I love ur channel so much, thanks for existing! The pace, the editing, the music, everything is amazing. I won't name any, but I feel like most hockey channels are just reading eliteprospect and hockeydb stats, which is fine for casuals and newbies, but Im so glad a channel like yours exist, it's nice to have videos for die-hard hockey fan and it shows you put a lot of times in ur research and all. Plus they're my favorite video to watch while cleaning dishes lmao keep it up you're amazing
@@cbj4sc1 And then, Tukka Rask and David Pasternak came to crush your hearts. You better hold on to those memories because that was the best season your team has ever had and you're still the least successful franchise in the NHL.
The funniest thing about that 2010 Patrick Kane goal that nobody saw is the fact that the puck disappeared after the game and it was never found again. Even FBI tried to search for it, but to no avail.
Thank you for reminding me of my love for the 2010 Flyers. I love that team and their run so much. Even as a Flames fan, I wanted them to win so bad and cried when they lost in OT. Especially with some recent news, I wish they had pulled it off. I was honestly expecting them to be #1 on here. The best way I could describe the 2010 Flyers for years was absurd. But now, it is WHAT.
As a Canucks fan, that 7 game series against Chicago in 2011 had so much emotional variance. Up 3-0 I was humble but confident, because we finally had bounces go our way AND found a way to win a close game in Chicago. But after we blew the 3 game lead, I was livid. In game 7 I didn’t even cheer when Burrows made it 1-0 early. I was tense and saying “how are they gonna throw it away this time”. Got more hopeful as the game went on, but when Toews tied it on a short handed goal with less than 2 minutes I was screaming “I knew it!” I was so broken from past heartbreak. In OT when Patrick Sharp had the puck I totally expected the series to be over, 9 out of 10 times he buries it and we lose. But the puck was slightly too shaky, and we got away with it. That moment with Sharp still scares the hell out of me even when I see it today. But when Campoli turned over the puck to Burrows, and Burrows buried it…it was first me exhaling, followed by massive celebration. The next two series, I had zero tension, I knew we were gonna win. I tried to be humble against Boston, but when up 2-0 I believed they had it also. But of course, Aaron Rome had to hit Nathan Horton and wake up the Bruins, and the team failed again, leading to heartbreak and riots. The franchise really hasn’t recovered since thanks to ownership and management, so despite the loss I miss that run.
What a great recap. This is exactly how I felt. Rd 1 was like something out of Hollywood. It was years in the making and an emotional roller-coaster. I thought Luongo stole them game 3 so wasn't surprised by game 4 but game 5 was when my nerves set in. I think that the Canucks were better in game 6 and 7 though so they were deserved winners. They were absolutely dominant in game 7 - Crawford was terrific and the Hawks fought back like the champions they were. Zero tension between then and game 3 of the finals. I was not tense at all in the final despite how close the first 2 games were. Quiet confidence that they were going to win. I remember the foreign feeling in the first period of game 3 that I was supporting a team that was inevitably going to win. It is lost in the bigger picture but the Canucks were comfortably outplaying the Bruins in the first period. It felt like they were on the path to 3-0. I was pissed off about the rome hit, not because I feared the Bruins but because it was dirty. Even when the Bruins scored I wasn't nervous. Either the first or second goal was flukey - deflection off the shaft of stick but then the game shifted so quickly. To this day I still can't believe how dramatically that series shifted.
@@JH-gf4cm the hawks surely pummeled the canucks in games 4 and 5 but game 6 i agree the canucks deserved to win more than the hawks did given how much they outplayed them for 99% the time and they only won it cause crawford carried them. Game 7 right up until toews' last minute shorthanded goal was the same thing and once toews scored that goal to force OT and the hawks badly outplayed the canucks in that overtime period up until burrows ended it roughly 5-6 minutes in
2014 was so damn frustrating. Henrik was god tier but they couldn't score when needed. They had no business getting extended to any long series until the final. Those 3 overtime games broke me in the end.
As a Penguins fan I still remember how anxious I was to see them match up against the Sharks. San Jose had a great team with tons of talent and the classic “old veterans that have never won a cup” storylines to boot
Even though we ended up losing (stupid kiviranta) that dallas and colorado 2020 series was the most exciting, wildest series ive ever watched. Neither team could stop the other and scoring chances were constant
That 2016 Sharks team is up there with the 2019 and 2010 teams in how deep we were and how close we were to winning it. Now, we’re spinning the tires for the next generation.
As a Stars fan from Houston, I do remember vividly of that overtime Game 7 winner against the Colorado Avalanche and that series clincher against the Golden Knights. I was screaming around my apartment in pure joy.
This man could upload four times a year, and I’d be happy to just keep rewatching all his videos over. And thankfully, we get a bit more spoiled than four
Just wanted to say (as many others do) I love your channel and the effort you put in for ur content. Really aren’t that many great hockey UA-camrs out there like u
I love that you put the stars at a 1st in fun. That playoffs were one of a few bright spots in 2020 for me and watching all the games during that run was a gift. Especially the overtime game 7 thriller
I love this channel because you focus on quality > quantity. Also, you don’t have clickbait video titles. These newer hockey channels by young fans just pump out clickbait videos with safe, but highly exaggerated ‘hot takes’. Your content is superb and speaks for itself without gimmicky and misleading video titles. I respect your approach and encourage you to stick with it. It’ll take longer to get really big, but it’ll be sustainable for sure.
