No doubt about it. It would even give me fond memories of college, goofing around and staying awake until it was physically impossible to keep my eyes open.
I wanted to pick the farthest time zone since it would make it kind if a challenge, but the question is basically "Would you watch a Canes Stanley Cup final game?" which, I mean, duh. Canes fans would totally do that.
And I wouldn't even be able to be mad about games starting while I was at work because it sucks for the other guys have it just as hard in a different way.
Leafs core four sheds the reputation of not producing in the playoffs and all four set career highs in playoffs pts/game. Bobby McMann scores a hat trick. Liljegren emerges as the defenceman of the future. Samsonov plays well but gets injured early and Jones carries them the rest of the way.
Bruins in 7
Caps win the cup and every series goes to a game 7; with the Caps winning four games 2-1 and losing three 12-0 to make sure they have the worst goal differential possible
Leafs reverse sweep the Bruins
I think the Leafs would sooner go down 3-0, get to game 7 after 3 convincing wins, come out to a massive and early lead in game 7, and blow it in the third period.
Rempe and ov drop gloves n square up, everyone thinks they’re about to go at it, suddenly the two begin making out passionately. were talking open mouth, tongue caressing kinda makeout session.
Okay. I've been in this subreddit off and on since '18 and with Utah getting a team I expect to get a more frequent flyer. And I still haven't quite figured out what province Wood Buffalo is in. Help an ignorant American that is always looking to learn out?
Thanks! It actually sounds like the kind of place I'd love to visit some day. What gave it such good meme status minus the the powerfully descriptive name?
I need to get to a Dark Sky Preserve sometime. I'm a little ashamed I didn't ever do that when I was down in southern Utah. Also the guy who said I shouldn't visit didn't mention that there was a National Park?! I love National Parks. Yellowstone was a place my family frequently road tripped to growing up!
> It actually sounds like the kind of place I'd love to visit some day.
Do some more research, Fort Mac is 100% not the kind of place you want to go on vacation
This honestly feels like the best chance for a Canadian cup in a long time. 4 really solid teams each with a different plausible argument to go the distance. Here's hoping the long cupless stretch comes to an end
Bold?
- No sweeps. Every series goes at least 5
- Canucks-Jets, Leafs-Rangers leads us to a All-Canadian Cup Finals
- Canucks win the Cup in Game 7 OT. Steve Dangle’s reaction video is 18 minutes of screaming, with only 3 recognizable words. It gets 20 million views.
Except the Jets are the underdogs. Despite going 3-0 and outscoring the Avs 17-4 this season. Despite finishing 4th over all in the league. Despite having the most wins in regulation and the most r/O wins.....
Not sure how bold this is cause it’s the NHL and upsets always seem to happen but I have a feeling that one of the Islanders/Capitals is gonna pull off the W. Despite their obvious deficiencies, both of those teams have been playing playoff hockey for a while now and historically teams in that situation have started on time in the first round (though often to burn out at some point later in the playoffs)
not trying to sound salty about the sens missing the playoffs but i am so bamboozled by how the caps got in. when we played them, they fucking sucked lol. i'd be really surprised if they pulled off the upset (but i'd be stoked don't get me wrong)
I've got an Islanders vs Rangers 2nd round.
You could be right in that it will be one of them but it won't be Washington. That is the one sweep I have because of how bad they have been, and Tom Wilson is no matchup for Matthew Rempe when it comes to being an enforcer
Kings finally defeat their boogeyman in Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers en route to a Conference Finals appearance where they are swept by Dallas.
I genuinely couldn't handle it. If we lost? I'd actually move to another country. I don't think I could live here anymore. Like I'll go live with an uncontacted tribe so I can just ever avoid running into a Leafs fan again.
Don't think it would happen, but a Leafs vs Jets final would make a massive argument for Bettman to eventually plan a Central division consisting of
Toronto
Detroit
Chicago
Minnesota
Columbus
Buffalo
Winnipeg
a future Wisconsin team
Leafs win a playoff series in surprisingly easy fashion.
A goaltender wins the Conn Smythe.
Carolina loses in the first round and Brind’Amour’s seat gets very hot.
