“We faced our peers.” The core players of the Tampa Bay Dynasty were disappointed in the Stanley Cup finals. The nerves of the team’s experienced key players betrayed the finals at the time of the final.
Tampa Bay Lightning missed out on their third consecutive NHL championship. The Colorado Avalanche defeated the previous two season Stanley Cup champions 2-1 in the sixth final and took the final series 4-2. At the end of the match, Tampa’s experienced puckers fell disappointed on the ice surface.
The disappointment was also clear and outspoken in the team’s post-match comments. Head coach Jon Cooper gave recognition to his team and his entire club.
– I don’t have any speech ready, because I didn’t think we would lose this match. I will always remember this team. However, we are not ready yet, Cooper said at a post-match press conference.
– Our players are real warriors. The final amount of all our injuries was shocking. Had it been the Regular Season, half of our AHL players would have risen, Cooper added.
Colorado also earned recognition from Cooper. Head of Colorado Jared Bednar said in his own press conference that Tampa Bay was exactly the team the Avalanche Organization looked up to and the quality the team was aiming for.
– We met our peers and they beat us. We didn’t lose to any undefeated team. That team is full of real gamblers. Avalanche is a quality organization and they deserve this, Cooper praised.
Captain of Tampa Bay Steven Stamkos will not be eligible for the third consecutive Stanley Cup final spring to take the championship trophy to a traditional boat ride. The Cup will set off for others this time. According to Stamkos, the defeat felt “crushing.”
However, Stamkos does not believe for a moment that Tampa’s time is over.
– Who says our time is up? Suffering a loss is a horrible feeling in the sport, but we have such a body that we can be in the finals again, Stamkos told the press after the game.
Frustrated trick from Maroon
An experienced regular player in Tampa Bay Pat Maroonin trick Artturi Lehkonen after winning the Colorado winning goal.
An enraged Maroon hit the Avalanche defender Josh Mansonia with his club. Maroon’s own bat broke down from the violent blow. The experienced attacker was furious that Manson had not been whistled to cool down from what had happened a moment earlier. Pierre-Edouard Bellemaren pouring.
The blow hit Manson’s racket, but it could have made it really sore if the racket had hit Manson’s body.¨
Experienced Maroon played in the fourth Stanley Cup finals in a row. He had three consecutive NHL championships before this year.
Maroon’s act during the match was one reason North American puck journalists lifted Tampa’s reign over. The burning of the championship guarantor coils in the middle of an important final was seen as a far-reaching slip.
Frustration was seen in others as well. Among other things, a Russian star Nikita Kutsherov was furious at the last minute of the match with his replacement bench not getting enough of the rack. Kutsherov threw his glove into the exchange box in frustration.
A CBC reporter, among others, wondered about Kutsherov’s use of Twitter Nick Murray. Murray’s Tweet can be viewed below.
“This hurts”
Maroon did not leave to respond to the wake after the match. He, too, talked about the painful loss and injuries.
– This hurts, he started the reporter crying.
– We have to be proud of these years, but this loss is when I look at what my teammates wrestled with during the games.
Tampa Bay’s key players, for example Brayden Point was unable to play in the finals at all after the first two games due to injury.
– When our injury report comes, it will shock you. That is why this is what is happening. We are a group that lives on fighting energy and playing with each other. I’m so proud of everyone, Maroon said.