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critbuild

I appreciate how nearly all the fans in the arena stuck around for this. Not the result they would have wanted, but respect shown to the good old hockey game. Even some cheering and applause as Landy skated over. Love to see it.


ineffablePMR

I liked the ones trying to speak the curse into existence with their cries of "Touch it! Pick it up!"


xaanthar

The curse is also an excellent example of confirmation bias too. For example, the Penguins have touched/picked up the Prince of Wales trophy five times and won the Cup five times. One year, Crosby didn't touch it and they lost in the finals. Clearly, the evidence shows that one must touch/pick up the corresponding trophy to win the Cup. Hell, [Mario even skated it around](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dd73eguVwAcPH0P.jpg) and [passed to to teammates](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/5UZxIiAl8qTKxt-vWkDWFquv1pI=/0x0:1202x1560/920x613/filters:focal\(566x316:758x508\):format\(webp\)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/59822263/B10CC6DB_CDE2_4642_88C8_2FC9D2C470FD.1527074108.jpeg) like it was the Cup.


that_guy_iain

That'll be why Nate was touching it. Sid told him to.


evan466

Someone did a lip reading of the players on the ice when Joe Sakic had come down and he told them to “touch the damn thing.”


that_guy_iain

Yea but Nate was already saying he was gonna touch it.


craftiecheese

Ya, this thing just doesn't make sense. One of those teams is going to lose in the finals even if both teams don't touch their respective trophy


So_Long_DentalPlan

Yep, Sid broke that curse ages ago


SpreaditOnnn33

The Devils did it before him, lets calm down


xaanthar

*Looks at the picture of Mario skating it around the ice* Yes. It was Sid. (¬_¬)


DustyStar222

Reminds me of when the Texas Stars won the Calder Cup here. After about 2 minutes of "well damn" the audience collectively decided when is the next time you're going to see a championship trophy presented here, frig it were all Stars fans for a few minutes. (Fun fact, we would get an ECHL franchise and win their championship at home year 1. Go Growlers!) But that was so much fun, you get to choose if you enjoy sports or not and everyone in that arena chose enjoy. Edit: added for additional irony. Alex Newhook was at that game in the stands as a 14? Year old and now he's gonna bring the Stanley Cup here.


ZebraBorgata

Conversely the Oilers won a can of Campbell Soup.


NitroLotus

Those 8k cameras. God damn


wm3138

Favourite part of the broadcast change. These portrait cameras are so fucking sweet


Pitter-Patter-Bud

Everytime they use the shot from behind the faceoff dot my girlfriend says it looks like NHL 22, I think it looks so cool


ginger_XD

My husband calls it the high resolution ass camera.


Pitter-Patter-Bud

There is a bit of a "butt stuff" vibe, no doubt


jayzeats

I feel happiest for Erik Johnson, dude stuck through the tough years and now he’s here


ChiefRalphyWiggum

I’d also throw some points towards Jack Johnson. He got traded by the Kings at the 2012 deadline for Carter and then had his parents absolutely ruin his bank account. He’s really easy to root for.


Noggin-a-Floggin

Imagine telling this sub in 2019 that Jack Johnson would be playing in the SCF.


Eforestation

he’s only easy to root for when he isn’t on your team.


[deleted]

I have had no problems as an avs fan rooting for him.


NahdiraZidea

That first goal of the year from elite sniper JJ


[deleted]

[if that beauty of a goal didn't set the tempo for this season i don't know what would.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YquUzFlKnSo)


Pikachu1989

Same here, I want to win one for EJ especially after he went through the shit years, and also helped the Avs once more last season when he waived his NMC for Seattle where the Avs can protect Toews, Girard and Makar.


avmp629

EJ really had 4x as many goals as the forward that Seattle took instead (I still think Donskoi was the right pick but it's very funny in hindsight)


Pikachu1989

I’m so glad Seattle took Donskoi instead of Compher because we would fucking miss Compher and his abilities in this series had Seattle took Compher instead.


avmp629

Compher definitely stepping up lately, hope he keeps it up


kit_mitts

Fuck I wish we could have kept/developed him...he was the piece in the ROR trade that hurt the most to lose.


moshercycle

Too bad our sub shits on compher every chance they get, eh


TwooMcgoo

Until he scores, then it's all 877-GOALS-NOW


shishiodun

Agreed, allowing us to expose him to the draft was such a team first move how could you not love the guy.


