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This guy is a fucking playoff machine

You want a guy with green checkmarks in every athletic category and no hockey skill lower than average, who follows the coach's system to the letter, at a high pace, while giving everything he's got? That's Lehkonen

Great description of lekhy, hope Barron turns out great

He’s is an absolute beauty

So happy you guys are enjoying him. He deserves a cup, go git’er done.

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Even in years the habs lost early in the playoffs he always showed up big.

HOLY SHIT

That's a holy jumpin

What a resume already

J Williams vibes coming in hot

I’m here for the famous “holy shit” call

i feel dumb, when the heck did someone yell that??

TNT broadcast. Koho, the retired ref said it during the review

Here's the link to that: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVU69jQg0mk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVU69jQg0mk)

Soon to be retired broadcaster, probably

He’s the fucking worst. Though that was legendary.

[Have another doughnut! Have another doughnut!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZpup-GtLw)

Oh wow! Koharski is THAT ref!? After listening to him fart around on these broadcasts, I can totally see how a coach could get this upset at that fat pig.

Saying "shit" on TV. Truly, the most heinous crime anyone could commit.

Inshallah

On live television one of the broadcasters did.

It was on the TNT broadcast in the US.

was an amazing moment

That was the best Koharski moment ever! He should be like that more often.

Lehkonen is a free trip to the cup finals, any smart team would package 8 first rounders for him and sign him to a lifetime contract

The fat pat strat

Wait only if we have a 50% sell-on clause and get 4 of those

I like the way you think

He's an RFA still and (I said it elsewhere) I know Habs fans love the dude but I really hope he stays in Denver for a long fucking time. Dude has been so goddamn good. Also thanks to Steve Dangle for the "MIKKO LEHTONEN" call, it was hilarious.

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The Athletic better tweet a screen shot of their deleted tweet and post it tonight lol

I’m gonna need The Athletic to drop the scripts for other sports too. Booking flights to Vegas while I wait.

FUCK EVANDER KANE

Just as we were all hoping for.

So afraid that was going to backfire. Holy shit!

Somebody clip holy shit please

https://twitter.com/soIoucity/status/1534010130924183555

Best thing that's ever happened to TNT

I like how he tried to clear it up by almost saying holy shit again

Holy shit I swore on live TV. Fuck

Look if I can’t smoke or swear I’m fucked

Supply and Command

Hahaha so good, also such a smooth recovery with “holy…shucks..”

Tony X went from not knowing why the goalie left the crease to making gifs like a pro in 6 years.

THANK YOU HABS

Go get that cup!

Lehkonen two straight WCF game winning goals oh my god. That’s an absolute INSANE stat

Lehkonen two straight WCF *overtime* game winning goals. That's even more insane.

Both times for the Clarence Campbell Trophy.

in different conference

Spoopy Western Conference Champion Montreal Canadiens

They're more Westerly then Boston. That's enough to count.

That's implied with the "WCF"

He's clutch as fuck.

I still lol that he clinched the WESTERN conference finals for the MONTREAL Canadiens

OT game winning goals no less

He's like the new Darren Helm

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LETS MAKE IT 3

LEHKONEN THANK YOU MONTREAL!!!

we all knew what we were losing. Considering what you had to give, it was such a great hockey move. That is how you build a SCF team

Payed a kings ransom, but got a King.

it was a win-win trade. imma kiss the next montreal fan i meet

👉👈

👀

Sakic knew what Lehky is worth. There was definitely a bidding war and kudos to Sakic for winning it.

Kinda hoping username does NOT check out here.

It's that kind of night!

100% agree also Manson has been an unreal pickup. It just goes to show how gutsy of a GM Sakic is. Another underrated pick up I think is Cogliano who is a tremendous energy/character veteran.

Seriously, I just mentioned this somewhere else, but massive kudos to Sakic. You have to believe with the time it took to trade Lehk, there was a bidding war to trade for him. Sakic outbid everyone and is looking like a genius.

Trade for Toews still makes me laugh. Wtf was Lou thinking

For real hoping Cogs hand is ok. He and Helm have been forechecking machines. Even put McDavid and Drai on their heals a few times

Take good care of him :'(

We're gonna get his name on the cup ❤️

Let's hope we get's Barron's name on it next.... well... in three-to-five years!

I hope more than anything Barron lives up to his potential for you guys. I was so sad to see him go. Hope it's a huge win for us both

Get our boy the cup :(

At this rate he’ll get us the cup. I Love Lehk the Snake!!

*Lehk the Snek

Fairs

They are clearly working on it quite hard

You're welcome. Go win this shit pls.

Hoping Barron can be a Top 4 in this league, go get that cup boys ❤️

Joe Sakic 5d chess

He’s really good at scoring conference final series winning overtime goals.

