Why The Panthers Winning Saved The NHL
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- Matthew Mugno explains why the Panthers winning the Stanley Cup saved the NHL.
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Thanks for cutting through the noise. Even as a Canadian I was so tired of the McDavid-centric media and fan reporting as if all the stats and history of the cup go out the window when he's on the ice. It obviously was not the case. Edmonton responded in game 7 the way Florida did in game 4. I was cheering for Florida last year and I was cheering for them this year. Florida was the 'complete package' which begins in the net. I lived through the dynasty era of the 1970s and 1980s. This Edmonton team is in the vacinity, but not there yet. I think Skinner's performance puts him into the conversation for next year. I freakin' loved Mike Bossy!
Just have to look at history. Henri Richard won 11 championships. Winning one Stanley Cup, to me, doesn't mean "Automatic Goat." Love the support, thank you for watching!
Superstars are great, only hockey is the ultimate team sport. McDavid IMO knows this and did a great job as a leader. He seemed to care less about the Conn Smythe trophy or accolades, and I could be wrong. The push of his talent was a sales pitch by the Oil Can management, media, and league marketing. The guy is a warrior and they way they stopped penalty kills had me baffled. Don't know whats missing on their squad other then the puck bouncing in their favor.
They are missing physicality
There's nothing missing in Edmonton other than experience. Now that they have the experience they can take the next step.
Edmonton is missing some depth, better defense, better goaltending, and experience.
A starting goaltender and a legit 1D. No knock on the roster construct but I can't see the same roster making it that deep again (although...97).
Even days after the Cats won the Cup people are acting like it was a fluke or the refs helped them or they didn't deserve it and it's all just a bunch of sour grapes. The NHL has no one to blame but themselves for sending fantastic hockey players to the state of Florida, and Sunrise has come up with a fantastic combination of players that may never play as pretty as the likes of McDavid, but they get the job done nonetheless and they get it done with passion and power. Long live this iteration of the Florida Panthers, they're securing a new legacy here.
Florida would have very easily ended up like Phoenix, they had more playoff success than the Coyotes for sure, but lets take a tally of the similarities up until game 7
- legacy of failure, never won a cup
- been around 30 years
- in traditionally non-hockey markets where other markets criticize and question why are they even there
- decades of ownership and management woes
- many seasons of empty arenas. leading to point 3.
If Florida choked in a reverse sweep, it would have destroyed the franchise. It would have started a chain reaction that saw the cats leave florida.
Im a Canadian who's main team is Ottawa. and Im saying it now, after we lost the Coyotes, we dont need that.
Win or lose, Edmonton isnt going anywhere.
For Florida, it was the most important game in their franchise history. Its not even close
But also Florida had been building up to this. For the fans down here in South Florida who have been here from the beginning (1994 for me), the decades of brutal ownership and management was unbearable at times - and I even stopped going to games because I really thought the team was getting moved. But when Vinny Viola bought the team circa 2015, the tide started to turn. This owner wanted to win - that was his only goal. They agreed to part ways with Dale Tallon and hired Bill Zito, which was the best move this franchise has ever made. He and his staff have single-handedly turned this franchise around in short order. Zito traded Mike Matheson & Colton Sceviour for Patrick Hornqvist... THAT was the start of this team's culture change. They made the playoffs in the bubble & lost to the Islanders, made the playoffs the following year and lost to Tampa Bay in the first round, won the President's Trophy the year after & lost in second round to Tampa Bay, they made playoffs and went to the Final last year, and this year won the Cup. I think teams need to have the right owners, management, coaching staff, and players to win the Cup - you just can't have one without the other. You cannot have a good team but a bad coach, or a good coach with a good team and bad management. Over the last 5 years, this team has been building it's identity and culture. This team will be winning for a long time.
Good management has been mounting towards a window of success for Florida. Agreed. Didn't happen overnight.
Good points all around . Thanks for watching!
Blues helped panthers also make nhl better glad my blues won in 2019 tied with panthers knights
Teams win championships, especially in hockey, where your best player is on the ice -- MAYBE -- 45% of the game (if it's a defenseman) and actually playing the puck or effecting play even less. So, the Panthers winning made sense as they had the deeper team and a goalie who could steal a game (Game 1).
But that's also why using championships when comparing individuals gets a little messy. Bobby Orr was the best player in the game before the Bruins won a second playoff series with him. In 2 of the first 3 years that Lemieux had overtaken Gretzky as the dominant individual (of the moment), the Pens still missed the playoffs. Mike Bossy has 4 Stanley Cups because he's a sniper and shared the locker room with Trottier, Potvin, Smith and tremendous role players (Tonelli, Henning, Morrow, Sutter, Persson, etc.). As Jim Matheson, who has covered the Oilers since the WHA days said, "The difference between McDavid and Gretzky is Gretzky had Kurri, Messier, Anderson, Kevin Lowe, Paul Coffey and Grant Fuhr. McDavid has Leon Draisaitl."
There’s no one close to Gretzky. 97 can’t catch 99 unless he wins 4 cups and cracks 2,500 points
The championship conversation has been my angle for sure. At 28, does McDavid have 4+ cups in he tank in the next 10 or so seasons?
Grit