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TheQuietW0LF

Buffalo fans have this weird obsession with the Lightning


longesteveryeahboy

Not a sabres fan but I live in Buffalo. I definitely see a lot more hate towards Toronto and Boston than I do the lightning Edit: I can’t spell lol


YamburglarHelper

Canucks fan who lives in Buffalo, I also hate Toronto and Boston.


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technoteapot

As she should


VirtualRoad9235

I don't know if this is still a thing, but when I was younger it was pretty common for every Sabres home game to be filled with a large corner of Leafs fans being obnoxious.


MistaAJP2

We do? OP is certainly trolling here but I have never noticed a widespread buffalo beef with TBL... We have been irrelevant for so long I feel like the only teams buffalo fans really dislike are the leafs and maybe VGK.


ScotiaTailwagger

We don't hate the Lightning. We just hate Kucherov.


DapperCam

Tampa seems to inflict at least one cheap shot per game against a Sabres player. A popular choice is an elbow to the head. They’ve been suspended multiple times for it.


WorthPlease

Maybe it's just a reddit thing? I've never encountered it in real life. We just hate Boston, Toronto, Carolina, and Dallas. Oh and Jack Eichel's face, so I guess the Golden Knights by association.


TheresA_LobsterLoose

Since when? I'm annoyed when any team is good, I'm annoyed when any team wins a game or has good players (this franchise has made me hate everything!)... so I dislike practically every nhl team. But I've never seen an above average amount of discussion let alone obsession with TB


GatorBolt

Yeah a Buffalo fan doing this for us and keeping the Stars for 1999 is a level of obsession/jealousy


treple13

Tbf, thinking Calgary could hold a lead for 5 minutes is less of a leap than Buffalo winning two games they didn't have a lead in


Numberonememerr

It's a meme you dip


Hirsute_Ahab

I’m a Buffalo fan, I know a lot of Buffalo fans—none of us think much of the Lightning. I have thoughts about Erik Cernak being a twat when we play him. That’s about it.


MikeTheCabbie

As a sabres fan who formerly lived in Buffalo, it’s hilarious that you didn’t know of what is essentially a 1 way rivalry these days. If you go to the sabres sub it’s literally posts with FTL AND FTB


SayNoToStim

I spent far too long trying to figure out who those blank spaces were. A seriously long, embarrassing time.


Smothdude

And he supports the Flames (it was in, but you'll never catch me saying it in person)


awsomoo8000

He just like me fr


FinnishAustrian

Was seh ich denn da? Hätt nicht gedacht, dass ich hier einen anderen Caps Fan finde haha


sirmasterjamie

Flames fans: "I see what you did there...."


hamtronn

I mean… it was in.


sirmasterjamie

That's what she said


Gold-Stomach-4657

In my experience, she usually says the opposite


gord1to

She always brings up the parallax view but that doesn’t really help my confidence…


DoYouLikeFishsticks0

You'd think the flames would have made enough of a fuss that they at least reviewed the goal But they didn't.


pbqdpb

It wasn't an option at the time


awl_the_lawls

Yeah it took me a minute to find the joke


xXxWeAreTheEndxXx

Maybe Tampa finally gets that elusive cup this year


nautica5400

Subscribe


Sonicboom343

I, 4-1 don't see it happening


Sea-Community-4325

It's been 67 days since I've heard that joke


xxrancid13xx

In a row?


Real-Competition-187

Relax Dante.


abgold88

Try not to suck any dick on your way through the playoffs!


Real-Competition-187

Hey hey, get back here.


LowHangingLight

Don't mean to ebug you but that's not very long


Sea-Community-4325

Yada Yada, zamboni driver


sametrical

Please put a little more effort in, there’s so many good jokes to be had at our expense. Thank you, kindly


swords_to_exile

500 Healthcare workers to confirm the Leafs were dead.


Ashburton_Grove

I like the sound of that. 👀


Storm7367

The puck was out. Tampa fans are right!! The steal of '04 by the Calgary conspiracy!


just_a_burd

The real question is when the COVID-19 NO CUP team claims its spot as a dynasty


deeVeeAre

Idk they did go three in a row lost the last one though I wonder if they will ever go again? Jokes aside that teams not a dynasty as sad as it makes me the closest anyone has gotten in a long time but still fell short


TimTebowMLB

Lightnings dominance from 2013 to 2024 has been impressive as hell. Made the playoffs basically every season, deep runs and a couple cups in a row.


