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Hi Users of Reddit -

I just turned 28 and I have a busy work schedule, and decided to make a goal of visiting all 32 NHL Stadiums before I turn 32. My biggest why is I love live sports and events, and as someone who spends her time making the fan experience fun as a college coach, I like seeing what other teams do and if I can apply that to my own workspace. I'm passionate about water polo (the sport I play), and so I think hockey excites me in that it's another sport where you're told you can be aggressive. Some of my closest friends are also hockey fans and when I told them I wanted to do this, they were all in on whichever arenas they haven't visited they would join me.

Right now I'm based on the West Coast, USA so I was going to knock the Pacific Division teams in CA (and hopefully AZ and Vegas) out of the way. I booked my ticket for a Sharks game the weekend I'm traveling to the Bay Area for work.

My 32nd birthday is in 2027 right after the 2026-27 Stanley Cup Finals wrap up. That being said, I think my biggest hurdle is going to be travel with the bulk of my work schedule being from Oct-May with a couple of weeks at a time in Nov, Dec, and Jan. I know I will need to update my passport somewhere in between to make traveling to Canada work. Otherwise, general travel, airfare, and (if needed) lodging and car travel will also be on my list of things to plan for.

If anyone else has done this, I would love for any tips on pulling this off. I am thinking about documenting each visit and the fan experience, so protips on what to get as well as memorabilia (I was thinking a custom jersey with the number being which one they were on my final visit list).

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A table that nobody asked for, but I was bored.

  • indicates inducted into HHOF. (#) indicates amount of times as goal-scorer/goalie. Starting goalie counted as the goaltender that played in the cup-clinching game.

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| | 1968 | Montreal Canadiens | J.C. Tremblay | Gump Worsley* | | 1969 | Montreal Canadiens | John Ferguson Sr. | Rogie Vachon* | | 1970 | Boston Bruins | Bobby Orr* (OT) | Gerry Cheevers* | | 1971 | Montreal Canadiens | Henri Richard* | Ken Dryden* | | 1972 | Boston Bruins | Bobby Orr* (2) | Gerry Cheevers* (2) | | 1973 | Montreal Canadiens | Yvan Cournoyer* | Ken Dryden* (2) | | 1974 | Philadelphia Flyers | Rick MacLeish | Bernie Parent* | | 1975 | Philadelphia Flyers | Bob Kelly | Bernie Parent* (2) | | 1976 | Montreal Canadiens | Guy Lafleur* | Ken Dryden* (3) | | 1977 | Montreal Canadiens | Jacques Lemaire* (OT) | Ken Dryden* (4) | | 1978 | Montreal Canadiens | Mario Tremblay | Ken Dryden* (5) | | 1979 | Montreal Canadiens | Jacques Lemaire* (2) | Ken Dryden* (6) | | 1980 | New York Islanders | Bob Nystrom (OT) | Billy Smith* | | 1981 | New York Islanders | Wayne Merrick | Billy Smith* (2) | | 1982 | New York Islanders | Mike Bossy* | Billy Smith* (3) | | 1983 | New York Islanders | Mike Bossy* (2) | Billy Smith* (4) | | 1984 | Edmonton Oilers | Ken Linseman | Andy Moog | | 1985 | Edmonton Oilers | Paul Coffey* | Grant Fuhr* | | 1986 | Montreal Canadiens | Bobby Smith | Patrick Roy* | | 1987 | Edmonton Oilers | Jari Kurri* | Grant Fuhr* (2) | | 1988 | Edmonton Oilers | Wayne Gretzky* | Grant Fuhr* (3) | | 1989 | Calgary Flames | Doug Gilmour* | Mike Vernon* | | 1990 | Edmonton Oilers | Craig Simpson | Bill Ranford | | 1991 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Ulf Samuelsson | Tom Barasso* | | 1992 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Ron Francis* | Tom Barasso* (2) | | 1993 | Montreal Canadiens | Kirk Muller | Patrick Roy* (2) | | 1994 | New York Rangers | Mark Messier* | Mike Richter | | 1995 | New Jersey Devils | Neal Broten | Martin Brodeur* | | 1996 | Colorado Avalanche | Uwe Krupp (3OT) | Patrick Roy* (3) | | 1997 | Detroit Red Wings | Darren McCarty | Mike Vernon* (2) | | 1998 | Detroit Red Wings | Martin Lapointe | Chris Osgood | | 1999 | Dallas Stars | Brett Hull* (3OT) | Ed Belfour* | | 2000 | New Jersey Devils | Jason Arnott (2OT) | Martin Brodeur* (2) | | 2001 | Colorado Avalanche | Alex Tanguay | Patrick Roy* (4) | | 2002 | Detroit Red Wings | Brendan Shanahan* | Dominik Hasek* | | 2003 | New Jersey Devils | Michael Rupp | Martin Brodeur* (3) | | 2004 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Ruslan Fedotenko | Nikolai Khabibulin | | 2005 | Nope | | | | 2006 | Carolina Hurricanes | Frantisek Kaberle | Cam Ward | | 2007 | Anaheim Ducks | Travis Moen | Jean-Sebastien Giguere | | 2008 | Detroit Red Wings | Henrik Zetterberg | Chris Osgood (2) | | 2009 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Maxime Talbot | Marc-Andre Fleury | | 2010 | Chicago Blackhawks | Patrick Kane (OT) | Antti Niemi | | 2011 | Boston Bruins | Patrice Bergeron | Tim Thomas | | 2012 | Los Angeles Kings | Jeff Carter | Jonathan Quick | | 2013 | Chicago Blackhawks | Dave Bolland | Corey Crawford | | 2014 | Los Angeles Kings | Alec Martinez (2OT) | Jonathan Quick (2) | | 2015 | Chicago Blackhawks | Duncan Keith | Corey Crawford (2) | | 2016 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Kris Letang | Matt Murray | | 2017 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Patric Hornqvist | Matt Murray (2) | | 2018 | Washington Capitals | Lars Eller | Braden Holtby | | 2019 | St. Louis Blues | Alex Pietrangelo | Jordan Binnington | | 2020 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Brayden Point | Andrei Vasilevsky | | 2021 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Ross Colton | Andrei Vasilevsky (2) | | 2022 | Colorado Avalanche | Artturi Lehkonen | Darcy Kuemper | | 2023 | Vegas Golden Knights | Reilly Smith | Adin Hill |

