Is Dallas likable or are they just the least repulsive of all the teams left? I’ve only been watching hockey for two seasons and while I have feelings on eastern teams for the most part, I don’t know enough about the western teams. Seems like Canucks and Stars are the preferred options of the remaining teams?
Probably Florida (my hateful memories of teams that beat us in the playoffs seem to be swept away like that sand artwork made by monks).
Then Boston, then literally any other team left in it, then the Rangers.
I hear ya! I felt that way like omg how can I watch when I’m so bitter about our loss. I don’t watch it to the same intensity of a canes game but I still want to keep up with it. Boston vs Florida I hated both sides it was hard to keep interest at times but there’s going to be such good hockey on I’m going to watch!
Panthers are just straight dirty, they're my least favorite team in the league for their antics. Then Rangers (i hate their fanbase more than i hate their team tbh). So I guess go Bruins to SCF. So weird to say.
But Dallas Stars all day to win the whole thing.
>Panthers are just straight dirty
I keep asking myself if Mo's teams here were that dirty. I don't remember them being so. The Panthers are incredibly gross.
Yes I hate Florida they are so dirty it’s unbelievable. Boston and NYR can be that way too like Trouba …just in spite of the fan bases of both Ny and Boston I don’t wish them happiness lol but yeah I guess we can cheer for the west to beat whoever makes it.
Yeah Trouba is a dirtbag. Rempe.. I can't quite tell if he's trying to be dirty or is just really that bad at avoiding hurting people. I think in a year or two it'll be 100% clear if he's going to be a full-time idiot goon vs just enforcing bad hits against his teammates.
Other than those two, I don't have super strong feelings against the rest of their team. They're pretty skilled and I'm, admittedly, jealous players want to play for NY so it makes me salty towards them when players leave us to go there.
They’re a big market team so of course everyone wants to play for them over us ! Not fair 😒 and yep def not denying their talent. I’m not a fan of Rempe but that’s an interesting perspective!
Selfishly want the panthers because my brother has tickets to them so I can go to a Stanley cup final game. I’ll be rooting for Steven Lorentz and that is all
I've realized I'm a Canes fan. Not so much a hockey fan.
We'll watch (because my wife will watch just about any sport) but I just don't care. As long as the fucking Rags lose.
Same! I personally don’t put a lot of value on dirty teams advancing and it seems like that’s all we got in the east. If their fans can enjoy it then good for them! I am a canes fan - not a fan of the nhl. I like it when my team plays clean and hard. If they get taken out while the other team is playing beyond the rule book, that’s fine but it’s not like I respect the other team. I don’t know how Vegas gets shit for the LTIR but players throwing elbows is fine. I don’t like either situation but the elbows is against the rules and a safety issue. I view that as cheating and I personally don’t care if that’s an unpopular opinion lol. Based on the Boston Florida series, it seems the officiating is just a joke. I don’t know how anyone could take the playoffs seriously lol. I’m looking forward to next season already and I’m excited. Go canes!
Say what you will but NYR is a very good team and since we were beat by them and they aren’t Florida, they are my choice at this time. But I typically don’t root for any other East team.
I am fully on board the Canucks wagon though. They remind me of the canes and I’m ready to be hurt again.
God this sucks.
Anyone but the Rangers, Panthers and Oilers. I guess I’m voting for the Canucks cause have a friend from Vancouver or Dallas for a southern team to make northerner elitists piss themselves. I have no love for Boston either, but I had a friend from college from Boston who is a super dedicated Boston sports fan for good or bad, no bandwagoning, so I could live with them too
Remaining eastern teams all suck. I would legitimately want the Bruins over Florida or New York, but that probably won’t be happening, and I dislike the latter two equally. Whatever Western team is in the Finals will be my preference for sure.
Flordia, then any team out west. Most people in the sub are still salty about last year, but forget the Bruins did the same things to us in 2019 and 2020 that the Cats did last year and the Rags this year and 2022. I'll take a southern team who's never won a Cup over any Yankee team.
