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die hard fan of the 2006 & 2026 stanley cup champions

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Me in beer league (0G 0A 0pts & -3) after my teammate scored on the 52 year old accountant in net

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@NHL_Muse Isles. I keep saying they’ll be good this offseason to build around Schaefer.

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@DrunkGritty00 Genuinely he wasn’t disrespectful. You’re soft.

“Easiest path” my ass. We had one “easy” opponent and it was Philly. Ottawa should have been a series and Carolina just played so well. Tip your hat and toughen up.

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@KanerRocket17 Outside of Philly, we genuinely were doubted in every series lmao. Not sure why Philly is included though, that was a clear win.

“Carolina always plays a joke in the first round, they’re not ready for Ottawa”

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@Hotwielzz @NHL_Muse Not even surprised or mad at the take, just not sure what else Kuch needs to do to earn that title.

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@NHL_Muse Barkov is underrated too. I’d give him a nod

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@NHL_Muse Kucherov, Makar, & MacKinnon depending on the opinion, but they’re at least in the mix. I see potential for Schaefer, but tbd.

All in all, good list

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@FrankTheTank454 To each their own! I enjoy a team that can force three turnovers on one forecheck. Tenacity is entertaining.

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@jacques_jams

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@TheBrattPack63 Cmon BP. CAR had 1 “easy” series & it was PHI. “OTT in 6,” “Habs in 4 LOL,” everyone said CAR’s next opponent will be a “real team.” And they left each one looking flat by game 4.

These teams (besides PHI lololol) didn’t suck. Rod’s system finally paid off.

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@MathewHills1 Ehlers left WPG with love & gratitude. Toronto fans kinda smites Marner lol… I get the anger, but I can’t ask Mitch to talk about TOR the way Fly talked about WPG because the situations were vastly different. The biggest market fan bases will do that, though.

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An unexpected byproduct of this Stanley Cup win has been me becoming a Mitch Marner defender to toxic Leafs fans. What’s happening to me?

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The last time the Carolina Hurricanes lost back-to-back games was January 13th.

The season is over.

They just won the Stanley Cup.

This is an all-time great hockey team.

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@unsensrd Ullmark was great in that series. I think Carolina’s offense started to heat up in the MTL series, but no doubt the scoreboard could be uglier if it wasn’t for Ully.

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@Red_on_Bottom I think he just got younger honestly lol

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@MathewHills1 I feel, it’s frustrating. I’m a canes fan, I hate Mikko and we only had him for like 5 seconds lol

I offer you this tho: What are the odds he just wanted another chance at a cup with Papi & the Leafs? Do you prefer to go for it or cash in on his value?

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@MathewHills1 If no cup = no props, sure. Puck discussion becomes pretty boring if we enforce that logic, though. 2 wins short of a cup with that stat line deserves some recognition. I’m not asking Leafs fans to praise Mitch! Just have a look in the mirror. He is objectively better off now.

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@ivandemigoal It’s basically a phone-in to uphold the contract that the NHL likely only gave them for exposure purposes. It’s the biggest sports coverage platform, but the platform doesn’t give a rats ass about the NHL. Minimal effort, collect paycheck.

SN viewers have it good. I miss NBC.

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@MathewHills1 29pts/21GP & more series W’s 1yr out than his entire TOR tenure. It’s fun to poke at his GM5-6 fall-off, but CAR shut down the entire VGK roster!

TOR fans acting like it’s the same curse while he was 2 W’s short of a ring & TOR is missing the playoffs is a bit backwards IMO.

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@fpelkey I mean, he’s constantly getting asked about it. At some point you gotta be honest 😂

I’m not calling him a saint, but the whole league agrees that Toronto drummed him out of town.

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@CalorCommentary Nickel and diming a 16-3 Stanley Cup champion is some thirsty work. I’ll concede to you on the PHI series (because they were in over their heads) but the critic masses took OTT, MTL, and VGK. Each time they said “they haven’t played a real team, ___ will own them.” Tip your hat.