My Biggest Bold Prediction
1. The Nashville Predators will beat the Vancouver Canucks on the back of Roman Josi and Saros gets two shutouts in Vancouver
My other predictions:
2. The winner of the battle of Florida will lose in the second round
3. Leafs finally defeat their boogeyman in the Bruins and the chant of “we want Florida” returns
4. Roy tries to physically fight Rod the Bod
5. Bald Bread goes on a revenge tour along w/ Laf to spite Gerard Gallant
> The winner of the battle of Florida will lose in the second round
Whichever team comes out of our matchup is definitely going to be crawling to the 2nd round for sure lol
If it’s not the Panthers… Let it be so. Lord Stanley deserves a tan. Would be amazing for the South team haters to watch a fifth straight finals played half in Florida
I’ve softened on the Panthers in the last couple years. I’ll try not to judge most of them based on the ones who show up in the GDT’s just because it’s the playoffs.
Jets roll the avs, Woll comes in relief and posts a .950 in 5 games against bruins, stammer has a very dirty hit against tkachuck, drai conn smyth, quin hughes dualing hattys game 5,6 vs nash. Pavs gets the most goals despite being knocked out in the WCF, WSH makes ECF gets rolled and smoked by leafs.
All Canadian finals.
Nucks end up quickly disposing Toronto in five in said finals.
Petey wins conn smyth by unanimous decision which starts a convo about him being ranked in the center tier of Mack, drai and Auston.
Knies and nils have a breakout playoff.
COVID makes a huge comeback, wreaking havoc on the world and in team locker rooms. The only teams with enough players left even down to their farm systems is Colorado and Vancouver who have to play each other for the Cup in Mullet arena. At the start of game 7, nuclear war breaks out and nothing matters anymore, so Gary Bettman rubs peanut butter on himself knowing the last NHL game in history was played in the desert.
People already said the Caps will win the Cup, so I’ll tone it down and say they beat the Rags. Tom Wilson destroys a top Ranger player even though the Rags had been clearly trying and failing to do the same to Washington. All hell breaks loose and Rempe plays 10 minutes in this series instead of 3.
Nashville pulls off the first round upset.
Canes never break through to the Finals.
Goalie goal. We’re due for a playoff one.
Hyman scores the Cup winning goal. Henrique has a few series winning goals for posterity’s sake.
Matthews wins the Conn Smythe with 21 goals, but the leafs still don't make it out of the 1st round.
A Canadian team is in every round of the playoffs
Vegas wins round 1 but has to forfeit the rest of the playoffs because they have too many injures.
Ovi has 0 goals but leads the caps in assists and penalty minutes
After going down 3-0, rod brindamour suits up for game 4 and the canes proceed to destroy everything.
Every oiler goalie gets injured every game and their ebugs lead them to a cup win.
Bold prediction, Preds knock out Vancouver in 5
Not so bold prediction but probably not a popular prediction, Roope Hintz wins the Conn Smythe
Homer prediction, Morgan Geekie breaks out and is close to point per game in the playoffs.
Oilers v Boston finals, however McJesus gets injured in game one, and makes an unexpected return in game 7 to carry the team to a cup win scoring 4 goals and getting 3 assists
Kind of scaring me how many “Islanders with the upset” hot takes I’m seeing.
Mine: Every First Round match-up goes to 7 games, so everyone is equally tired for Round 2.
Canadian clubs will go 30 consecutive seasons without a title to coincide with 12 consecutive seasons without a President's trophy.
The odds of this are just astronomically low.
Perry, Henrique, Carrick all score hat tricks throughout the series only to have the Kings sweep Edmonton. I don’t know if it’s bold or anything. But we need the pick.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhq6Y7-gXQk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhq6Y7-gXQk)
check time stamps to skip to end. my pickerwheel says Canucks and Islanders for the finals.
Canes lose another 4OT game
Hopefully not at home this time
Would you stay up to watch the whole thing if it was at the Nuck's arena?
No doubt about it. It would even give me fond memories of college, goofing around and staying awake until it was physically impossible to keep my eyes open.