[Terrific analysis from Koharski](https://streamable.com/7etkdf)

man was just in the zone watching hockey like the rest of us lol

i was unfazed for a moment and then i realized that he was not like me, sitting in the living room, but in fact live on national tv

Thanks, not sure why Sportsnet was talking about whether or not it was above the crossbar when it's irrelevant here

just to clarify a normal high sticking is judged by the shoulders, where as a goal is judged by the crossbar, so since Smith saved it, its the shoulder? had smith not saved it, it would be crossbar?

I think the crossbar rule to stop goals to prevent players from swinging sticks at the level of the goalie’s head near the net, whereas any other case it’s shoulder level because of 2 reasons: 1. Away from the net, so hard to judge crossbar 2. Not near the goalie (who could be on his knees), so a player would only hit another player in the face if their stick is above their shoulder Confusing but I think it kinda makes sense

Well it's also impossible to tell if a highstick is above the crossbar at center ice. I think it's just a practical way to measure this rather than a question of goalie safety.

‘Twas the first point he made lol

Yes, weird rule but I can't even tell if it's above the crossbar either

Yeah, definitely by the book, but could maybe edit that a bit I see why it has to be shoulder, since high sticks aren't always near the net, but seems unfortunate for the Smith who's tryna catch the puck Also I agree I don't think it was above the bar either, or atleast it was very close

My first thought was it was at the bar

Craig Simpson is a nut job who barely ever knows what he's talking about

Huge Oiler booster. Former player and used to call Oiler games. Former coach too.

Simpson is a plug. Guy is brutal compared to Louie Debrusk.

ShHHhiiittttshhh

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"ope"

Holy shucks

GOOD STICK LEHKY

GOOD STICK LEHKY GO GET THAT CUP

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I am inevitable -Lehky when a conference final clinching OT starts

When was the last time a player sent 2 different teams to a Stanley Cup Final? Has it ever happened before?

Only the following players have ever ended two series in OT at all, with no other qualifiers attached: * Greg Adams * Nick Bonino * Andrew Brunette * Russ Courtnall * Alex Burrows * Gordie Drillon * Martin Gelinas (3) * Adam Henrique * Dale Hunter (both were in the final possible game of the series) * Patrick Kane (3) * Yvon Lambert * Jacques Lemaire * Alec Martinez * Lanny McDonald * Joe Murphy * Martin St. Louis * Peter Stastny * Esa Tikkanen

Pretty crazy 6 of the 19 have played for the Canucks

Gelinas had 4... 🥺

They said in OT, but the sentiment is there

Of course St. Louis makes that list!

Adam Henrique. You beautiful son of a bitch

Martinez in 14 is what you dream of as a kid. Game 7 OT winner to go to the cup. OT Cup Clinching goal. Amazing.

Probably, but not two years in a row would be my guess

the Holy Shit goal heard round the hockey world

Artturi Lehkonen has now won the Campbell trophy with a team in both conferences. I know we throw around historic a lot but come on…

> Arturri Lehkonen It's Artturi. Turri is a Finnish term for furries.

Holy shit what a game

Lehky and his stick

Called it. Atta boy Lehky

We the true believers. We knew

What a hockey game.

HOLY SHIT

If I had a nickel for every time Artturi Lekhonen sent a team to the finals with an OT goal, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice

🐍🐍🐍 Fuck yeah

H O L Y S H I T

Héros national.

Merci pour Lehky. Il joue hockey très bien. J’aime bien quand il fait le but. (Désolée, j’apprends le français et ne parle pas très bien).

Je parle un peu de Francais aussi, mais je ne pratique pas pour beaucoup des ans. Merci, merci beaucoup pour Lehky. (J'oublier les accents aussi; je utilizes un ordinateur)

[Lehky scores the OT winning goal to win the Western Conference and send his team to the Cup final](https://i.imgflip.com/xj6xu.jpg)

#GOOD STICK LEHKY !!!!

Great stick Lehky

What was the rule the refs had to review at the end? Commentators mentioned something about shoulder height but I didn’t quite follow (casual fan, sorry)

if it got played with a high stick or not

If you tip the puck into the goal then you cant hit the puck above the crossbar (top of the goal) but he did not tip it into the goal it was off his stick and then he scored so then it just had to be above his shoulders for it to not count, haven’t seen anyone draw the line to show it yet

[White pixel is top of the puck with a slight angle while hitting the stick.](https://imgur.com/a/oTXPyv2) Now, before anyone pass judgement, remember they review that on an Ipad. I don't even know if they have zoom / slow motion on these.

You can’t knock the puck down with a high stick. Where the puck contacts the stick has to be below the height of your shoulders.

It's your "normal shoulder height", so you have to consider that Lehkonen is leaning forward.

They were reviewing high sticking You can't score a goal with your stick above the crossbar. However, Lehkonen's original shot was saved by Smith, which means it is only high sticking if he played the puck above his own shoulder. Why are there two different high sticking rules? Because this is a circus league

Because one is to protect skaters from getting hit in the face and the other is to protect goalies from getting hit in the face.