12:22 It wasn’t only Tyler Johnson (who broke his wrist in that series). All the Lightning’s scorers were playing hurt by the end of that run. Plus Ben Bishop tore his groin something fierce. By Game 5 they just couldn’t score goals anymore.
I am literally shocked at the numbers of the Bruins sweeping the Pens. I do not remember anything about that series except the Bruins absolutely crushing them and yet the play was handily in favor of the Pens? It has to be score effects, right? That's craziness to me.
The 2013 ECF reminds me of the 2002 ECQF between Ottawa and Philadelphia. Everyone blames Roman Cechmanek for the loss, but he could've had the combined abilities of Roy, Brodeur and Hasek and they still would've lost. Why? The Flyers scored 2 goals in 5 games. 2. Look at the Flyers roster that year and be amazed how none of the big offensive guys managed to put one in the back of the net
First off wanna say awesome job on the new vid i'm becoming a big fan of this channel. I do want to say as a life long sharks fan it wasn't necessarily heartbreaking that they came up short in 2016 it's the fact that core deserved another shot at the cup and they couldn't make it back. I honestly found the entire run surreal and was super happy with the results even though they only had the campbell trophy and bragging rights over the kings. My heart didn't really break until the 2019 conference finals against the Blues, they were such a sludgy heavy hitting team you could feel how deflating it was through a TV screen. To this day I think if we got Bruins and Sharks it'd be one of the best finals of all time. What a story-line with jumbo facing the team it all started in his last chance at a cup. Hurts to think about what we missed :'(
2013 and 2019 will forever do passive poison damage to my soul. Rewatched scf game 7 in the offseason and couldn't believe that last-second goal they gave up before the end of the 1st. And after the 2023 3-1 collapse (thanks for the shout-out in the ending here 🤦♂️), I watched UrinatingTree's CONGRATS BRUINS and he listed all of Boston's postseason chokes and woes of the 21st century and I almost broke down
You Deserve a Ton of Subscribers bro. This is the best Hockey content on UA-cam. Very upset I've watched every video at this point. Give me more damn it.
The 2021 Habs was one of the wackiest time and places of my entire life. The whole experience was uncanny, a team winning games they really shouldn't in a wacky format without fans in the building deep into summer, but by god will I never forget it. It won't be anytime soon, but I hope one day I'll be able to see Les Boys mount a more sustainable challenge, but we will never, ever see anything like that ever again, and I'm glad I got to witness it firsthand. Selfish request for a Playoffs Past for the MTL/VGK series? That was just phenomenal. (I maintain that the only series that we stole was vs TOR, which i don't feel bad about because pointing and laughing at the Leafs never stops being funny. Sorry, Toronto fans, no hard feelings, it just is.)
I can’t help but tear up whenever I see the 2018 one. That was the Jets year, man. All due respect to Washington but just given the personnel, age gap, they would have just bowled them over
Why are the habs so low. Nobody thought they had a chance against Toronto yet they came back from a 3-1 series lead with two overtime wins to completely upset them. The same thing happened against Vegas and other than that Vegas-Colorado series and maybe the Tampa-Isles series that was probably the best series of the playoffs. And they ended up winning it in dramatic fashion in overtime.
Canucks fan and one part thats never mentioned is the tension for games 4 through 7 against Chicago. We got killed for 7 goals and its one of about 5 games I remeber where I was for that playoffs, then the 5-0 game and it looked like the Canucks were just out of gas then game 6... it honestly felt like it was completely over. I remember my dad was trying to quit smoking at the time and I remember he went outside for a smoke after that game. Game 7 of that series had to be the most tense game I have ever had the pleasure of watching, Canucks took the lead early and held it all the way down until the the final few minutes when Toews drove a dagger into our hearts and forced OT. Every moment leading up to the Dragon Slayer goal made Canucks fans aware of just how much a Dragon Chicago was at the time for us (Additional note I remember Edler playing like ass in those 2 blowout games, definitely remember a really bad give away in our zone that lead to either a chance or goal and another behind our net that lead to the same thing)
@@PinholesGraham 2014 😬😬😬 The team eventually felt so bad for him that a couple of the other players decided to do the same thing in Game 5 of the SCF in solidarity.
The Angry Yami award made me spit out my drink. I wasn't expecting that at all. I'm curious: Did you get in trouble again for using footage in your last video, and that's why you didn't use any here?
Awesome video. I will say, if you’re a Central Division team, it’s very understandable to see Nashville’s “fun” being so low. Crowd is electric, but the style of play is brutal. Stand the opponent up at the blue line and pray Pekka bails them out
same here. I am a caps fan but the bruins are number 2 for me and once my team was knocked out barely in round 1 the bruins were my only hope. Game 7 was at home so it was their chance to win it at home and marchand could've been the conn smythe winner. Rask and bergeron had strong cases too but idk if they were as strong as marchy. And also it would be 2 cups out of 3 cup finals instead of 1 out of 3 for marchy, bergy, rask, chara, krejci, etc and 2 cups for nordstrom (counting the 2015 blackhawks) and bruce cassidy (counting 2023 with vegas) and one cup for krug, pasta, backes, halak, mcavoy, carlo, debrusk, etc
Man. We were so fuckin close. I’ll never for as long as I live forget that inaugural season . I’d give anything to see the original misfits lift a cup. Anything .