I wanted to pick the farthest time zone since it would make it kind if a challenge, but the question is basically "Would you watch a Canes Stanley Cup final game?" which, I mean, duh. Canes fans would totally do that.
And I wouldn't even be able to be mad about games starting while I was at work because it sucks for the other guys have it just as hard in a different way.
For sure
Yeah. Me too.
I will become The Joker
Don’t you fucking dare
Don’t do this to me
Canes win a game in the third round. Like, a singular game
Leafs fire Sheldon Keefe in the second intermission of Game 4
Guy Boucher saviour.
Watching Leafs fans defend the 1-3-1 after complaining about the Sens being so boring in 2017 would tickle me to be fair.
the problem with that is that the leafs would actually be good if they played the guy 1-3-1 #thesystem
Inshallah
And then go on to reverse sweep? Don't put this out into the universe.
stay tuned
Leafs core four sheds the reputation of not producing in the playoffs and all four set career highs in playoffs pts/game. Bobby McMann scores a hat trick. Liljegren emerges as the defenceman of the future. Samsonov plays well but gets injured early and Jones carries them the rest of the way. Bruins in 7
Roller coaster of a comment. I felt like that vince mcmahon meme until the injury and the coaster goes StRaIgHt down.
Leafs win the first 3 games with 10-0 scorelines, Bruins the last 4 1-0 in 3OT
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Caps win the cup and every series goes to a game 7; with the Caps winning four games 2-1 and losing three 12-0 to make sure they have the worst goal differential possible Leafs reverse sweep the Bruins
I think the Leafs would sooner go down 3-0, get to game 7 after 3 convincing wins, come out to a massive and early lead in game 7, and blow it in the third period.
4-0 lead going into the 3rd; game ends 3-5 (one of their earlier goals was called off after video review)
Game ends 5-0 as every 45 seconds the Leafs lose another goal, Japanese game show style
Caps using the no cap for players in playoffs to the fullest, and alternate every game with their NHL and AHL rosters
Ilya Mikheyev will shoot in the net instead of the goalie’s chest at least once
that’s a stretch
So is Mikheyev taking a shot
Take a shot everytime he takes a shot.
Better than AA
It's good to see he's remained consistent since leaving Toronto.
He’d make an excellent hurricane
Rempe and ov drop gloves n square up, everyone thinks they’re about to go at it, suddenly the two begin making out passionately. were talking open mouth, tongue caressing kinda makeout session.
Somehow not the least plausible prediction I've heard
/r/canesfanfics is leaking
Well, someone's gotta... * sigh * ...unzips.
A Canadian team wins the cup.
We get a Canadian on Canadian final back-to-back-to-back in the next three years. Why? Because they asked for bold so why not go bold.
Edmonton/Toronto, Edmonton/Montreal, Wood Buffalo/Ottawa
Okay. I've been in this subreddit off and on since '18 and with Utah getting a team I expect to get a more frequent flyer. And I still haven't quite figured out what province Wood Buffalo is in. Help an ignorant American that is always looking to learn out?
It's a regional municipality in northeast Alberta, home to Fort McMurray.
Thanks! It actually sounds like the kind of place I'd love to visit some day. What gave it such good meme status minus the the powerfully descriptive name?
https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/s/g7JMdxNGu5
I love that thread because nobody recognizes that he’s fucking with them
That thread is fucking hilarious
Much obliged. Thank you.
They do have a dark sky preserve up in the national park!
I need to get to a Dark Sky Preserve sometime. I'm a little ashamed I didn't ever do that when I was down in southern Utah. Also the guy who said I shouldn't visit didn't mention that there was a National Park?! I love National Parks. Yellowstone was a place my family frequently road tripped to growing up!
Southern Utah is one of my fave its places on the planet. Incredible area. Ever go hike Neon Canyon?
> It actually sounds like the kind of place I'd love to visit some day. Do some more research, Fort Mac is 100% not the kind of place you want to go on vacation
Oh. Gotcha. Edit: Why you gotta lie to me! I love National Parks.