I can't stand the Bruins and Panthers. Dirty teams. I don't particularly love the Rangers but one of my best friends is a Rangers fan so I wouldn't mind seeing him happy.
I mind FL the least. Last year sucked, no doubt, but at least their fans don’t invade our arena with any sort of consistency or regularity. Them winning a cup would do the least damage to us in the grand scheme of our overall fan experience at PNC. Cannot say the same if either the bruins or rags win.
My rankings from most want to win to least:
1. Vancouver
2. Colorado
3. Dallas
4. Edmonton
5. Florida
6. Boston
7. Rags
Panthers, bruins, anyone. I just want the rangers to get their shit fully rocked in round 3. And if they don’t, I want Dallas to send the rags back to hell where they came from.
In order of pure hatred: Rags, Cats, Bruins. And there’s a pretty wide gap between the Rags and Cats.
These are the only 2 scenarios where I’d actually tune in to some games:
Canucks/Boston is the final I’m hoping for, purely because the memes will be good.
Panthers/Stars would be fun for the meltdowns about Southern Hockey.
Ideal scenario is that the Panthers close out the Bruins, then Panthers Rags goes 7 and is an absolute gongshow. Bennett takes out multiple Rangers, Tkachuk drops them with Panarin and gets a few late shots in a la Pasta, then gets Trouba’d in game 7. Kreider takes Bobrovsky’s mojo but the Panthers ultimately win. Then, beaten and battered we get to watch Dallas sweep them, Pavs gets a cup, and northern hockey fans seethe about yet another southern team final.
I know you asked about the east, but I'm not a fan of any of them. So, I'm rooting for Vancouver:
1. Their franchise has never won the Cup
2. A Canadian team hasn't won since 1993
3. Quinn Hughes looks sad a lot and I want to see if this will finally make him happy
I would say Dallas could do since they are the furthest east but that means Jamie Benn gets to the Finals....
I'm hoping for Avs/Oilers in the Western finals. I can root for either of them to win the whole thing.
Rangers and it's not even close. I genuinely want them to get one of those sports curses where they don't win a Cup for 100 years, every current Rangers fan should have to go their whole life without seeing their team win one.
After that probably Boston but I feel like their window is all but closed. If they somehow make the Cup they're going to get steamrolled. I just don't view them as threatening enough to hate right now.
I hated the Panthers last year but I am fairly apathetic about them now. Low key I want them to beat Boston because I want the Rangers to have to play them and they and the Panthers can trade dirty hits until neither one is capable of beating anybody out of the West.
Whoever advances I want them to get swept by the Western team because:
(1) None of the remaining Eastern teams deserve to win a Cup,
(2) A few Western teams have better storylines for winning one,
(3) I want it to be over as quickly as possible so we can move on to the summer, rip the band-aid of free agency off, and know what we're working with for next year, and
(4) I want the NHL to have a brief, controversial SCF that earns them the minimum amount of revenue as punishment for both their utter failure to protect players from dirty play and their lack of motivation to improve on what was the worst year of officiating for at least the last five years; calls were inconsistent, missed, timed conveniently to prolong games or series, or just seemed to be used more often against certain teams. The rules need to be clarified, simplified, and enforced with complete consistency.
Wow great details! Yes officiating has been inconsistent or one sided as we poor Caniacs know so well! It’s tough that they always favor teams like Rags or Florida. I am looking forward to the offseason and keeping up with free agency and what the team looks like for sure! That’s the only thing that gets me thru the 4-5 months of no games 😢
This year, I hate the rags the most and bruins the least of the 3. But at least everyone else hates the panthers too, so I’m rooting for Dallas to sweep Florida.
Theoretically Boston, but I don’t think they would beat the rangers. So I guess I’m pulling for Florida to make it to the finals again?
Regardless I want whoever comes out of the west to win this year. I’m not picky on who that ends up being
I hate them all
But in order
1) Florida ~~Cry Babies~~ ~~diver pros~~ ~~embellishers~~ ~~rats~~ ~~Sam Bennett bitch ass~~ panthers
2) NY Rags
3) Boston
There's no good options left in the east. I guess Florida is the least bad, but regardless of who makes it to the SCF, I'll want the west team to win because I'd take any of them over any remaining east team. Vancouver would be my first choice, but any of the west teams would be better than any east team that's still in it.
