Damn. Oh well. I’m sure Cooper was relieved to be on the right side of one of these for once after the Kadri GWG against Colorado a few years ago.

The crowd actually ended up singing along to both songs - Americans and Canadians - it was really cool.

I dunno if it was as much of a misread and more so the team was stuck between man-to-man and a box + 1.

If he’s in the slot he’s still not really covering McDavid, who can just step around or still get the shot off.

Lessons learned for Milan I guess.

Hoping we take just the best 4 lines instead of building whatever you wanna call Kreider/Nelson/Trocheck.

Skill guys can always grit it up… but the grit guys will never be able to skill.

McDavid is his guy as much as Matthews too. Generally the weak side winger should be close enough he can make a play on this.

He still had a GREAT game. Doesn’t get to OT without him.

I’m personally more disappointed in Matthew Tkachuk saying he was healthy when he clearly wasn’t, or Jack Hughes getting knocked off the puck over and over.

Game 5 in Vancouver is to me, one of the best hockey games ever played. So maybe I’m just giving the rest of the series too much of a halo for that + the general vibes around each city in the others.

Raising the stakes a little bit… is this maybe the best final of the Bettman-era?

2009, 2011, 2024 all stand out as other potential picks, but Games 6 and 7 of 2004 kick ass.