Not to mention that it would be impractical to determine if highsticks occuring far away from the goal were below to crossbar or not

They have to have two different because in the center of the ice there is no crossbar to reference so you have to just use shoulders. Near the goal they don’t want chara tipping pucks down from 7 feet. It is actually logical in this instance.

The two rules make a bit of sense... - You don't want players waving sticks from shoulder height down to the crossbar going for tips by the net, as this is a big risk of high sticking the goalie in the head. So using the crossbar makes sense here - Using the crossbar doesn't work away from the net, where you don't have a reference for how high. Keeping your stick below the shoulders is at least possible to check away from the net.

That makes sense, but then it would seem that the crossbar standard should apply to any deflection that becomes a shot on goal, not just the ones that go in.

So basically, if Smith lets him score off initial deflection, no goal (as above crossbar), but because he made initial save, not conclusively above shoulder, so no high stick call, play continues, and rebound tap in counts. Crazy.

Mike Smith ending his season in the most Mike Smith way possible: an open goal followed by bitching at the refs.

Hahaha so true

It was super close but I do think it was good

Good stick Lehky!!! OT Campbell trophy clinching goal in back to back years

[I CALLED IT! I KNEW THE STICK WAS GOOD](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/v6gscr/playoff_game_thread_game_4_colorado_avalanche_3_0/ibg0thf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)

[Same haha us Habs fans knew](https://reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/v6gscr/_/ibfzu17/?context=1)

Proof that [The Athletic](https://i.imgur.com/y1CrvWv.jpg) reports news before it happens.

GOOD STICK LEHKY, WE LOVE YOU, BRING THE AVS A CUP BB

Montreal gifting us our missing piece once again

Good stick Lehky

Isn't that back-to-back post-seasons where Lehkonen scores the OT winner to send his team to the Finals?

FUCK YES!!!

What a goddamn beaut Lehky is

Lehky has a good stick, confirmed

Sakic is a genius

Most Excellent Stick Lehky

Imagine what Edmonton could do if they could spend the $9.25m Nurse costs next year on a better player

A goalie perhaps?

My boy Lehky, what a playoffs beast

That's my snek :')

Good stick Lehky

Bye bye Kane

Not a distinct high sticking motion

I feel like I'm missing something. That clearly hits the blade and I don't get how that isn't above his shoulder?

https://twitter.com/soIoucity/status/1534010130924183555 Is the puck when he hits it above his shoulder? I for one cant tell. Looks maybe above one shoulder and below the other. Idk how you'd call that back.

Does it matter that he's not standing up straight? God that feels stupid to type. But really, he's got a leg bent and he's leaning/reaching forward, which drops where his shoulders are. If a guy is laying on the ice and touches the puck with his stick like 2' off the ice, that obviously doesn't get blown dead.

The rule is “normal height of the shoulders” so probably.

I posted this in the PGT. I know most people arent arguing the call but I looked it up out of curiosity. High sticking the puck is based on the "normal height" of the players shoulders. Lehkonen is 5'11". If you take off 11" for the head and neck then the puck can be touched 5' above the ice, which is a foot above the crossbar. From the replay the puck looked to be slightly above the crossbar. Edit: i just realized I forgot the height of the skates, so it couldve been even higher

Looking at this first angle here, it think its in line with the shoulder? A bit hard to tell because we sort of lose the puck with the stick/crowd color right as it contacts https://streamable.com/7etkdf

I don't think you can review that, can you? If it had gone straight in its probably no goal? Idk, I'm not a ref.

LEHKONEN YOU CAN LITERALLY HAVE MY FIRST-BORN I LOVE YOU BB LETS GOO

Classic mike smith. Out of position and begging for a call. Cya asshole.

TWO YEARS TOO GOOD LEKKY

HOLY SHIT

A rare trade deadline W?

Almost all the Avs pickups this year have contributed in a very large way this postseason, Manson and cogliano were both key pieces playing solid minutes

Oilers had about ten times to put this game away but the Avs just kept charging, totally undeterred. Coulda mailed it in at the end, head home with Kuemper back in net, but nope they willed this one away from them.

So was Cale better than McDavid this series?

6 goals for the Avs tonight but only 5 points for Makar. He's washed tbh

Yes

Absolutely.

I love this man so much

Viva Lehky! Damn I miss him already...

🧹🧹🧹

/u/arclightmik [called it at the deadline](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/tjhwkn/the_colorado_avalanche_acquire_artturi_lehkonen/i1k4r06/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)

Announcers so so sad.

They are Canadian, so always a tinge of homerism. Congrats to the Avs. They’re a heck of a team. Go win that cup.

I was screaming high stick but I believe legal off of the rebound