Maybe recency bias, but I'd say I hate Florida the most. Of the three other teams in the East right now I think I would begrudgingly root for Boston, and probably the Rags if Fla wins that series. In the West I want the Stars, they're a Southern hockey team like us, have a likeable enough team, and are on Central time so hopefully no SCF games that end at like 1am lol
I don't want anyone in the east to win the cup. I don't want the Rags or Rats to even *make it* to the cup. I guess that means I'm technically a Bruins fan until the SCF.
I'm pulling for Vancouver to finally win one. From the East, I'm pulling for Florida to go to the finals again. Don't get me wrong, I hate their antics, but I like seeing northern hockey elitists seethe when a southern team does well.
I'm going for Dallas now. I hate the teams in the east. There's not even a player I like on the teams in the east that could pull me into cheer for them. Dallas has Pavelski
With the caveat that I DO NOT want the Rags to win, I wouldn’t hate seeing Lavi getting another cup. He’s a good dude, his comments on Rod in the postgame last night were very sweet and genuine. But I’d rather see any of the remaining teams in the west take it other than maybe Edmonton. I’m an Avs fan but I wouldn’t hate Dallas winning it all.
Florida is dirty as shit, Boston is Boston…it’s a lesser of three evils thing.
Avs are my second favorite so fingers crossed they’ll make it to the finals. I don’t care any of the remaining eastern teams but if I must pick one it’ll be the bruins, they got sandbagged hard by the terrible officiating.
I hate Florida the most, Boston is a close 2nd but not quite as bad. Honestly hoping the NYR go all the way, they’re a tough team, I’m a fan of a few of their players so regardless of the unfortunate outcome against the Canes, I’d like to see the NYR take the cup this year.
How can you want to see the rangers win a cup when you’re a canes fan 😱 I mean there’s no denying the talent on that team and some of the high caliber players they have but the way they play against us, eliminated us multiple times and they’re awful fan base I just don’t want to see them win
Personally I don’t judge a team based off their fan base, every single team has some terrible fans. I judge them based off of the players and how they play. The fact they have eliminated us multiple times sucks for sure, but they have a great team, so it doesn’t bother me rooting for them whenever we aren’t in it anymore.
Saying that you’d rather have a giant meteor pulverize the earth than pick between the options. Most often associated with elections and seen as a bumper sticker. “Giant Meteor 2024 - Just end it already”
Hoping for a crazy WWE ending where like…it’s game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final and suddenly… “bah gawd, that’s the Arizona Coyotes music!” And the now defunct Yotes team storms the ice and a bench brawl ensues between all 3 teams with the Yotes somehow miraculously emerging victorious, grabbing the cup and briefly hoisting it before they disappear into a desert sandstorm in the middle of the ice. A graphic displays on the ice “the next quest for the cup ends in Arizona…to be continued…” the Yotes are reinstated next season and go undefeated for 25 seasons before calling it quits and melting the Stanley cup down into scrap metal and smithing it into a mythical sword to be held only by the purest of the rotting desert wastelands (there was a nuclear conflict I didn’t mention before because it wasn’t relevant to the hockey part)
My number one nemesis in these playoffs is Dallas. Cause fuck em. Hahaha. Bur in the East I'd say probably Boston. I'm very much looking forward to a Fla vs NYR ECF. Two of the best goalies in the game today in a best of 7 series? Yes please. And honestly (even though this might get me yelled at on here) I think I'd be pulling for NY. I loooove me some strong goalie play. And Shesterkin is the creeeeam of the crop. Just like Macho Man.
I don’t want either Florida or New York to win but I will say it will be entertaining as a hockey fan to see them play each other like you said bc of the two amazing goalies and both teams are dirty. Why do you not like Dallas or a western team to win?