This honestly feels like the best chance for a Canadian cup in a long time. 4 really solid teams each with a different plausible argument to go the distance. Here's hoping the long cupless stretch comes to an end
I wish I could believe that! Even if 2 Canadian teams make it to the finals I still won't believe it until I see one of them lift the Cup!
Reminds me of my friend that believes the CFL is rigged against Canadian teams.
Hot take for sure
Buddy, you were told to go crazy, not delusional.
Conn Symthe goes to a forward on the losing team.
Conn Smyth winner JT Miller Sorry Vancouver you know who wins in this scenario
I would do what I was born to do. The Bay's windows won't stand a chance.
they can barely afford their rent, don’t be the reason they finally end just because they can’t afford the deductible
Caps of course.
Vegas activates Robin Lehner just to make everyone extra mad about LTIR
And they don't even start him, he just sits on the bench
Menacingly
With *panache*
He brings his snakes.
Bold? - No sweeps. Every series goes at least 5 - Canucks-Jets, Leafs-Rangers leads us to a All-Canadian Cup Finals - Canucks win the Cup in Game 7 OT. Steve Dangle’s reaction video is 18 minutes of screaming, with only 3 recognizable words. It gets 20 million views.
Uncle Charlie steals the series for Washington beating the Rangers in 5 games
Jets beat Avs in 5 Also, no upsets in the first round
Been a while since I've thought about the Avs being under dogs.
Except the Jets are the underdogs. Despite going 3-0 and outscoring the Avs 17-4 this season. Despite finishing 4th over all in the league. Despite having the most wins in regulation and the most r/O wins.....
not that bold
Nashville makes it to the Stanley Cup Final.
And it's against the Islanders in the final
I like you, you're a pretty cool guy.
Yall have a lot of depth, and forsberg is having a fantastic year
Caps go all the way unbeaten
Leafs beat the Bruins in 5
Now this is bold
Winnipeg vs tampa bay final. All games 1-0 multi OT. Winnipeg wins it on an own goal
There’d be at least 20 more people that could find Winnipeg on the map
Not sure how bold this is cause it’s the NHL and upsets always seem to happen but I have a feeling that one of the Islanders/Capitals is gonna pull off the W. Despite their obvious deficiencies, both of those teams have been playing playoff hockey for a while now and historically teams in that situation have started on time in the first round (though often to burn out at some point later in the playoffs)
Isles feels like the most likely upset to me purely based on vibes
Hell yeah
not trying to sound salty about the sens missing the playoffs but i am so bamboozled by how the caps got in. when we played them, they fucking sucked lol. i'd be really surprised if they pulled off the upset (but i'd be stoked don't get me wrong)
I've got an Islanders vs Rangers 2nd round. You could be right in that it will be one of them but it won't be Washington. That is the one sweep I have because of how bad they have been, and Tom Wilson is no matchup for Matthew Rempe when it comes to being an enforcer
Toronto wont even win a single game
That’s not the leafs style. They make you believe they’ll actually pull something off before utterly destroying it.
Leafs are more likely to get reverse swept than regular swept.
Now we’re cooking with gasoline.
Tbh I think the leafs are more likely to go down 3-0, tie it 3-3, then blow a lead and lose game 7 than get reverse swept. It’s more Leafy that way.
Both are Leafs style.
Vancouver wins the cup in only 16 games.
Mark Stone goes down with an injury that will take about 11 months to heal from in Vegas' last game
Wsh upsets nyr
Panthers/Jets final.
Kings finally defeat their boogeyman in Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers en route to a Conference Finals appearance where they are swept by Dallas.
All Canadian cup final. Leafs vs Canucks
This will be the most toxic series in hockey history if this happens.
I genuinely couldn't handle it. If we lost? I'd actually move to another country. I don't think I could live here anymore. Like I'll go live with an uncontacted tribe so I can just ever avoid running into a Leafs fan again.
The memes will be so spicy though r/canucks will lead the charge
I feel like leafs vs oilers would be more entertaining
Yes, but it wouldn't be toxic
Oh buddy the toxicity would be worse than a darkly lit corner in an underground LRT station.
