04/20/24
June 08, 2021
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
By the way, I'm not sure if everyone knew this piece of information, but it might be important going forward for any NHL predictions:
Since the foundation of the NHL (1917) one thing has remained true for every single season of its history:
If a Toronto team plays a Montreal team in the playoffs, the winner of that series wins the Stanley Cup.
Toronto Maple Leafs/St. Pats/Arenas
vs
Montreal Canadiens/Maroons
It does not matter. It has ALWAYS worked out that the winner of that series (at any point in the playoffs) wins the Stanley Cup.
1918 - Arenas beat Canadiens for Stanley Cup
1925 - Canadiens beat St. Pats in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1932 - Maple Leafs beat Maroons in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1935 - Maroons beat Maple Leafs for Stanley Cup
1944 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1945 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1947 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens for Stanley Cup
1951 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens for Stanley Cup
1959 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs for Stanley Cup
1960 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs for Stanley Cup
1963 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1964 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1965 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1966 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1967 - Maple Leafs beat Canadiens for Stanley Cup
1978 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in semi-finals, win Stanley Cup
1979 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in quarter-finals, win Stanley Cup
2021 - Canadiens beat Maple Leafs in first round...
posted by grum@work at 11:55 AM on June 08, 2021
Hmmm ...
Canadiens have the best money goaltender alive, their top 2 D pairings are the best remaining, and they have no superstars they depend on just 4 solid hard working lines who focus on the entire 200 foot game. I'll throw in that they are tremendously well coached.
They remind me of the Kings teams that won cups in the past decade. And they are built to take down talented open ice teams like the Jets .. and Tampa and Colorado. Isles, Bruins, Vegas, and Carolina would be tougher matchups for them.
posted by cixelsyd at 02:42 PM on June 08, 2021
Well, the Canes gotta get past the Bay Lightning first. And I'm afraid that ain't happening.
posted by NoMich at 02:51 PM on June 08, 2021
Hockey is dumb
posted by NoMich at 09:25 PM on June 08, 2021
Science!
posted by bender at 08:56 AM on June 09, 2021
"I never thought I'd be engaged with somebody who threw balls for a living."
- Shailene Woodley, speaking about her fiance Aaron Rodgers
(And not just balls; curveballs according to the Green Bay front office)