s actually insane
Hockey is kind of annoying
Red Wings record: 41-41 +4 goal diff
Islanders record: 38-43 -18 goal diff
Capitals record: 40-42 -37 goal diff
Guess which 2 teams are in the playoffs?
All of this. All of this magic at the end. Ruined by a fucking empty net goal in a tie game in regulation in the shithole known as Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Thanks for nothing you bozos.
The 2002 Red Wings were down 3-2 in the series to the reigning Stanley Cup champion Avalanche, themselves a super team loaded with Hall of Famers.
Fresh off a devastating overtime loss at home, Detroit flew to Denver on the ropes.
Totally panicked, Dominik Hasek sat on the ground outside the Pepsi Center and read the newspaper before shutting out the Avalanche in Game 6, returning home, and shutting them out again in Game 7.
In 2017, the NHL ranked the best 100 players in league history.
Commissioner Gary Bettman invited all living “NHL 100” honorees to a ceremony and 9 members of the 2002 Detroit Red Wings showed up.
He won 4 Stanley Cups.
On the greatest team ever assembled, he was the playoff MVP.
He won his first Norris Trophy at age 31, then won 6 more.
After age 24, he finished Top 6 in the Norris vote every season until his retirement at age 42.
In 20 seasons, he missed just 42 games, a dozen of them in his final year.
He never missed the playoffs.
He missed 2 playoff games in 20 years.
He scored the goal that won Sweden a gold medal in the Olympics.
He was the first European to captain a Stanley Cup champion.
He was the first European to win the Conn Smythe.
He had a hat trick at age 40.
Revered by his peers, he wasn’t involved in a single controversy in 20 years.
He was Nicklas Lidstrom.
“The Perfect Human”.
To the people joining the bandwagon again, where the hell you been? To those of us who watched this team when they made your eyes bleed...we earned this. #LGRW
UPDATE: The legend who got the octopus on the ice in Calgary is a Winged Wheel Podcast Patreon supporter, and sent us some behind-the-scenes from before & after his toss. 🐙
He'll be getting some exclusive WWP merch & Red Wings tickets for his heroism. #LGRW