St. Louis fan. I'll be honest, the way I see our cup run is that we weren't supposed to win that year. But we did anyway. I don't know why, we really didn't have the kind of star power that wins cups. It was just a miracle. I don't want to call it a fluke, because the Blues have been one of the most consistently good teams for the last eleven years, but that's really what it felt like. Boston's destiny that year was to win the cup, but we said no and rewrote fate. Icing on the cake was the tears streaming down Brad Marchand's incredibly punchable face And I remember that Devils run. It was a fun one, and Parise was my favourite player at the time. I still remember the massive number of penalties they took in the last game that may as well have sealed their fate. I never went back and watched the game but there was a 2 minute followed by a 2 minute and then a 5 minute (I believe) and that sealed our fate.
2009 Still upsets me. Should have won that series. Great video, really enjoyed the music at the beginning. Can't wait for the next video, hoping it's the Chris Osgood story we all need to hear! LGRW 🐙 🏒 🤘
The biggest "what if" for me from 2017 isn't the game 6 controversial call, it's the P.K. Subban opening goal in game 1 that got taken away on an offside challenge for being offside two possession changes prior to the goal. Series goes different if that counts, that goal was so fucking hype. Edit: Went and watched the early whistle again, holy hell I forgot how egregious that was... yeah you're correct that's still the worst part.
Also in '21, the Leafs blew their chance of running away in the North playoffs to make a run to the Semifinals and Final. They have the talent but they somehow find a way to screw it up.
I'd love to see a video at some point on President's Trophy winners at some point, maybe ranking them? If only to laugh at Boston and Tampa for their gross ineptitude.
Surprised the 2021 Habs didn't end up in the "Nothing you could've done" category at the end. We should've been out to Toronto in Games 5 and 6 after blowing multi-goal 3rd period leads in both, and to be dominated in chances in OT in both on top of that. The Jets dominated us in the regular season and just swept Connor McDavid and the Oilers (bad goaltending sunk them), but then Scheifele hits Jake Evans like a freight train "trying to prevent an empty net goal" which took both of them out of the series. With Mark gone, it was solving Hellebuck the next 3 games. We went to War with Vegas in Round 3 and benefited from Fleury's mishaps once or twice. What's funny is that the obvious non-call high stick that cut Corey Perry in OT lead to goal soon after sending the Habs home with a chance to punch their ticket to the Final for the first time since '93. Sadly, virtually everyone was playing through injuries, including our Captain Shea Weber, and Goalie Carey Price, going into the defending champions of Tampa Bay. Going into game 4 down 3-0, only 7 teams won a game in the finals. The Habs made it 8, the first win in a Stanley Cup Final game since we beat Gretzky, and done on home ice in front of fans (albeit at 15% capacity in the Bell Centre as lockdown was in early stages of being lifted). It gave us hope of things to come, before that off-season brought about the end of an era for Montreal. Perry to Tampa, Kotkeneimi to Carolina via offer sheet, Weber career ending injury, Price also likely career ending injury (played the final 6 games of 2022 regular season, only beat President's trophy winning Panthers in Final game, hasn't played since). The Cup Tax hit us hard, and we became the first team to finish 32nd overall. Now 2 weeks away from the end of the 22-23 season, we look to finish 28th. With young talent in the works we could be 2 seasons from being competitive and 4 from contenders. If we miraculously win the Bedard lottery, maybe sooner.
everything went according to planned except game 7 damn. Was their chance to win the cup for the second time in the 2010s and this one being at home and marchand to me likely would've been the conn smythe trophy winner had they won that game instead of the blues
If Brad Stuart didn't make that egregious turnover in front of Chris Osgood in Game 7 against Pittsburgh, the Red Wings would've won that 2009 Cup. Even after rewatching that opening goal, I still have no idea why he didn't just play it along the boards instead of shooting it right into Malkin who was right in front of his face.
Probs worse than the 2021 Habs. The North Division was severely underrated and the only non-playoff teams was Ottawa. Any other conference the Habs are a lock for the playoffs.
@@FirewagonHockeyI get annoyed every time I hear “the habs had an easy division that year” since no one talks about how the west division had 4 BOTTOM OF THE LEAGUE TEAMS ON IT!!! At worst the North was just average. Colorado and Vegas essentially got a free conference. You also had the central division which was very too heavy as well.
@@politicalbandwagon4989 FINALLY someone sees what I'm seeing. Any other conference had teams the Habs could've fed off of. Adding on; Sabres and Devils from the East; Preds, Wings, and Jackets from the Central. Canucks and Flames were not bad teams judging from their roster. Competition was just too tight and they were just the worst of the best.
@@FirewagonHockey I disagree slightly. I don’t think the North Division was good, I just think it was average. Not nearly as bad as people make it out to be though. What more so annoys me is how people act like other divisions were so much better. The west division was complete dog shit that season yet no one talks about how it was guaranteeing either Vegas or Colorado a spot in the conference final. People look at Tampa, Carolina and Florida and think the central was really good but then you see they also had Chicago, Columbus and Detroit. I think the only Good division was the east since all of the top 5 teams could be considered contenders at the time. I just find it annoying that no one talks about how Vegas and Colorado were the only two real teams in their division yet no one talks about that.