Ken Dryden was starting goalie for the Cup-winning team the most total times, with 6; after him are Billy Smith and Patrick Roy, with four each.

Bobby Orr, Jacques Lemaire, and Mike Bossy are the only players with multiple Cup-winning goals.

Who're the wackiest names on this list? Who're the weirdest omissions?

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USE YOUR UPDOOTS!

CAPS ON! FLAIR UP!

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Original Title: [Strang] Asked whether NHL will announce any resolution on 2018 WJC investigation prior to NHL training camps opening, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said via email he does not “have a specific timetable to share at this time”

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What's the most bleak era that you've witnessed your favorite team go through?

Me (Canucks): Not old enough to remember the 80's, so it comes down to two:

  • 2013/2014 to present

  • 1997/1998 - 1999/2000

It's a fairy easy choice. 2013/2014 to present, or the "Benning era."

97/98' to 99/00' (Messier years) was like ripping a bandaid off. Sure, the team was god awful with plenty of off ice dysfunction, but in retrospect lots of moves were being made to improve the team for the future during that period, most notably:

  • Dealt Linden for Bertuzzi, McCabe, and a 2nd (McCabe later used as part of the trade that allowed Burke to pick the Sedins at #2 & #3 in the 99' draft)

  • Traded Bure to Florida for a package that included Ed Jovanovski (future core member of the WCE teams of the early 2000's)

  • Landed the Sedins in part due to bottoming out and securing a high draft pick

By 2000/2001 the team was back to making the playoffs.

By contrast, the Benning era was a god damn nightmare that arguably persists to this very day. Despite being compelete trash for much of it, the Canucks never once picked in the top 3, and only twice picked in the top 5. Notably blew top 10 picks on Virtanen and Juolevi. Signed brutal albatross contracts including Eriksson, Beagle, Myers, and Rousell. On the eve of 3 of those contracts finally expiring, traded them for an even bigger albatross in OEL. Flipped 2nd round picks for ill advised reclamation projects on the regular. All kinds of off ice turmoil. There really are too many low lights to even list. Easily the worst era of Canuck hockey that I have personally witnessed.

What do you got?

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Was just re-watching some World Junior highlights and remembered Canada-USA 2007 when they went to sudden death shootout. Toews went 3 for 3, each with a different move, especially that second top-corner ping, to send Canada to the gold medal game.

Some F-U slapshot goals, but the best is definitely Kariya's

Subban delivering that huge hit on a Marchand, knocking the sound outa the broadcast lol, and then brushing off Campbell after

HM: OV goal and hit on Jagr, Datsyuk goals

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The last poll of my series! As usual, votes go on indefinitely, vote as much or as little as you'd like. Results will be up tomorrow.

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Original Title: Top 2024 NHL Draft prospect Trevor Connelly opens up about posted image and what he’s doing to make up for it | Tri-City forward took an offensive photo as teenager and has since dedicated his time to learn from mistake.