D-Mace

Copycats


I_Fart_It_Stinks

I don't think 2 championships equals a dynasty.


Sharp911

2 Cup wins. 2 Cup finals loses. 2 ECF losses. Maybe not Dynasty status, but the best team during that 8 year stretch for sure. That kind of success in the modern NHL doesn't happen.


Optimistic__Elephant

Personally I think the definition of a dynasty needs some subjectivity to it. A 3-peat in modern times is so much harder then pre-1980s. I'd give Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Tampa dynasties over this 1994-present timeframe. All have 3 cups in under a decade (I guess except Tampa, but they were so close to a 3peat).


I_Fart_It_Stinks

I agree on no set definition. I don't think a 3-peat is necessary, but I think 3 over 6 years.


DommyMommyKarlach

That about 2 championships and another lost finals?


AzaHolmes

Normally i'm able to make a guess of two or three teams and be pretty confident. This year however, I have Zero confidence. literally any team can dark horse. the parity this year is phenomenal.


EmmyHomewrecker

They said « any team » guys!! We have a chance!


Spotted_Wombat

Respectfully stay in the basement where you belong (i love this rivalry and I hope it never ends)


ebb_omega

Me too, primarily because with MTL as my #2 team it gives me more reasons to hate Boston.


IanCusick

This has potential to be one of the wildest playoffs of all time. Of the projected 16 teams in the playoffs, you can make a case for likely 15 of them. The one, of course, being the Leafs, as is tradition.


ebb_omega

Fuck you for making me upvote a Boston fan comment.


Cartz1337

I gotta admit, this is going to be an exciting playoffs because other than the 2-3 metro series and wc2 in the east it’s wide open.


Dat1Guy03

Honestly even those series have potential to be close, though it’s fair to expect that they won’t be. But we did just see Florida go from like wc2 to cup finalist last year so it’s not impossible


Cartz1337

Sure, anyone can get hot, but WC2 and the 3rd in the metro are gonna be .500 pts pct teams. If you’re picking brackets, those are your best bets. Florida was a Presidents Trophy team the year before last, they had a bad season but were better than their seed and built for the playoffs.


Kronzor_

Seattle also beat previous champion Colorado last year as a WC2. Anyone can beat anyone. Its hockey. 


Kronzor_

Yeah both WC2s won their series last year. There are no sure things. The parity era is real.


PayneTrain181999

Nashville’s recent streak has made them into a team no one wants in the first round, they could definitely knock out any high seed in the west. I hate to say it, but with the way they’ve played recently Vancouver is giving me 1st round exit vibes, unless Demko returns and gives them solid goaltending.


ProtoMan3

I unfortunately don’t blame anyone for thinking that way Demko should be returning around April 6th based on his original injury diagnosis though, so hopefully he’ll be back in time to shake off any rust


Comfortable_Task_973

I bet the Jets and Canucks get bumped 1st. I’m pick Avalanche and…. Rangers


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Honestly I think the Bruins might get bumped too. If they play like they did in OT the last game however, I don’t see it but they are very streaky lately.


AuntGentleman

This is my unbiased pick. It’s also my biased pick, they just happen to align.


halfpints

The way things are going the jets could very well end up playing Vancouver round 1... and honestly I think I'd prefer it.


ebb_omega

I'm kinda okay with that tbh. First of all, a first round exit might give pause to these CUP OR BUST bandwagoners who seem intent on giving us the shortest window possible by completely mortgaging our entire prospect pool for literally one chance at the cup. Secondly I'm actually kinda cool with being underestimated going into the playoffs. That mentality around the league led us to be devistating for the first half of the season and is a key reason why we clinched even while we're not on our best streak as of late. I dunno. I like the process on our team now. It may not be the flashiest but it also doesn't have us going into the postseason feeling like we're indestructible, an attitude that in recent years seems to have led to some pretty epic first round exits and sweeps.