My team is the flyers n I loved that 2010 team so much. Even though Boston would so call get the last laugh and win next year, the world will never forget yu blew a 3-0 lead (twice) 😂😂
Price didn’t drag us there. Sure, he stole some games, but so did Vlasilefsky. In fact Tampa got completely outplayed by Montreal in game 2 and Vlasilefsky stole it. Price was a big part of that run but so were Weber, Petry, Chairot, Edmundson, Danault, Perry, Suzuki, Taffoli and Caufield.
meh, the really only the Toronto series. The Winnipeg series was a one sided massacre on all levels and the Vegas series was real close overall. But yeah Toronto was a giant fluke.
Im gonna be honest. The Panthers this past year always reminded me of the Sharks of 2014 and 16. In 2014, the Sharks look to be dominant cup contenders, even going up 3-0, only for ... that... to happen. In 2016 they're moreso an afterthought, and make a great run to the cup Where they run into the Buzzsaws of (In pinholes graham's opinion) the best of the 3 penguins teams. In 2022, the Panthers were supposed to be contenders, but slipped and fell on a banana peel conviniently placed by tampa. One year later, they make the craziest run to the cup. Causing meltdowns in Boston, general sadness in toronto, and nothing in carolina, which was destroyed by a nuke. Only to crap themselves in the finals. 🤷
It's aggravating that the team who has to be among the least rootable as an underdog (Montreal) has had this uncanny ability to win as underdogs for decades.
2012 devils would've been their best run ever. Beating 2 bitter rivals in the semi and conference finals, lead by 40 year old Brodeur to cap off his career with a 4th cup and 1st conn smythe? It would have been amazing. It's a shame it didn't go down that way.
Are you butthurt over a team who didn't even win the cup? Did you watch the video? They out played every team except the Kings. If it were a fluke, the stats would suggest otherwise
@@WhyAreYouRunning356 exactly my point in another comment as well. Numbers isn’t everything, u watch the games or if u were atleast there to watch the playoffs tht year, you’d see they didn’t actually out play anyone. Alot of stats give false narratives of teams. Clearly u weren’t there to actually see what should and shouldn’t of happened…..
Yes and in that universe… the Predators won the Stanley Cup against Boston being down 3-1 and winning Game 7 at home. uhhhhh…… 😔I was the Bruins😔(NHL 94 rewind)
I love ur channel so much, thanks for existing! The pace, the editing, the music, everything is amazing. I won't name any, but I feel like most hockey channels are just reading eliteprospect and hockeydb stats, which is fine for casuals and newbies, but Im so glad a channel like yours exist, it's nice to have videos for die-hard hockey fan and it shows you put a lot of times in ur research and all. Plus they're my favorite video to watch while cleaning dishes lmao keep it up you're amazing
this is the stuff I love
I still get sad thinking about the 2016 Sharks, finally got over the western finals hump only to run into that buzzsaw of a Penguins team
Peter DeBoer wouldn't adjust
Now we’re hard for Bedard
I know, the Sharks were so dominant in the first 3 rounds, then just fell flat in the finals :(
@@broadstreetbullies849 he deserves some blame, but the truth is it’s just really hard to defend three scoring lines.
This Predators fan stands in solidarity with you
The 2008 Penguins went up 3-0 in their first 3 series. The only team that did that was the 2012 Kings who did it in all 4 series
That 2019 run as a CBJ fan was like winning the cup. I'll hold that until the day I die.
You guys had the 3rd best team that year imo, that CBJ team was so stacked
@@RIPJimmyA7X thank you, I really need the pick-me-up after the way this season is turning out xD
@@cbj4sc1 And then, Tukka Rask and David Pasternak came to crush your hearts. You better hold on to those memories because that was the best season your team has ever had and you're still the least successful franchise in the NHL.
Hold onto it, friend. Because that will probably be the furthest they go in your lifetime..thankfully
@@M_11_m41nSeattle??? Think before you speak, and if your excuse is they’re new, that doesn’t mean they aren’t still the least successful franchise
The funniest thing about that 2010 Patrick Kane goal that nobody saw is the fact that the puck disappeared after the game and it was never found again. Even FBI tried to search for it, but to no avail.
Chris Pronger
How the hell are you a small channel? These videos are legit some of the best video essays on the platform.
Thanks! I hope I'll get bigger; I've been eating my wheaties
For real. He's doing what secret base won't. Cover hockey.
Probably because he focuses on quality > quantity.
That ending with the 2010 Flyers had me rolling 😂 Great video man, keep up the great content!
yea pretty much the whole Eastern Conference playoffs of that year was just bonkers
Thank you for reminding me of my love for the 2010 Flyers. I love that team and their run so much. Even as a Flames fan, I wanted them to win so bad and cried when they lost in OT. Especially with some recent news, I wish they had pulled it off.
I was honestly expecting them to be #1 on here. The best way I could describe the 2010 Flyers for years was absurd. But now, it is WHAT.