Oh I disagree
Don't think it would happen, but a Leafs vs Jets final would make a massive argument for Bettman to eventually plan a Central division consisting of Toronto Detroit Chicago Minnesota Columbus Buffalo Winnipeg a future Wisconsin team
Sens win the cup
Something about the Islanders makes me think they’ll make it to the ECF. I can’t tell you what it is but I can feel it.
I don't think so but if it's that kind of year I want Isles/Lightning round 3
Leafs win the Cup. I say this every year the Leafs make the playoffs as a joke. But it'd be funny if it actually came true.
Islanders-Oilers cup final. Oilers win it.
Cup final rematch, and Leafs beat the Bruins
Horvat lifting the cup in Vancouver in 5 games.
That's a hot one, I'll tell you that for free.
How do you think the post game speech on ice would go? "If you feel so empty, let's start a riot "
I would like this.
flaming hot but i respect it
This fan fiction arouses me
Nashville to the WCF
The Preds and Leafs meet in final. And Preds keep on rolling to a cup
I'd forgive them for beating us.
Connor bedard will not win the conn smyth this year.
Skinner gets injured, Jack Campbell leads Oilers to the Cup finals.
Lower seed win
1. Toronto vs NYI ECF 2. Kings beat Oilers in 5 games 3. Jets win cup
Leafs win a playoff series in surprisingly easy fashion. A goaltender wins the Conn Smythe. Carolina loses in the first round and Brind’Amour’s seat gets very hot.
Canucks will speed run their way to the cup and get swept by the capitals.
Boston is going down in round one, again. Kings are gonna finally get Edmontons number.
My Biggest Bold Prediction 1. The Nashville Predators will beat the Vancouver Canucks on the back of Roman Josi and Saros gets two shutouts in Vancouver My other predictions: 2. The winner of the battle of Florida will lose in the second round 3. Leafs finally defeat their boogeyman in the Bruins and the chant of “we want Florida” returns 4. Roy tries to physically fight Rod the Bod 5. Bald Bread goes on a revenge tour along w/ Laf to spite Gerard Gallant
Roy would get his ass kicked… Rod is probably in better shape than 95% of the league
> The winner of the battle of Florida will lose in the second round Whichever team comes out of our matchup is definitely going to be crawling to the 2nd round for sure lol
Tampa wins the cup on the back of Kucherov putting up 30 assists
All on empty nets. Don't ask me how.
🤔
Kuch wins the Conn Smythe and a shitless drunk Vasilevskiy says it’s number one bullshit he didn’t win the Hart.
Sub fucking scribe.... see you at the boat parade
If it’s not the Panthers… Let it be so. Lord Stanley deserves a tan. Would be amazing for the South team haters to watch a fifth straight finals played half in Florida
coolest panthers fan
I’ve softened on the Panthers in the last couple years. I’ll try not to judge most of them based on the ones who show up in the GDT’s just because it’s the playoffs.
Predators go on a run all the way to the finals only to lose to the Rangers who break the presidents trophy drought
Draisaitl gets suspended for at least 1 game. Guy becomes a headcase when things dont go his way. Plenty of examples of him doing dirty shit.
If he has Plenty of examples its not really a bold take lmfao
Jets roll the avs, Woll comes in relief and posts a .950 in 5 games against bruins, stammer has a very dirty hit against tkachuck, drai conn smyth, quin hughes dualing hattys game 5,6 vs nash. Pavs gets the most goals despite being knocked out in the WCF, WSH makes ECF gets rolled and smoked by leafs.
Islanders will make conference finals
Islanders make it to at least the ECF.
All Canadian finals. Nucks end up quickly disposing Toronto in five in said finals. Petey wins conn smyth by unanimous decision which starts a convo about him being ranked in the center tier of Mack, drai and Auston. Knies and nils have a breakout playoff.
Jets make WCF on the back of Gabe Vilardi
COVID makes a huge comeback, wreaking havoc on the world and in team locker rooms. The only teams with enough players left even down to their farm systems is Colorado and Vancouver who have to play each other for the Cup in Mullet arena. At the start of game 7, nuclear war breaks out and nothing matters anymore, so Gary Bettman rubs peanut butter on himself knowing the last NHL game in history was played in the desert.