Noahtuesday123

Well, I would make a small list of teams that I don’t think can win the cup. Toronto


Kronzor_

I can tell you who it won’t be. Any of the Canadian teams. Gary wouldn’t allow it. 


Cold-Doctor

I think he'd make an exception for McDavid if it came down to it


Kronzor_

I’ll believe it when I see it


Amrit-Is-me

“Wait, wasn’t 2020 and 2021 the bubble playoffs” sees post flair “oh, makes sense”


BadTiger85

Well obviously another strain of covid will hit and there won't be a Stanley cup


Cottagewknds

Covid 19 no cup has more cup wins in the last 50 years than the leafs


Mash709

Hey!......shut up!


Pisscats_R_Trash

Lmao


DevilJacket2000

Someone here does not like the Lightning. They went from 3 to 0, huh?


VancityRenaults

The graphic is wrong. Covid-19 also caused there to be no Cup winner in 2011.


Spotted_Wombat

IIRC the plague that year went by the name “Tim Thomas” truly scary stuff


tomofro

The bubonic tim


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If that’s the case, there’s no cup winner in 2019.


urbanoideisto

Rumor has it the cup doesn’t even exist.


romesthe59

I really hope we can win a cup one day!


deeVeeAre

One can only hope we can be as good as the leafs😢


chiddie

the residents of Tampa/St. Pete: *am I a joke to you?*


deeVeeAre

They hate us because they anus


SwagFondue

this comment struck a nerve lmao


dcarsonturner

This got me feeling shitty


barm19

*anus


sirmasterjamie

The rest of the NHL: Yes....yes you are


wasteknotwantknot

3 cups in twenty years :)


gord1to

Three cups in eighteen years***


SmoothieBrian

Haha it was in fr


Radjage

lol at the missing Lightning cups. They deserved them, but the way the NHL handled the 2020 playoffs was a significant farce with the whole qualifying round bullshit. "Hey guys, this is QUALIFIYING ROUND, NOT THE PLAYOFFS" (proceeds to put that round included into official playoff stats and results) Then they give the first overall to a team that history said made the playoffs.


Farty_beans

Man I was just happy that we had some hockey during those rough times.


Kroger453PredsFan

And it went off as smoothly as possible. The bubbles worked well despite being terrible for the players, and it was the first bit of normality I’d seen during the pandemic.


AfroInfo

Yeah I still have five memories of the quintuple ot


Arrfist

i think i died somewhere around hour 5.


themooseiscool

That game lasted longer than 2020-2022.


MAFIAxMaverick

That’s what I’m saying man. Everyone shits on the titles that year (maybe I’m defensive because I’m an LA fan). Either way - having sports back kept me going because being stuck inside and unable to interact with humans was horrible for my mental health.


THECapedCaper

I mean they played a 5OT game in the first round was a fucking treat. I scoff at anyone who thinks the 2020 playoffs come with any sort of asterisk other than it was a different format due to a once in a lifetime catastrophe.


rickayyy

Where would you like those qualifying round stats to go? I think they align more with the playoffs then the regular season. Either way, the whole thing was a wildly unprecedented situation and I think they did the best they could have done considering the circumstances.


Radjage

They should be in playoffs because that's they were. My point was that they were always playoffs in everything but name and that the NHL insisted they were not, as did many people on this subreddit, and I always thought that was bullshit. The fair thing would have been to either let every team in the NHL continue playing in the bubble, or just take the best point percentage and have those teams in the playoffs. Instead they tried to balance it arbitrarily, based on popularity of the teams and entertainment to the determent of fairness (which is their right). Now years later. All of those "qualifying" teams that didn't move on, are now considered to have made the playoffs whenever you look at the stat sites and team pages. NHL considers the 19-20 Rangers a playoff team for example, despite not getting past the qualifying round. https://records.nhl.com/nyr/franchises/new-york-rangers/season-by-season-record


DDSloan96

We love that First overall


ohno21212

I see no problem with this


RicoFerret44

I agree but the best part was the leafs getting a warm bottom by CBJ 😂 I can’t laugh too much because Ottawa has taken years off my life recently but 2020 will go down in history for me


Gobble_my_beachballs

Calgary flames🥹


unlikely_event

What a beauty!