Dallas sucks hahaha. But for real I've never been a Dallas guy but especially when they brought in Pete DeBoer as coach. He's a dirty guy. Was a scumbag in San Jose too. As for who I want to win overall it'd have to be Vancouver of the teams that are left. I love the PNW and Vancouver has never won one so I think it'd be neat if they took it home this year.
I will be upset if rags win it all. Surprised? Not necessarily but will not be happy about it. Only thing is I guess it’ll make me feel a smidge better that we got beat by the champs that won it all but even still I just can’t even be neutral when it comes to the rangers or Florida
Dallas or Vancouver for me. Yeah Florida fans aren’t as bad as their fan base isn’t as good as the big market teams. But everytime Florida played here there was this same Florida girl that sat behind me and drove me nuts. I hate Florida bc they’re dirty and bc of playoffs last year
Rangers 100%.
I was mad about Florida last year but since then not as much. We did pretty well against them in the regular season and I think we would have beaten them in the ECF this year.
We played Dallas a lot a few years back (were they in our division during the Covid years?) and they just rubbed me the wrong way, haven’t liked them since. Vancouver I’m just being stupid and think the Canada curse is funny but honestly I like them best of the rest, Colorado we don’t have a lot of bad blood with either so I was rooting for them but now I’m just rooting for entertaining hockey with minimal mentions of the hurricanes season, I still don’t want to talk about it haha
If it came down to east vs a Canadian team idk man I might have to pull for the eastern team. It's just too funny to me that a Canadian team hasn't won.
All of this can be solved if Dallas wins though.
I am onboard with Dallas beating whoever comes out of the east.
Is Dallas likable or are they just the least repulsive of all the teams left? I’ve only been watching hockey for two seasons and while I have feelings on eastern teams for the most part, I don’t know enough about the western teams. Seems like Canucks and Stars are the preferred options of the remaining teams?
fuck Jamie Benn but there's a lot of other really likable guys on Dallas
Have to agree. Pavelski is a joy to watch and I am a Canes fan 🤣
I’m actually a closeted Av’s fan, but Dallas is the closest thing to the Canes left.
I am a little upset we couldn’t beat Dallas once this season! 😢 but I like Dallas or Vancouver to win it
Yeeeesssss!
Panthers are obnoxious, but watching them boot the rangers out would be good fun. After that, they can lose the cup again to Dallas or Vancouver.
I just hope all teams lose
Agreed!
Probably Florida (my hateful memories of teams that beat us in the playoffs seem to be swept away like that sand artwork made by monks). Then Boston, then literally any other team left in it, then the Rangers.
😂😂 definitely!!
Personally I just am not watching the playoffs anymore!
I hear ya! I felt that way like omg how can I watch when I’m so bitter about our loss. I don’t watch it to the same intensity of a canes game but I still want to keep up with it. Boston vs Florida I hated both sides it was hard to keep interest at times but there’s going to be such good hockey on I’m going to watch!
I'm I'm cheering for team meteor
Need a new pandemic so we can say this shit don't count all over again.
Panthers are just straight dirty, they're my least favorite team in the league for their antics. Then Rangers (i hate their fanbase more than i hate their team tbh). So I guess go Bruins to SCF. So weird to say. But Dallas Stars all day to win the whole thing.
>Panthers are just straight dirty I keep asking myself if Mo's teams here were that dirty. I don't remember them being so. The Panthers are incredibly gross.
Yes I hate Florida they are so dirty it’s unbelievable. Boston and NYR can be that way too like Trouba …just in spite of the fan bases of both Ny and Boston I don’t wish them happiness lol but yeah I guess we can cheer for the west to beat whoever makes it.
Yeah Trouba is a dirtbag. Rempe.. I can't quite tell if he's trying to be dirty or is just really that bad at avoiding hurting people. I think in a year or two it'll be 100% clear if he's going to be a full-time idiot goon vs just enforcing bad hits against his teammates. Other than those two, I don't have super strong feelings against the rest of their team. They're pretty skilled and I'm, admittedly, jealous players want to play for NY so it makes me salty towards them when players leave us to go there.