As a Canucks fan, that 7 game series against Chicago in 2011 had so much emotional variance. Up 3-0 I was humble but confident, because we finally had bounces go our way AND found a way to win a close game in Chicago. But after we blew the 3 game lead, I was livid. In game 7 I didn’t even cheer when Burrows made it 1-0 early. I was tense and saying “how are they gonna throw it away this time”. Got more hopeful as the game went on, but when Toews tied it on a short handed goal with less than 2 minutes I was screaming “I knew it!” I was so broken from past heartbreak. In OT when Patrick Sharp had the puck I totally expected the series to be over, 9 out of 10 times he buries it and we lose. But the puck was slightly too shaky, and we got away with it. That moment with Sharp still scares the hell out of me even when I see it today. But when Campoli turned over the puck to Burrows, and Burrows buried it…it was first me exhaling, followed by massive celebration.
The next two series, I had zero tension, I knew we were gonna win. I tried to be humble against Boston, but when up 2-0 I believed they had it also. But of course, Aaron Rome had to hit Nathan Horton and wake up the Bruins, and the team failed again, leading to heartbreak and riots. The franchise really hasn’t recovered since thanks to ownership and management, so despite the loss I miss that run.
What a great recap. This is exactly how I felt. Rd 1 was like something out of Hollywood. It was years in the making and an emotional roller-coaster. I thought Luongo stole them game 3 so wasn't surprised by game 4 but game 5 was when my nerves set in. I think that the Canucks were better in game 6 and 7 though so they were deserved winners. They were absolutely dominant in game 7 - Crawford was terrific and the Hawks fought back like the champions they were.
Zero tension between then and game 3 of the finals. I was not tense at all in the final despite how close the first 2 games were. Quiet confidence that they were going to win. I remember the foreign feeling in the first period of game 3 that I was supporting a team that was inevitably going to win. It is lost in the bigger picture but the Canucks were comfortably outplaying the Bruins in the first period. It felt like they were on the path to 3-0. I was pissed off about the rome hit, not because I feared the Bruins but because it was dirty. Even when the Bruins scored I wasn't nervous. Either the first or second goal was flukey - deflection off the shaft of stick but then the game shifted so quickly. To this day I still can't believe how dramatically that series shifted.
@@JH-gf4cm the hawks surely pummeled the canucks in games 4 and 5 but game 6 i agree the canucks deserved to win more than the hawks did given how much they outplayed them for 99% the time and they only won it cause crawford carried them. Game 7 right up until toews' last minute shorthanded goal was the same thing and once toews scored that goal to force OT and the hawks badly outplayed the canucks in that overtime period up until burrows ended it roughly 5-6 minutes in
Finally! The Jon Bois of hockey. Now we just need the Jon Bois of Basketball and the Jon Bois of soccer
2014 was so damn frustrating. Henrik was god tier but they couldn't score when needed. They had no business getting extended to any long series until the final. Those 3 overtime games broke me in the end.
The renowned Avalanche Darren Helm comment made me laugh. Great video PHG.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :)
As a Penguins fan I still remember how anxious I was to see them match up against the Sharks. San Jose had a great team with tons of talent and the classic “old veterans that have never won a cup” storylines to boot
Even though we ended up losing (stupid kiviranta) that dallas and colorado 2020 series was the most exciting, wildest series ive ever watched. Neither team could stop the other and scoring chances were constant
That 2016 Sharks team is up there with the 2019 and 2010 teams in how deep we were and how close we were to winning it.
Now, we’re spinning the tires for the next generation.
As a Stars fan from Houston, I do remember vividly of that overtime Game 7 winner against the Colorado Avalanche and that series clincher against the Golden Knights. I was screaming around my apartment in pure joy.
as an avs fan, i remember that game 7 winner. lets just say i was very quiet the next few days.
This man could upload four times a year, and I’d be happy to just keep rewatching all his videos over. And thankfully, we get a bit more spoiled than four
Just wanted to say (as many others do) I love your channel and the effort you put in for ur content. Really aren’t that many great hockey UA-camrs out there like u
That Anaheim/Detroit series in 2009 was insane… almost like I’ve been begging you for a video on it 🤣🤣🤣
My wish was granted.
22:24 as a bruins fan, that put a smile on my face
keep doing what you're doing man i love the content
I love that you put the stars at a 1st in fun. That playoffs were one of a few bright spots in 2020 for me and watching all the games during that run was a gift. Especially the overtime game 7 thriller
I love this channel because you focus on quality > quantity. Also, you don’t have clickbait video titles. These newer hockey channels by young fans just pump out clickbait videos with safe, but highly exaggerated ‘hot takes’.
Your content is superb and speaks for itself without gimmicky and misleading video titles. I respect your approach and encourage you to stick with it. It’ll take longer to get really big, but it’ll be sustainable for sure.
12:22 It wasn’t only Tyler Johnson (who broke his wrist in that series). All the Lightning’s scorers were playing hurt by the end of that run. Plus Ben Bishop tore his groin something fierce. By Game 5 they just couldn’t score goals anymore.
both teams didn't do a lot of scoring if you think about it with all 6 games being very close affairs
Born too late to explore the world, too early to explore space, just in time to watch the Sharks choke out year after year.
I am literally shocked at the numbers of the Bruins sweeping the Pens. I do not remember anything about that series except the Bruins absolutely crushing them and yet the play was handily in favor of the Pens? It has to be score effects, right? That's craziness to me.
