The NHL season is now officially over. The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals 4-1. Congrats to them… I guess.
The Lightning have won their 3rd Stanley Cup in their 29th season of existence; not too shabby. Tampa Bay doesn’t really bother me; the Blackhawks handed them their only loss in the Stanley Cup Finals back in 2015, which was also the last year a team won on their home ice. However, now that the Lightning has struck twice, and has repeated, now… I have a problem with them.
Besides the fact that their Cup winning frequency is too high, the fact that they repeated, which is something the Blackhawks never did during their “dynasty”, pisses me off. I guess it pisses me off that the Hawks never repeated; damn 2014 Western Conference Finals… If we could have dug all the way out of that hole and pulled Game 7, we would have taken the Cup no problem. A repeat championship would have put a nice bow on the dynasty. Not saying 3 Cups in 6 years ISN’T a dynasty, but I’m just saying…
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I guess I should be enjoying greatness, instead of hating on it. Why do I always have to compare other teams’ accomplishments to the accomplishments of my teams? Can’t I just enjoy history like any other normal person? Short answer is no. I mean, this repeat is a little shady, no? With the COVID Cup last year being the first of the duo… But hey, it’s not Tampa Bay’s fault, just like it isn’t a pitcher’s fault if they throw a no hitter in an MLB dictated 7 inning double header game. The Lightning just abided by the rules of the NHL playoffs that year, and did it better than anybody, so nah… I was trying, but can’t really knock that. I guess they can be classified as a repeat champ without an asterisk… haha.
I did finally tune in to the last 5 minutes of Game 5. Seeing the Lightning up by a goal, on the verge of winning the Cup on their home ice, I figured it would be cool to watch, and show my son. It was OK… don’t really get any enjoyment from watching another team celebrate, but it IS part of history, whether I like it or not. Chicago teams can’t win titles in every sport every year after all… that would be nice, but… hey, I’ll just settle for the next one, soon, as long as it isn’t the Sox… haha.
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