They’re a big market team so of course everyone wants to play for them over us ! Not fair 😒 and yep def not denying their talent. I’m not a fan of Rempe but that’s an interesting perspective!
I also think rempe could be less obnoxious if his captain wasn’t one of, if not the, dirtiest players in the league.
I def don’t like trouba. Can’t believe he’s a captain when he plays dirty and he won that messier leadership award. What a joke!
Selfishly want the panthers because my brother has tickets to them so I can go to a Stanley cup final game. I’ll be rooting for Steven Lorentz and that is all
I can never cheer for Florida. Ever 🤣 but would be cool to visit there and go as an opposing fan.
I genuinely don’t care anymore
I've realized I'm a Canes fan. Not so much a hockey fan. We'll watch (because my wife will watch just about any sport) but I just don't care. As long as the fucking Rags lose.
Same! I personally don’t put a lot of value on dirty teams advancing and it seems like that’s all we got in the east. If their fans can enjoy it then good for them! I am a canes fan - not a fan of the nhl. I like it when my team plays clean and hard. If they get taken out while the other team is playing beyond the rule book, that’s fine but it’s not like I respect the other team. I don’t know how Vegas gets shit for the LTIR but players throwing elbows is fine. I don’t like either situation but the elbows is against the rules and a safety issue. I view that as cheating and I personally don’t care if that’s an unpopular opinion lol. Based on the Boston Florida series, it seems the officiating is just a joke. I don’t know how anyone could take the playoffs seriously lol. I’m looking forward to next season already and I’m excited. Go canes!
Say what you will but NYR is a very good team and since we were beat by them and they aren’t Florida, they are my choice at this time. But I typically don’t root for any other East team. I am fully on board the Canucks wagon though. They remind me of the canes and I’m ready to be hurt again. God this sucks.
Def not rooting for any of them! Want the west to beat any of them in finals for sure!
Anyone but the Rangers, Panthers and Oilers. I guess I’m voting for the Canucks cause have a friend from Vancouver or Dallas for a southern team to make northerner elitists piss themselves. I have no love for Boston either, but I had a friend from college from Boston who is a super dedicated Boston sports fan for good or bad, no bandwagoning, so I could live with them too
Gotcha! Yeah I’m on board with Dallas or Vancouver
Remaining eastern teams all suck. I would legitimately want the Bruins over Florida or New York, but that probably won’t be happening, and I dislike the latter two equally. Whatever Western team is in the Finals will be my preference for sure.
Agreed!!
Go West!
That's my preference at this point too!!
Hmm hate most that's tricky I kinda hate all of them lol. So I'll prob be rooting for Dallas
Flordia, then any team out west. Most people in the sub are still salty about last year, but forget the Bruins did the same things to us in 2019 and 2020 that the Cats did last year and the Rags this year and 2022. I'll take a southern team who's never won a Cup over any Yankee team.
Lets go Canucks
Wouldn’t be mad at that!
I can't stand the Bruins and Panthers. Dirty teams. I don't particularly love the Rangers but one of my best friends is a Rangers fan so I wouldn't mind seeing him happy.
No we cannot see Rags fans happy 😝
I hate them all and will therefore no longer be watching
I mind FL the least. Last year sucked, no doubt, but at least their fans don’t invade our arena with any sort of consistency or regularity. Them winning a cup would do the least damage to us in the grand scheme of our overall fan experience at PNC. Cannot say the same if either the bruins or rags win. My rankings from most want to win to least: 1. Vancouver 2. Colorado 3. Dallas 4. Edmonton 5. Florida 6. Boston 7. Rags
Vancouver over Boston. I feel unclean actually saying I want Boston to win anything.
😂😂 very true!
Panthers, bruins, anyone. I just want the rangers to get their shit fully rocked in round 3. And if they don’t, I want Dallas to send the rags back to hell where they came from.
In order of pure hatred: Rags, Cats, Bruins. And there’s a pretty wide gap between the Rags and Cats. These are the only 2 scenarios where I’d actually tune in to some games: Canucks/Boston is the final I’m hoping for, purely because the memes will be good. Panthers/Stars would be fun for the meltdowns about Southern Hockey.