Call Disco Dan
The 2013 ECF reminds me of the 2002 ECQF between Ottawa and Philadelphia. Everyone blames Roman Cechmanek for the loss, but he could've had the combined abilities of Roy, Brodeur and Hasek and they still would've lost. Why? The Flyers scored 2 goals in 5 games. 2. Look at the Flyers roster that year and be amazed how none of the big offensive guys managed to put one in the back of the net
"That could very easily change this year though."
Florida: lmao
First off wanna say awesome job on the new vid i'm becoming a big fan of this channel. I do want to say as a life long sharks fan it wasn't necessarily heartbreaking that they came up short in 2016 it's the fact that core deserved another shot at the cup and they couldn't make it back. I honestly found the entire run surreal and was super happy with the results even though they only had the campbell trophy and bragging rights over the kings. My heart didn't really break until the 2019 conference finals against the Blues, they were such a sludgy heavy hitting team you could feel how deflating it was through a TV screen. To this day I think if we got Bruins and Sharks it'd be one of the best finals of all time. What a story-line with jumbo facing the team it all started in his last chance at a cup. Hurts to think about what we missed :'(
2014 was there for the blue shirts win one game in the city of angels and the 20 year drought is done
15:39 that OT cup winner was a bummer. The lack of reaction from the crowd was especially anticlimactic
By the way, I'm not trying to pick on you lol. The amount of work you put into this is insane. It's a hell of a video series
neat, very nice video. Can't wait for the next one. We shall see what Boston does in the playoffs this year.
Incredible video. You are severly underrated
Great video, I love the Jon Bois influence. Very tough to watch as a Sharks fan though.
Secret base needs to hire you, love the content dude
2013 and 2019 will forever do passive poison damage to my soul. Rewatched scf game 7 in the offseason and couldn't believe that last-second goal they gave up before the end of the 1st. And after the 2023 3-1 collapse (thanks for the shout-out in the ending here 🤦♂️), I watched UrinatingTree's CONGRATS BRUINS and he listed all of Boston's postseason chokes and woes of the 21st century and I almost broke down
You Deserve a Ton of Subscribers bro. This is the best Hockey content on UA-cam. Very upset I've watched every video at this point. Give me more damn it.
never forget that Ben Bishop playing on one leg also was a huge contributing factor to the Bolts losing in 2015
I remember watching the sharks vs knights series and I couldn’t believe how good fleury was just on a different level
The 2021 Habs was one of the wackiest time and places of my entire life. The whole experience was uncanny, a team winning games they really shouldn't in a wacky format without fans in the building deep into summer, but by god will I never forget it. It won't be anytime soon, but I hope one day I'll be able to see Les Boys mount a more sustainable challenge, but we will never, ever see anything like that ever again, and I'm glad I got to witness it firsthand. Selfish request for a Playoffs Past for the MTL/VGK series? That was just phenomenal.
(I maintain that the only series that we stole was vs TOR, which i don't feel bad about because pointing and laughing at the Leafs never stops being funny. Sorry, Toronto fans, no hard feelings, it just is.)
I can’t help but tear up whenever I see the 2018 one. That was the Jets year, man. All due respect to Washington but just given the personnel, age gap, they would have just bowled them over
can’t lie pinhole just puts out banger videos most underrated NHL youtuber
Low key best sports channel on YT
Love the music from “Civilization”!
LOVE HOW you gave the Stars a fair shake. Best hockey channel on YT
Can you do a documentry on the 2006 oilers run
i love the awards at the end, awesome video as always
Another awesome video. Brilliant work!
Why are the habs so low. Nobody thought they had a chance against Toronto yet they came back from a 3-1 series lead with two overtime wins to completely upset them. The same thing happened against Vegas and other than that Vegas-Colorado series and maybe the Tampa-Isles series that was probably the best series of the playoffs. And they ended up winning it in dramatic fashion in overtime.
You should definitely do a whole video on that entire Stars run to the finals,
Canucks fan and one part thats never mentioned is the tension for games 4 through 7 against Chicago. We got killed for 7 goals and its one of about 5 games I remeber where I was for that playoffs, then the 5-0 game and it looked like the Canucks were just out of gas then game 6... it honestly felt like it was completely over. I remember my dad was trying to quit smoking at the time and I remember he went outside for a smoke after that game. Game 7 of that series had to be the most tense game I have ever had the pleasure of watching, Canucks took the lead early and held it all the way down until the the final few minutes when Toews drove a dagger into our hearts and forced OT. Every moment leading up to the Dragon Slayer goal made Canucks fans aware of just how much a Dragon Chicago was at the time for us
(Additional note I remember Edler playing like ass in those 2 blowout games, definitely remember a really bad give away in our zone that lead to either a chance or goal and another behind our net that lead to the same thing)
Greatest duo of all time:
Rick Nash 🤝 Hitting the post
Which run is this?? I have to know 😂
@@PinholesGraham 2014 😬😬😬 The team eventually felt so bad for him that a couple of the other players decided to do the same thing in Game 5 of the SCF in solidarity.
As a Lightning fan, I'll always be just a little sore over not winning in 2022. We coulda had a 3-peat !!
i think you guys would've won in 2016 easily had you guys won game 7 in round 3 instead of the penguins
The Angry Yami award made me spit out my drink. I wasn't expecting that at all.
I'm curious: Did you get in trouble again for using footage in your last video, and that's why you didn't use any here?
