NHL 2021-22 SEASON OT: Let's Get Kraken!

[Alligatorjandro]

Rather the avs win it than some other team from the east

 

[Avitus]

Dislike the Refalanche but that 3rd wasn't cup worthy from Tampa. Happy for Kuemper.

 

[Tankard]

ALLL THEEE SMALL THIIINGS!

It's been too long, dude. Let's gooooooo!

 

[fallout]

Congrats Avs! Congrats Moose!

 

[Razorskin]

Congrats Avs!

 

[JuicyPlayer]

Corey Perry is a freaking loser , I hope the lightning dump him.

 

[Sean C.]

Lehkonen and Cogliano take their revenge.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

The sting of losing lessened after winning 2 straight so it doesn't hurt as bad

 

[Sean C.]

So I assume the Conn Smythe is going to be for Makar, even if he didn't play especially well in this game and the voters are vulnerable to recency bias.

 

[nihilence]

Yes. The Avs did it.

 

[mreddie]

Grats CO-Era.

 

[EvilChameleon]

It's a shame that all the merch the NHl releases for, well, everything, is made by Fanatics, and is thusly shit.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Tampa is definitely winning again

 

[demosthenes]

Congrats Avs!

 

[Sean C.]

Makar is the first to win both the Conn Smythe and the Norris in the same season since Lidstrom in 2002.

 

[Grip]

Really happy for the Avs. They were definitely the better team and seemed like they were ready to make the next step after some disappointing playoff losses the last few years.

 

[Calamari41]

My son (6) was rooting for the Lightning all series, then as soon as the Avs closed it out he says "I actually wanted the Avalanche to win"

My little bandwagoner.

 

[calder]

Can't say the best team didn't win.

*Can* say that the other dumbass carrying the Cup in getting a distinctively shit haircut too was painful

 

[Marvie]

Congrats Avs fans

 

[BlueJay]

Congratulations Avalanche fans! What a great team and they dominated.

Sakic was my favourite player growing up, real happy for him.

 

[Stuggernaut]

Awesome to see Artturi Lehkonen lift the cup... so happy for him!

 

[Gunstar Legend]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

[Moose]

Won it against a Florida team, then won it against the defending champs and then won it against both a Floridan team and defending champs.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

Damn Kadri with the shots at Dubas

 

[DrForester]

They did it!

 

[Alligatorjandro]

At least we defeated the leaf, panthers and rangers

 

[Tactical Tumbler]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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Wonder what team he'll curse next.

 

[Tengrave]

So happy right now. Incredible.

 

[Moose]

All of Sakic's trade deadline acquisitions made an impact on the run. Crazy feels like that does not happen often.

 

[nihilence]

It's been awhile since 2001, feels good.

 

[Moose]

My underdog Avs went 16-4 in the run. Not too shabby. 🥲🥲🥲

 

[Sean C.]

My son (6) was rooting for the Lightning all series, then as soon as the Avs closed it out he says "I actually wanted the Avalanche to win"

My little bandwagoner.

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Smart kid, knows to always join the winning team.

 

[SuperSonic]

Congrats to Toronto's boy Kadri and those other guys I guess.

 

[Xeteh]

My underdog Avs went 16-4 in the run. Not too shabby. 🥲🥲🥲

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I got more text messages in the last 30 minutes than I got for Christmas or my birthday combined.

I'm so fucking happy right now.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

How long until the season starts

 

[nihilence]

 

[Lone_Prodigy]

My son (6) was rooting for the Lightning all series, then as soon as the Avs closed it out he says "I actually wanted the Avalanche to win"

My little bandwagoner.

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Geez your son is 6 already???

I got more text messages in the last 30 minutes than I got for Christmas or my birthday combined.

I'm so fucking happy right now.

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Those spammers really know how to time the market.

 

[mreddie]

NHL in full force and the first year of TNT/ESPN went good.

 

[saint]

fuck tampa

 

[Calamari41]

Geez your son is 6 already???

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Lol yeah man, time really flies. The crazy part isn't that though, it's that I have four now.

 

[bsigg]

My underdog Avs went 16-4 in the run. Not too shabby. 🥲🥲🥲

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Denver is lit right now, I can't wait for the parade on Thursday

 

[TheDestructiveSquirrel]

Lol they dented the cup already

 

[bsigg]

 

[The Real Paddington]

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Abylim being called out

 

[Abylim]

Abylim being called out

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The leafs need kadri. Could you imagine how many series they'd have won if they had a player like kadri?!

 

[Something Creative]

Dislike the Refalanche

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Amazing

My underdog Avs went 16-4 in the run. Not too shabby. 🥲🥲🥲

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Dude got suspended in 3 first round series in 4 years and he chirps people as if they imagined it 😭

He had an amazing season, though. Wonder who's gonna pay him the big money

 

[Moose]

Amazing

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[Something Creative]

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That doesn't seem sarcastic enough, though

Also the Avs aren't gonna bring back Kuemper right? They'll go with anyone else, correct?

I mean the Avs and their fans shouldn't give a fuck right now, but man when was the last time a team won the Cup with such weak goaltending? 2010 Hawks?

 

[Avitus]

Also the Avs aren't gonna bring back Kuemper right? They'll go with anyone else, correct?

I mean the Avs and their fans shouldn't give a fuck right now, but man when was the last time a team won the Cup with such weak goaltending? 2010 Hawks?

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Of the guys who played at least 20 games, Kuemper was 16th in 5v5 goals saved above expected (6th all situations), between Hellebuyck and Saros. Not lights out by any means but I'm not sure where you're going to get a better starter on the Avs budget. You already traded a 1st to get him.

 

[Something Creative]

Of the guys who played at least 20 games, Kuemper was 16th in 5v5 goals saved above expected (6th all situations), between Hellebuyck and Saros. Not lights out by any means but I'm not sure where you're going to get a better starter on the Avs budget. You already traded a 1st to get him.

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And in the playoffs:

If the Avs weren't so fucking good, he would have been the reason they didn't win the Cup.

Sample size of 15 isn't much, and he did have a great regular season from like December on. But he was poor when it mattered.

I think he's worth gambling on. Maybe the success gives him more confidence for their next run. But he's a UFA and just won a Cup so we'll see how good his agent is.