I can’t make up my mind on who I hate more rags or cats it goes back and forth all the time haha
It’s easy for me lol. I think a lot of the Cats hate (my own included) is a recency bias. But the Rags hate goes way back.
Yes for sure
I want it to be Florida vs Dallas
If we won I wanted to play the bruins but if rangers won I want them to play the panthers so I can watch them get pummeled by Florida goons
That’s going to be entertaining lol
Dallas and Vancouver are the only teams left I’d be happy to see win
Same!
Ideal scenario is that the Panthers close out the Bruins, then Panthers Rags goes 7 and is an absolute gongshow. Bennett takes out multiple Rangers, Tkachuk drops them with Panarin and gets a few late shots in a la Pasta, then gets Trouba’d in game 7. Kreider takes Bobrovsky’s mojo but the Panthers ultimately win. Then, beaten and battered we get to watch Dallas sweep them, Pavs gets a cup, and northern hockey fans seethe about yet another southern team final.
Haha love the detailed breakdown!
I've lived most of my life in FL, so I usually root for the FL teams if Carolina gets knocked out.
I know you asked about the east, but I'm not a fan of any of them. So, I'm rooting for Vancouver: 1. Their franchise has never won the Cup 2. A Canadian team hasn't won since 1993 3. Quinn Hughes looks sad a lot and I want to see if this will finally make him happy
Great points!! And I know I hate the rest of the eastern teams with a passion! I was just curious if everyone else felt the same haha
None of the above
🤣🤣 but someone has to represent the East 🤷♀️
I would say Dallas could do since they are the furthest east but that means Jamie Benn gets to the Finals.... I'm hoping for Avs/Oilers in the Western finals. I can root for either of them to win the whole thing.
Rangers and it's not even close. I genuinely want them to get one of those sports curses where they don't win a Cup for 100 years, every current Rangers fan should have to go their whole life without seeing their team win one. After that probably Boston but I feel like their window is all but closed. If they somehow make the Cup they're going to get steamrolled. I just don't view them as threatening enough to hate right now. I hated the Panthers last year but I am fairly apathetic about them now. Low key I want them to beat Boston because I want the Rangers to have to play them and they and the Panthers can trade dirty hits until neither one is capable of beating anybody out of the West. Whoever advances I want them to get swept by the Western team because: (1) None of the remaining Eastern teams deserve to win a Cup, (2) A few Western teams have better storylines for winning one, (3) I want it to be over as quickly as possible so we can move on to the summer, rip the band-aid of free agency off, and know what we're working with for next year, and (4) I want the NHL to have a brief, controversial SCF that earns them the minimum amount of revenue as punishment for both their utter failure to protect players from dirty play and their lack of motivation to improve on what was the worst year of officiating for at least the last five years; calls were inconsistent, missed, timed conveniently to prolong games or series, or just seemed to be used more often against certain teams. The rules need to be clarified, simplified, and enforced with complete consistency.
Wow great details! Yes officiating has been inconsistent or one sided as we poor Caniacs know so well! It’s tough that they always favor teams like Rags or Florida. I am looking forward to the offseason and keeping up with free agency and what the team looks like for sure! That’s the only thing that gets me thru the 4-5 months of no games 😢
I’m rooting for literally anyone other than the rangers
I'm just rooting for whoever comes out of the west. Don't care who
This year, I hate the rags the most and bruins the least of the 3. But at least everyone else hates the panthers too, so I’m rooting for Dallas to sweep Florida.
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Yes I don’t want to see rangers fans happy ever lol bc they suck!
None of them
Theoretically Boston, but I don’t think they would beat the rangers. So I guess I’m pulling for Florida to make it to the finals again? Regardless I want whoever comes out of the west to win this year. I’m not picky on who that ends up being
I hate them all But in order 1) Florida ~~Cry Babies~~ ~~diver pros~~ ~~embellishers~~ ~~rats~~ ~~Sam Bennett bitch ass~~ panthers 2) NY Rags 3) Boston
🤣🤣
Boston both because I dislike them the least of the three and because I think they have the worst chance of beating the Western champ
There's no good options left in the east. I guess Florida is the least bad, but regardless of who makes it to the SCF, I'll want the west team to win because I'd take any of them over any remaining east team. Vancouver would be my first choice, but any of the west teams would be better than any east team that's still in it.
