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I thought '05-'06 was the best. They had it. Injuries to the D killed em.

Though the '06-'07 squad produced my favorite win. The Drury goal against the Rangers.

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--Scott

05-06 was their year to win it. Had it not been for the annihilation of the defense, taking the Cup that year would have been a cake walk.

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Miles to go before I sleep

‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

I agree, 05-06 man......what a year. We were cruising towards a Cup win and would have had a great chance at it if our D wasn't destroyed. I mean we had a Defensive line made up of kids for fuck sake, and STILL were great.

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We were still winning Game 7 going into the third period, and until that game the team winning going into the third period in that series won the game. I remember actually thinking they could get through it and the finals would have been fine because we would have gotten a couple d-men back for that series if I remember correctly, and then they just ran out of gas in the third. Bunch of kids not used to NHL-level play... Ah, well. As long as they win something before I die, I will be content.

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Miles to go before I sleep

‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

I think that was the most heartbreaking loss I've ever witnessed. Especially since I was at game 6.

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Wheelhouse

Brian Campbell, as much as he was loved by the fans, is still the goat for that game 7, don't care what anyone says. And now he's got a fucking ring, it kills me to even think about it.

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"She's like plan C after an 18 pack"

Squanto 7/27/2010

ME TOO!

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Sophomore Bitches! Class of 2014!
R.I.P. Molly B. 5/28/96-5/23/11

Maybe you saw me. I was behind cam ward during OT. Had a Stanley cup and I was standing on the arm rests of my chair holding it in the air. Got me on the jumbotron a couple of times.

How fucking loud was HSBC after that game? Wow.

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Wheelhouse

I may be in the minority but I don't feel we lost in '05-'06 primarily due to our ravaged defense for a variety of reasons. We had great chances to win game 5, but Afinocrapov missed on a breakaway late in the 3rd that would have probably sealed it for us, and then Hecht blew a golden opportunity for a tip-in during OT. In game 7, it was the orange haired bimbo as someone stated earlier that took a moronic penalty in the 3rd that led to the go-ahead goal. Losing Connolly was also big that year - he was huge during the 1st 7 games of the playoffs. The D was still pretty solid, even with the loss of key guys.

That penalty was an accident, and a really tough one to deal with.

Campbell was exhausted from playing huge minutes that game to cover for the losses of our other defensemen.

It happens.

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Wheelhouse

bingo

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I'm probably being too harsh on Soupy, we'll never know if the minutes he played led to that huge error. But game 5 was theirs for the taking.

Yeah that was a close game.

Probably one of the best playoff series I've ever seen. Just had a really shitty outcome.

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Wheelhouse