Awesome video. I will say, if you’re a Central Division team, it’s very understandable to see Nashville’s “fun” being so low. Crowd is electric, but the style of play is brutal. Stand the opponent up at the blue line and pray Pekka bails them out
Most underrated chanel on UA-cam, keep it up :)
the Canucks were one game away damnit!!
great video dude 👍🏻
2:57 real ones know the reference
2019 Game 7 vs the Blues will haunt me for YEARS.
same here. I am a caps fan but the bruins are number 2 for me and once my team was knocked out barely in round 1 the bruins were my only hope. Game 7 was at home so it was their chance to win it at home and marchand could've been the conn smythe winner. Rask and bergeron had strong cases too but idk if they were as strong as marchy. And also it would be 2 cups out of 3 cup finals instead of 1 out of 3 for marchy, bergy, rask, chara, krejci, etc and 2 cups for nordstrom (counting the 2015 blackhawks) and bruce cassidy (counting 2023 with vegas) and one cup for krug, pasta, backes, halak, mcavoy, carlo, debrusk, etc
Man. We were so fuckin close. I’ll never for as long as I live forget that inaugural season . I’d give anything to see the original misfits lift a cup. Anything .
St. Louis fan. I'll be honest, the way I see our cup run is that we weren't supposed to win that year. But we did anyway. I don't know why, we really didn't have the kind of star power that wins cups. It was just a miracle. I don't want to call it a fluke, because the Blues have been one of the most consistently good teams for the last eleven years, but that's really what it felt like. Boston's destiny that year was to win the cup, but we said no and rewrote fate.
Icing on the cake was the tears streaming down Brad Marchand's incredibly punchable face
And I remember that Devils run. It was a fun one, and Parise was my favourite player at the time. I still remember the massive number of penalties they took in the last game that may as well have sealed their fate. I never went back and watched the game but there was a 2 minute followed by a 2 minute and then a 5 minute (I believe) and that sealed our fate.
Awesome content. Fantastic!!!
Yep. That's definitely a great way to describe the Flyers' run haha
great vid, subbed!
This channel is so underrated
YES!! I LOVE U
2012 NJD on this list hurts :( hopefully they can win one soon
2009 Still upsets me. Should have won that series. Great video, really enjoyed the music at the beginning. Can't wait for the next video, hoping it's the Chris Osgood story we all need to hear! LGRW 🐙 🏒 🤘
14:19 I mean, they were down 3-2 against the Panthers
2014 Stanley Cup Finals Game 5 will haunt my memories for the rest of my life.
The biggest "what if" for me from 2017 isn't the game 6 controversial call, it's the P.K. Subban opening goal in game 1 that got taken away on an offside challenge for being offside two possession changes prior to the goal. Series goes different if that counts, that goal was so fucking hype.
Edit: Went and watched the early whistle again, holy hell I forgot how egregious that was... yeah you're correct that's still the worst part.
This hurt
hell yeah! cant wait to watch this later
Also in '21, the Leafs blew their chance of running away in the North playoffs to make a run to the Semifinals and Final. They have the talent but they somehow find a way to screw it up.
Did you just overlay the civilization III OST?
It's a great soundtrack :)
I'd love to see a video at some point on President's Trophy winners at some point, maybe ranking them? If only to laugh at Boston and Tampa for their gross ineptitude.
Surprised the 2021 Habs didn't end up in the "Nothing you could've done" category at the end. We should've been out to Toronto in Games 5 and 6 after blowing multi-goal 3rd period leads in both, and to be dominated in chances in OT in both on top of that. The Jets dominated us in the regular season and just swept Connor McDavid and the Oilers (bad goaltending sunk them), but then Scheifele hits Jake Evans like a freight train "trying to prevent an empty net goal" which took both of them out of the series. With Mark gone, it was solving Hellebuck the next 3 games. We went to War with Vegas in Round 3 and benefited from Fleury's mishaps once or twice. What's funny is that the obvious non-call high stick that cut Corey Perry in OT lead to goal soon after sending the Habs home with a chance to punch their ticket to the Final for the first time since '93. Sadly, virtually everyone was playing through injuries, including our Captain Shea Weber, and Goalie Carey Price, going into the defending champions of Tampa Bay. Going into game 4 down 3-0, only 7 teams won a game in the finals. The Habs made it 8, the first win in a Stanley Cup Final game since we beat Gretzky, and done on home ice in front of fans (albeit at 15% capacity in the Bell Centre as lockdown was in early stages of being lifted). It gave us hope of things to come, before that off-season brought about the end of an era for Montreal. Perry to Tampa, Kotkeneimi to Carolina via offer sheet, Weber career ending injury, Price also likely career ending injury (played the final 6 games of 2022 regular season, only beat President's trophy winning Panthers in Final game, hasn't played since). The Cup Tax hit us hard, and we became the first team to finish 32nd overall. Now 2 weeks away from the end of the 22-23 season, we look to finish 28th. With young talent in the works we could be 2 seasons from being competitive and 4 from contenders. If we miraculously win the Bedard lottery, maybe sooner.
Thanks so much for these vids! Just curious, as a Sens fan, where would the ‘07 Cup run rank for both the Sens and Ducks?