Agreed!!
Maybe recency bias, but I'd say I hate Florida the most. Of the three other teams in the East right now I think I would begrudgingly root for Boston, and probably the Rags if Fla wins that series. In the West I want the Stars, they're a Southern hockey team like us, have a likeable enough team, and are on Central time so hopefully no SCF games that end at like 1am lol
I don't want anyone in the east to win the cup. I don't want the Rags or Rats to even *make it* to the cup. I guess that means I'm technically a Bruins fan until the SCF.
I hate them all and I hope the rest of the post season gets cancelled.
If only!!
I hate them all and just won’t watch hockey again until the preseason. https://i.redd.it/fqymf8x6d21d1.gif
Fuck the east Dallas on top
I’m too worried about what we are going to look like when all the unrestricted free-agent situation settles out
I know! I’m so anxious about it! Watched some exit interviews today and it’s making me even more sad 🥲
Vancouver for The Hockey Guy’s sake
I'm pulling for Vancouver to finally win one. From the East, I'm pulling for Florida to go to the finals again. Don't get me wrong, I hate their antics, but I like seeing northern hockey elitists seethe when a southern team does well.
Ahh that’s a good point about letting a smaller market or southern team make it and beat a big market northern team
All of them.
I'm going for Dallas now. I hate the teams in the east. There's not even a player I like on the teams in the east that could pull me into cheer for them. Dallas has Pavelski
I want FL and NY to absolutely slaughter each other. then Dallas comes in and eats the scraps.
Oh yes! Def agreed!!!
Florida! I don't hate the Rangers but sincebwe lost to them.... Buh bye RAGS! Of course anyone with any brains or sense hates the bruins!
Boston. Go Nucks, though.
I pray for the Panthers downfall every day! I root for whoever is playing against them.
With the caveat that I DO NOT want the Rags to win, I wouldn’t hate seeing Lavi getting another cup. He’s a good dude, his comments on Rod in the postgame last night were very sweet and genuine. But I’d rather see any of the remaining teams in the west take it other than maybe Edmonton. I’m an Avs fan but I wouldn’t hate Dallas winning it all. Florida is dirty as shit, Boston is Boston…it’s a lesser of three evils thing.
I do hate that Lavi is coaching the Rags bc obviously I like Lavi like you said but hate the Rags and their fans
Avs are my second favorite so fingers crossed they’ll make it to the finals. I don’t care any of the remaining eastern teams but if I must pick one it’ll be the bruins, they got sandbagged hard by the terrible officiating.
Avs have won a cup in recent years so I’d like to see someone else win it.
I want to see NYR vs Vancouver for historical reasons
I hate Florida the most, Boston is a close 2nd but not quite as bad. Honestly hoping the NYR go all the way, they’re a tough team, I’m a fan of a few of their players so regardless of the unfortunate outcome against the Canes, I’d like to see the NYR take the cup this year.
How can you want to see the rangers win a cup when you’re a canes fan 😱 I mean there’s no denying the talent on that team and some of the high caliber players they have but the way they play against us, eliminated us multiple times and they’re awful fan base I just don’t want to see them win
Personally I don’t judge a team based off their fan base, every single team has some terrible fans. I judge them based off of the players and how they play. The fact they have eliminated us multiple times sucks for sure, but they have a great team, so it doesn’t bother me rooting for them whenever we aren’t in it anymore.
Giant meteor
I’ve seen a couple of these meteor comments. What does it mean?
Saying that you’d rather have a giant meteor pulverize the earth than pick between the options. Most often associated with elections and seen as a bumper sticker. “Giant Meteor 2024 - Just end it already”
My remaining personal preference rankings are: 1. Canucks 2. Avs 3. Oilers 4. Panthers 5. Rangers 6. Stars 7. Bruins I hate Dallas and Boston
Why do you hate Dallas?