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1 Jon Cooper (TBL) 77.9374

2 Rod Brind Amour (CAR) 75.1841

3 Bruce Cassidy (VGK) 73.7634

4 Jared Bednar (COL) 71.4244

5 Jim Montgomery (BOS) 69.0237

6 Mike Sullivan (PIT) 63.4019

7 Lindy Ruff (NJD) 62.1449

8 Paul Maurice (FLA) 61.1241

9 Peter DeBoer (DAL) 60.3115

10 Dave Hakstol (SEA) 53.942

11 Martin St Louis (MTL) 53.524

12 Jay Woodcroft (EDM) 52.8175

13 Peter Laviolette (NYR) 51.9953

14 Todd Maclellan (LAK) 51.349

15 John Tortorella (PHI) 50.3501

16 Don Granato (BUF) 50.0742

17 Sheldon Keefe (TOR) 48.6659

18 Craig Berube (STL) 48.3071

19 Andrew Brunette (NSH) 47.3792

20 Dean Evason (MIN) 46.9264

21 Rick Bowness (WPG) 45.0382

22 Mike Babcock (CBJ) 43.9953

23 Lane Lambert (NYI) 39.2163

24 Derek Lalonde (DET) 38.4129

25 Rick Tocchet (VAN) 36.3055

26 DJ Smith (OTT) 33.4674

27 Andre Tourigny (ARI) 32.9415

28 David Quinn (SJS) 32.4992

29 Luke Richardson (CHI) 32.2484

30 Spencer Carbery (WSH) 32.042

31 Ryan Huska (CGY) 31.0839

32 Greg Cronin (ANA) 26.4909

GMs poll will be up later today

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Put your shame aside and come clean; what absolutely terrible moves has your favorite team made that you (at the time) supported/thought were good?

Me (Canucks): Really coming clean here. Jared McCann for Erik Gudbranson. Yup. Fell head first into the "this guy is a semi-recent Top 5 pick though!" line of thinking. Also a bit of "yeah, but is McCann REALLY going to be that good?" (he was) copium thrown in for good measure. I don't know what else to say. I had this idea that Gud was some stud D man just waiting to break out. A lot of Canucks fans at the time were (rightly) criticial of the deal, but I tuned it out. Big strong former 3rd overall D, what could go wrong? Shame.

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What's the frst round loss that hurt the most for your fav team?

Me (Canucks): Toss up between 2012 and 2013.

2012 (4-1 series loss to LA) - This one hurt because at the time there was still genuine belief that the team could contend. Canuck fans will mostly say they didn't feel it in 2012 like 2011, but IIRC a lot of insiders, media members, etc. were picking Van vs. Pitts for the 2012 Cup Final. The team won the Presidents Trophy, so they were no joke. But, it wasn't to be. Got steamrolled by a sneaky good eight seed in LA (you might have heard of them). That loss sucked.

2013 (4-0 series loss to San Jose) - IMO this one just felt like "ok, so this era is really over for real." That was the end of the road for the AV/Sedins/Kesler/Bieksa/Luongo 2011 era team as a credible contender. Sure, some of those guys stuck around for a bit after the 13' loss, but it was never the same. Pretty clear at that point that that iteration of the team would not be competing for a Cup going forward. A subsequent 10 year Game of Thrones-esque long winter (with a bit of false hope in 15' and 20') ensued. I think that makes this loss feel even more bleak in hindsight.

What do you got?

EDIT: Honorable mention to 7 game loss to Calgary in 2004. That one sucked because of how it ended (dramatic game tying goal by Matt Cooke with like 4 seconds left, only to lose in OT), but at the same time I don't recall there being a lot of expectations for that team. Bertuzzi out post-Moore incident, running with 3rd string goalie in Alex Auld, etc.

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What are some examples of great regular season teams who for whatever reason couldn't seem to perform in the playoffs?

My choices:

  • San Jose Sharks (2007 - 2014): The Thornton/Marleau era Sharks. Scary good reg season club. They had four 50 win seasons between 07 - 14, and two seasons (08 & 11) where they won 49 and 48 games respecivitely. But, they never really got over the hump in the playoffs. To be fair there were two conference finals appearances in that period, but zero Cup finals. First round losses in 09 (53 win team), 12, and 14.

  • Toronto Maple Leafs (2017 - current): The modern day example. Lots of regular season success, but bitter disappoinment in the post season. In the Matthews/Marner/Tavares era they have won only a single playoff round, that being last year vs. Tampa. The fact that they played in one of the toughest divisions in hockey should be noted, however that said there were losses to Montreal and Columbus during the COVID years.

Honourable mention: Late 2000's / early 2010's Washington Capitals

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From tonight’s Gagné-Bergeron’s pro-am.

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Original Title: Got recommended this video of a Japanese Goalie Coach talking about Saros, Hellebuyck, Vasilevskiy and Holtby. There are other videos of the same style on his channel, as well as a podcast (?) about goalies.

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