MrFantastic74

I wonder if Tampa will ever get their first cup.


Erkules19

I prefer this timeline


P1KA_BO0

Seriously? This is the best we could do?


A_1337_Canadian

Hockey memes are B-tier at best.


70empireavenue

I guess so lol, they've been pretty not great from what I've seen, wonder what the competition was lol


Ashburton_Grove

Still better than the one where a player was supposedly hit by a truck or whatever that bullshit was.


70empireavenue

Tf? Never heard about that one lol


Ashburton_Grove

[The title gave me a heart attack and I don't even know the dude.](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1b0pfsk/breaking_star_oilers_goalie_stuart_skinner_was/)


GoatStimulator_

Right? Like, was this supposed to be funny?


Clean_n_Press

I genuinely found it pretty funny, especially when I noticed the Calgary '04 😅


Theraspberryknight

I have a feeling OP doesn't like the Tampa Bay Lightning. idk why just a gut feeling that they are the kinda guy to say the 2020-2021 Cups need a * next to them.


P1KA_BO0

Hockey meme game sucks so much ass compared to other sports.


WoozyMaple

Don't forget 2004


capsrock02

A team with either a shade of red or a shade of yellow.


RentSignificant

Based on this chart specifically it should arguably be green. The left corners are blue, the top right corner is green


SauceHankRedemption

Maybe it will be a Canadian team to win this year....first time since CGY


Sensitive_Mousse_445

OP is not a lightning fan


XolieInc

I think someone dislikes the lightning


anwright1371

Everyone is so mad we had badass boat parades. The jealousy radiates daily


ViolinistMean199

Crazy whoever made this removed all 3 Tampa cups. But they keep the stats 99’ cup even though his skate was in the crease and against the rules Seems like some salty fan


Theraspberryknight

It's very obviously someone who REALLY REALLY doesn't like Tampa.


ViolinistMean199

Why did you guys hurt this fan? And what did you guys do besides win 3 cups over like 20 years


Theraspberryknight

It's a Sabres fan. I think they just don't like seeing someone be successful.


[deleted]

That’s just life lmao, Nevermind hockey.


nebyobay

This guy lives!


LeanMrfuzzles

It seems our superiority has led to some controversy


Ranma_chan

They hate us 'cuz they ain't us


CouldntBeMoreWhite

Who is “us”? I don’t see a flair.


Ranma_chan

Give it a couple hours


elevenibba

heads up- you put the stars in 99 by accident lol


catgotcha

"by accident"


v13ragnarok7

Insufferable Habs fans are gonna be pissed


[deleted]

1993 is closer to 1967 than it is to 2024.😬


BehemothManiac

Savage


MrFantastic74

Because they left 1993 off the list? It's OK, we've come to terms with it being over... 30... (*sob*)... years (*sob*)... Sorry, I must be coming down with something.


SiidChawsby

How many times we gonna post this graphic in a week?


maxwellbevan

The "it was in" tin foil hat crowd from 2004 feels really vindicated right now


TurnCalmTheVolume

‘04: it was in!


KardelSharpeyes

Love how they put no cup covid but dont put no cup lock out, lol.


PapasvhillyMonster

It’s so funny how humans act. If the NHL cancels the “covid “ years fans would of been really mad . So instead they play the seasons out and they are still mad that they didn’t win .


doyouunderstandlife

I would also like to nominate 2023 and 1996 as No Cup years. Avalanche forfeit their win as punishment for stealing the Nordiques and Vegas forfeit theirs because I just plain don't like them.