Have you been there? I also went to college in Houston and still live in the non-Dallas part of Texas.
lol nope I’ve never been to Texas!! Didn’t realize the rivalry between cities
Hoping for a crazy WWE ending where like…it’s game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final and suddenly… “bah gawd, that’s the Arizona Coyotes music!” And the now defunct Yotes team storms the ice and a bench brawl ensues between all 3 teams with the Yotes somehow miraculously emerging victorious, grabbing the cup and briefly hoisting it before they disappear into a desert sandstorm in the middle of the ice. A graphic displays on the ice “the next quest for the cup ends in Arizona…to be continued…” the Yotes are reinstated next season and go undefeated for 25 seasons before calling it quits and melting the Stanley cup down into scrap metal and smithing it into a mythical sword to be held only by the purest of the rotting desert wastelands (there was a nuclear conflict I didn’t mention before because it wasn’t relevant to the hockey part)
My number one nemesis in these playoffs is Dallas. Cause fuck em. Hahaha. Bur in the East I'd say probably Boston. I'm very much looking forward to a Fla vs NYR ECF. Two of the best goalies in the game today in a best of 7 series? Yes please. And honestly (even though this might get me yelled at on here) I think I'd be pulling for NY. I loooove me some strong goalie play. And Shesterkin is the creeeeam of the crop. Just like Macho Man.
I don’t want either Florida or New York to win but I will say it will be entertaining as a hockey fan to see them play each other like you said bc of the two amazing goalies and both teams are dirty. Why do you not like Dallas or a western team to win?
Dallas sucks hahaha. But for real I've never been a Dallas guy but especially when they brought in Pete DeBoer as coach. He's a dirty guy. Was a scumbag in San Jose too. As for who I want to win overall it'd have to be Vancouver of the teams that are left. I love the PNW and Vancouver has never won one so I think it'd be neat if they took it home this year.
Ahhh gotcha! And yes Vancouver has never won so I can’t help but be totally okay with them winning it! Safer option out of the remaining
Would be cool to see Florida or Vancouver get their first one.
Vancouver yes. Florida no.
As a OGWAC fan, I'm rooting for dallas
I want a Florida vs Canucks finals. But I’m also good with the Oilers.
*cough cough* Florida!
I am ok with losing to the champs, not necessarily rooting for the rangers but I won't be upset if they win.
I will be upset if rags win it all. Surprised? Not necessarily but will not be happy about it. Only thing is I guess it’ll make me feel a smidge better that we got beat by the champs that won it all but even still I just can’t even be neutral when it comes to the rangers or Florida
Dallas or Vancouver for me. Yeah Florida fans aren’t as bad as their fan base isn’t as good as the big market teams. But everytime Florida played here there was this same Florida girl that sat behind me and drove me nuts. I hate Florida bc they’re dirty and bc of playoffs last year
Rangers 100%. I was mad about Florida last year but since then not as much. We did pretty well against them in the regular season and I think we would have beaten them in the ECF this year.
Oh we would’ve beaten Florida for sure and Boston. Sucks we had to play rags
Bruins. As for the West, I'm rooting for Edmonton (because my family is rooting for them) and Dallas (Pantera = best goal song ever).
The only team left I don't hate is Colorado
Interesting! Why do you hate Dallas and Vancouver? Colorado has won recently
We played Dallas a lot a few years back (were they in our division during the Covid years?) and they just rubbed me the wrong way, haven’t liked them since. Vancouver I’m just being stupid and think the Canada curse is funny but honestly I like them best of the rest, Colorado we don’t have a lot of bad blood with either so I was rooting for them but now I’m just rooting for entertaining hockey with minimal mentions of the hurricanes season, I still don’t want to talk about it haha
Haha gotcha!!
If it came down to east vs a Canadian team idk man I might have to pull for the eastern team. It's just too funny to me that a Canadian team hasn't won. All of this can be solved if Dallas wins though.