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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Hurricanes choose to not touch Prince of Wales trophy after win over Canadiens
After punching a ticket to their first Stanley Cup final in 20 years, Carolina followed Rod Brind'Amour's advice: 'Do what you want, but don't touch it'On the brink of their first Stanley Cup since 2006, the Carolina Hurricanes did not want to tempt fate.
The Hurricanes crushed the Montreal Canadiens to win the Eastern Conference finals 4-1. Afterwards, when being presented with the Prince of Wales trophy, Carolina chose to not touch the trophy — a decision that is rife with superstition.
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Historically, the decision to not touch or touch the trophy doesn’t have much consistency in the outcome. Of the 10 teams over the past 20 years who touched the trophy, four have not won the Cup, per NHL.com.
But hockey players are incredibly superstitious, and the few success stories after not touching it are enough to make the solution clear. The Florida Panthers, who won the past two Stanley Cups, lost the final series in 2023 after touching the conference trophy, but came back to win it twice after not touching it.
And in Hurricanes’ history, in the team’s only other Eastern Conference finals win in 2002, captain Ron Francis picked up the trophy. Carolina went on to lose the 2002 Stanley Cup in five games to the Detroit Red Wings.
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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
That was electric.
Also, ABC’s audio is just the ice/stadium. No commentators?? Need to make that a feature, not a bug.
Also, ABC’s audio is just the ice/stadium. No commentators?? Need to make that a feature, not a bug.
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John Cooper wins the Adams. LOL, this is a joke. Cooper has a team loaded with elite talent that is a perennial playoff team (with 4 straight 1st round exits, BTW), who had a very typical Tampa season. Lindy Ruff leads a team that has been a joke for a decade and a half to 50 wins and gets them to game 7 of the second round. Cooper did a better job? I'd love to hear the reasoning for this because there is none whatsoever.
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3 Stanley Cup Finals appearances in 9 seasons of existence for Vegas
Meanwhile Columbus has only won two playoff series, (and 1 of those was only made possible because of the COVID structure) in their 26 years of existence
Meanwhile Columbus has only won two playoff series, (and 1 of those was only made possible because of the COVID structure) in their 26 years of existence
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Ohio professional sports, amiright?3 Stanley Cup Finals appearances in 9 seasons of existence for Vegas
Meanwhile Columbus has only won two playoff series, (and 1 of those was only made possible because of the COVID structure) in their 26 years of existence
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Turds.3 Stanley Cup Finals appearances in 9 seasons of existence for Vegas
Meanwhile Columbus has only won two playoff series, (and 1 of those was only made possible because of the COVID structure) in their 26 years of existence
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Year in and year out their farm club is one of the best. Yet, somehow they can’t translate that up with all the talent they foster.
I think it’s time for Stevie Y to hit the road. His star has definitely dimmed and he’s done nothing as GM.
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Saying he's done nothing is a stretch. As you said, their farm system is probably the best in the NHL. Considering where it was when Ken Holland left, that definitely isn't nothing.
Their biggest issue remains goaltending. All the talent on the farm and none of the goaltending has translated at all.
Larkin moving on might be the best thing for the Wings. He's not good enough fundamentally to base their entire roster around and that's what happened (like a Datsyuk or a Zetterberg), and he's not a superstar level dude like Yzerman or Fedorov were.
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That said - his best friend is Zach Werenski.
If the CBJ aren't immediately backing up the brinks truck for Werenski after the past two seasons (he should have won the Norris last year too), I don't think they'll ever do it.
And Larkin is making himself available. Go get him Don.
If the CBJ aren't immediately backing up the brinks truck for Werenski after the past two seasons (he should have won the Norris last year too), I don't think they'll ever do it.
And Larkin is making himself available. Go get him Don.
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7 years and no playoffs. Like I said what he’s done with the farm club isn’t translating up. I get goalie has been an issue, but the way they faded out of the playoffs this year was unreal.
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