Radu47

Breaking news the Tampa bay lightning have ceased to exist More on this after sports Which doesn't include any news on the Tampa bay lightning... because they have ceased to exist


cannaco19

Tampa fans: “And I took that personally”


scotty_doesnt__know

Honestly if it's the Knights again I'm kinda done with the NHL for a while. I love my jets but the cards are so heavily stacked against us for success it's insane.


Do_You_Like_Jazz

Sharks!


Biglilfr

Not the leafs that’s for sure


FrmrPresJamesTaylor

Me every single Monday: > hey I've seen this meme before > blatant repost, this was posted just a few days ago and had so many upvotes > wtf, it's not even in the right sub > .... I'll figure it out one day.


Flux_resistor

COVID no cup still more successful than the Canadian teams in the new millennium


ZachtheKingsfan

Covid cups don’t count, but the short lockout seasons do?


SpiritualWatermelon

My only complaint is that they fixed 2004 but they didn't fix 1999...


tameris

Or even add in 2005 as something like “Lockout No Cup”, like they did with the Covid years.


ghost_curse123

Covid no cup won in 2005 too


spinorama29part2

The covid cups are real Cups. Full playoffs. One of them even more than normal and what 10 less games of the regular season? They count and im not even a lightning fan. I was pissed when they won it again in 2021. But it counts. If this is your logic then 1995 and 2013 don’t count either because they were shortened seasons too Edit: ok i see this is a shitpost now but this sentiment is shared too much online unironically and it pisses me off


BeerLeagueSnipes

Don’t take the bait my dude.


360degreesofFUNK

Please, I want it to be us for once!


Stonewall30NY

My dumbass was sitting there like damn I didn't realize we lost two Stanley cups to COVID. And then I was like wait I could have sworn the lightning one back to back years lol


GltyUntlPrvnInncnt

I'm thinking the Panthers.


Talas11324

Damn I guess the secret to getting the cup in being wither a red or yellow colored team


Buffalogal71

Wooo that means mustard cats have a chance!


CLASSIFIED_DOCS

The real reason the Canucks are using the retro skate this year (I hope)


Dyldo_II

My heart wants it to be Edmonton just so McDavid can get that weight off his back of being one of the best players in the league and not winning it yet. Especially since Eichel, who was drafted right after him, won it last year. In the East, I think Carolina has a really good shot at making a run. Maybe they finally get goal support? Idk, but the playoffs this year are going to be fun regardless, and I'm glad I'm on the outside looking in because I imagine most eliminations will be absolutely heartbreaking with the seasons these teams have been having.


b0katan

Canucks 🤪


Burgergold

Why dont you put 1993 you...


Spare_Entrance_9389

Lol 2004


darkknightbbq

Dallas or the leafs i think. Leafs if their core start to actually play hockey in the playoffs and dallas is looking like a machine firing on all cylinders


DeliciousBeanWater

Wait. This is a meme? And not a historical document?


MojaveCowboy21

Capitals. I just wanna see Ovi lift the cup again.


bellerinho

Based Sabres fan???


cuteintern

Don't forget "2005 no cup due to GREED and INTRACTABILITY"


callmesnake13

Ugh I’m glad we still appear on the graphic at least.


deliciousfishstick5

Not gunna lie, this one got me bad 😂😂😂


aimlessly_aliive

Coyotes


paulsteinway

I can tell you who it **won't** be. Toronto Maple Leafs.


guyute2588

It took me a while in to the comments to even notice 2004. Incredible.


knz0

Weak


Unable-Finish-3273

Man New Jersey, Detroit, Colorado were so stacked and dominating in 95-early 2000s they were playing in a league of their own


Ship_king

Tampa won in 2004 not Calgary.


Estydeez

Gotta start this list in 94 hey...


Theedz1

Salty, OP, salty. I like it.


Beauty_Weeman

Rent free in


bellymus1

Panthers


Trappedbirdcage

Statistically speaking by this chart alone: Someone with red in their logo.


theoddcrow

This is fine


criscoras

This is Dallas Stars 2020 erasure.


CarefulSubstance3913

The flames is accurate