Babe wake up new pinholes Graham video
lovely stuff per usual
Still sad thinking about that '19 B's team. Such a disappointing effort with the cup in Boston.
everything went according to planned except game 7 damn. Was their chance to win the cup for the second time in the 2010s and this one being at home and marchand to me likely would've been the conn smythe trophy winner had they won that game instead of the blues
Again 2009 still pains me as a wings fan lol they were dominate as hell. And I sometimes forget Datsyuk missed a few games in that final smh
If Brad Stuart didn't make that egregious turnover in front of Chris Osgood in Game 7 against Pittsburgh, the Red Wings would've won that 2009 Cup. Even after rewatching that opening goal, I still have no idea why he didn't just play it along the boards instead of shooting it right into Malkin who was right in front of his face.
The stars % against the lightning being so low is .. interesting
this guy would have a million subs if he covered football, the secret base of hockey fr
Just have a video of Corey Perry😂
Alternative title for Angry Yami Award: Dolph "It Should Have Been Me" Ziggler Award.
I wonder how Florida would compare? The ECF was very close for a sweep.
Probs worse than the 2021 Habs. The North Division was severely underrated and the only non-playoff teams was Ottawa. Any other conference the Habs are a lock for the playoffs.
@@FirewagonHockeyI get annoyed every time I hear “the habs had an easy division that year” since no one talks about how the west division had 4 BOTTOM OF THE LEAGUE TEAMS ON IT!!! At worst the North was just average. Colorado and Vegas essentially got a free conference. You also had the central division which was very too heavy as well.
@@politicalbandwagon4989 FINALLY someone sees what I'm seeing. Any other conference had teams the Habs could've fed off of. Adding on; Sabres and Devils from the East; Preds, Wings, and Jackets from the Central. Canucks and Flames were not bad teams judging from their roster. Competition was just too tight and they were just the worst of the best.
@@FirewagonHockey I disagree slightly. I don’t think the North Division was good, I just think it was average. Not nearly as bad as people make it out to be though. What more so annoys me is how people act like other divisions were so much better. The west division was complete dog shit that season yet no one talks about how it was guaranteeing either Vegas or Colorado a spot in the conference final. People look at Tampa, Carolina and Florida and think the central was really good but then you see they also had Chicago, Columbus and Detroit. I think the only Good division was the east since all of the top 5 teams could be considered contenders at the time. I just find it annoying that no one talks about how Vegas and Colorado were the only two real teams in their division yet no one talks about that.
My team is the flyers n I loved that 2010 team so much. Even though Boston would so call get the last laugh and win next year, the world will never forget yu blew a 3-0 lead (twice) 😂😂
Once
@@notoriouseagle1074 Once in the series and again in game 7 lol.
Love the civ3 music
I think Montreal should’ve been in the one man show part. We had 0 business making it past Toronto and Price dragged our corpse to the finals.
Price didn’t drag us there. Sure, he stole some games, but so did Vlasilefsky. In fact Tampa got completely outplayed by Montreal in game 2 and Vlasilefsky stole it. Price was a big part of that run but so were Weber, Petry, Chairot, Edmundson, Danault, Perry, Suzuki, Taffoli and Caufield.
meh, the really only the Toronto series. The Winnipeg series was a one sided massacre on all levels and the Vegas series was real close overall. But yeah Toronto was a giant fluke.
Fantastic
Im gonna be honest. The Panthers this past year always reminded me of the Sharks of 2014 and 16. In 2014, the Sharks look to be dominant cup contenders, even going up 3-0, only for ... that... to happen.
In 2016 they're moreso an afterthought, and make a great run to the cup
Where they run into the Buzzsaws of (In pinholes graham's opinion) the best of the 3 penguins teams.
In 2022, the Panthers were supposed to be contenders, but slipped and fell on a banana peel conviniently placed by tampa. One year later, they make the craziest run to the cup. Causing meltdowns in Boston, general sadness in toronto, and nothing in carolina, which was destroyed by a nuke.
Only to crap themselves in the finals.
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22:34 Oof… that aged poorly
It's aggravating that the team who has to be among the least rootable as an underdog (Montreal) has had this uncanny ability to win as underdogs for decades.
Where do you get these stats? It'll be interesting to see in the next playoffs to follow the stats and kinda guess the winner.
naturalstattrick.com
Gracias
2012 devils would've been their best run ever. Beating 2 bitter rivals in the semi and conference finals, lead by 40 year old Brodeur to cap off his career with a 4th cup and 1st conn smythe? It would have been amazing. It's a shame it didn't go down that way.
Fluke run.
@@llllllll153 nope
@@WhyAreYouRunning356 it kinda was so🤷🏻♂️
Are you butthurt over a team who didn't even win the cup? Did you watch the video? They out played every team except the Kings. If it were a fluke, the stats would suggest otherwise
@@WhyAreYouRunning356 exactly my point in another comment as well. Numbers isn’t everything, u watch the games or if u were atleast there to watch the playoffs tht year, you’d see they didn’t actually out play anyone. Alot of stats give false narratives of teams. Clearly u weren’t there to actually see what should and shouldn’t of happened…..
Can’t wait to relive the Bruins losses that I will never get over 😒
Must be hard having the best team in the league
Poor Boston fan always having a good team, you should cry about it some more
Yes and in that universe… the Predators won the Stanley Cup against Boston being down 3-1 and winning Game 7 at home.
uhhhhh……
😔I was the Bruins😔(NHL 94 rewind)
Would love to know where the 2023 Florida Panthers land on this list.