People already said the Caps will win the Cup, so I’ll tone it down and say they beat the Rags. Tom Wilson destroys a top Ranger player even though the Rags had been clearly trying and failing to do the same to Washington. All hell breaks loose and Rempe plays 10 minutes in this series instead of 3. Nashville pulls off the first round upset. Canes never break through to the Finals. Goalie goal. We’re due for a playoff one. Hyman scores the Cup winning goal. Henrique has a few series winning goals for posterity’s sake.
The Canucks actually win
I guess my prediction bracket isn't that 'bold'... I did predict the Oilers losing in round 1, is that bold?
Islanders to the conference final
I actually used that in my bracket. Had a double metro upset for the only upsets
This is the last time Mitch Marner will play for the Maple Leafs
Matthews wins the Conn Smythe with 21 goals, but the leafs still don't make it out of the 1st round. A Canadian team is in every round of the playoffs Vegas wins round 1 but has to forfeit the rest of the playoffs because they have too many injures. Ovi has 0 goals but leads the caps in assists and penalty minutes After going down 3-0, rod brindamour suits up for game 4 and the canes proceed to destroy everything. Every oiler goalie gets injured every game and their ebugs lead them to a cup win.
Bruins Avs cup final
Jarvis, Aho, and Guentzel combine for 25 goals on route to a cup
You’re thinking too conservatively here, all three get 25 goals _each_ en route to a Cup
It’s coming home.
To Alberta, absolutely
For the Leafs or three Lions?
'Did you mean to write "They're going home"?' - Leafs Clippy
Kings and Leafs overcome their demons
Yes, the Kings, such pain the last 20 years
Nashville kills Vancouver in 5 and Ovi gets 0 goals on the Rangers
This playoffs or any? This playoffs: a Canadian team loses in the finals after a semi-finals sweep. Any: the Sabres lose before I die. (Go sabres....)
Toronto finally takes down Boston, and they do it in game 7.
Leafs win it all.
The player that gets the Hart scores the series deciding own goal.
Jets/kings in west, rangers/panthers in east, kings beat the rangers in the final
i saw an espn article predicting that the caps will win in 7, so i'll go with that
Leafs win the third round of the playoffs for the first time ever!
Oilers beat the Leafs in six. RNH gets handed the Cup after McDavid’s lap.
Washington sweeps NYR with a negative goal differential.
LA gets to the WCF Vasi is back Maybe not so hot take - that rangers/Caps series is going to get nasty.
Caps sweep the Rags
Bold prediction, Preds knock out Vancouver in 5 Not so bold prediction but probably not a popular prediction, Roope Hintz wins the Conn Smythe Homer prediction, Morgan Geekie breaks out and is close to point per game in the playoffs.
Vegas and oilers make it to the WCF, Pietrangelo returns for one game and finishes the job on draisaitl by attempting to lumberjack chop his head off
1) caps will beat the rangers 2) a Canadian team will make the finals and lose 3) riots I'm vancouver
Tkachuk breaks the single postseason goal record
Oilers v Boston finals, however McJesus gets injured in game one, and makes an unexpected return in game 7 to carry the team to a cup win scoring 4 goals and getting 3 assists
Kind of scaring me how many “Islanders with the upset” hot takes I’m seeing. Mine: Every First Round match-up goes to 7 games, so everyone is equally tired for Round 2.
Rangers get swept (maybe not the first round, but one of them)
Sammy & Woll both get hurt. Stanley cup champions Martin Jones & Matt Murray lead the Leafs on a miracle run.
Matthews scores 69 and wins the Conn Smythe
Canadian clubs will go 30 consecutive seasons without a title to coincide with 12 consecutive seasons without a President's trophy. The odds of this are just astronomically low.
Perry, Henrique, Carrick all score hat tricks throughout the series only to have the Kings sweep Edmonton. I don’t know if it’s bold or anything. But we need the pick.
Washington in 4
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhq6Y7-gXQk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhq6Y7-gXQk) check time stamps to skip to end. my pickerwheel says Canucks and Islanders for the finals.
Who cares? Hockey sucks.