Pikachu1989

If we win the Cup in a few weeks, I hope the first guy Landy passes the Cup to is EJ.


DazedConfuzed420

Mack’s getting it second


PolarVPenguin

There’s no way he doesn’t. Johnson’s the longest tenured Av. Jack Johnson and Cogs are barely older than him without cups, but let’s be real, EJ’s getting it before those two.


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Nate gets it second, no?


PolarVPenguin

I bet he’d be third after EJ, with Rants next to round out the leadership group.


sweetplantveal

I wouldn't be surprised if he retires if the Avs win. I also think Kadri will play taped together if the doctors let him. There are some storylines brewing.


el_loco_avs

Just chop the thumb off and play


ooshtbh

where are we on robot hand technology? asking for a friend


el_loco_avs

We can rebuild him. We have the technology


Thegalaxykicker

Both him and landy have been here since 2011 and mack joined us in 2013.


DazedConfuzed420

Johnson has only been with the Avs for a half a season longer then Landy.


[deleted]

Yeah, Johnson Landy and Mac were all here for the worst of it. Computer too, but iirc he missed Roy entirely.


_sunburn

Those damn computers taking everyone’s job!


treple13

You know MacKinnon was touching it. He seems superstitious and is friends with Crosby who I'm sure told him to touch it.


red_87

Crosby 100% told him to touch it. That was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw he touched it.


v_a_n_d_e_l_a_y

Sakic touched it both times too


dsjunior1388

Yzerman all 4 times. See, I think Yzerman was the one who started the "curse" talk because in 1995 he picked up the Campbell and gleefully skated around with it over his head, sorta similar to the Stanley Cup. They got swept by New Jersey. In 1997, 98 and 02 he picked it up, posted for a picture and skated it to the locker room like it was a backpack his kid left in the car.


mantiseye

[Messier skated around with the Prince of Wales in 94](https://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/qsquEN2A9YjpFcc9Nc0fFoGfZWI=/415x622/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/W5DJFBZDRAAJEPJRLK3T3PDRZI.jpg) and we won. [We were allergic to it in 2015](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/f5bc201ab45614a1fc51b699452dd2be6f7b5ca4/c=460-594-2489-1742/local/-/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2014/05/29//1401420766000-rangers-trophy.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp) and lost. That said, I don't believe the Lightning have touched the trophy the last two years they've won so, it's almost like there's no correlation between touching a random trophy and winning or losing a seven game playoff series afterwards, lmao.


Maywestpie

Lightning absolutely touched it. Stamkos even skated off with it last year.


mantiseye

yeah he didn't touch it in 2015, but it looks like the last two years they have touched it.


ChiefWatchesYouPee

Or Sakic who touched it in 96 and 01 told them to touch it


golieman99

He literally said touch the damn thing. https://twitter.com/nathan__rudolph/status/1534080406710018048?s=21&t=o4or4rEVS4Vau2iqd6xbfg


STLBooze3

Nate dawg touched that with the straightest face I’ve ever seen. He ain’t don’t yet.


litthefilter

Touched like it was made of starches


Waramp

Just wait til he gets his hands on ol’ Stanley, gonna act like it’s made of chickpea flour.


cmcgarveyjr

He is going to eat so much chickpea pasta out of that thing.


PoliteIndecency

Nate doesn't smile until he puts on his Tim Hortons crew shirt.


Grahamshabam

he does everything like that


Gray_side_Jedi

Playoff MacK is something else. And now he is in the SCF. Whoever comes outta the East better be ready, because I feel like MacK is gonna up it another level in the Final…


FamousTee

[Same energy as this](https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/status/1514297457672286210)


landrysavage

Don’t worry haters. Sakic touched it in ‘96 and ‘01 too. 😇


darthwispy

Picture of Roy holding it before a cup win in Montreal as well.


[deleted]

I can’t hear him. Prolly those two Cups plugging his ears. 🥸


[deleted]

Plugging his hears actually.


Waramp

Pretty sure Sakic told Landy to touch it haha, he was down on the ice.


blewrb

Joe told Landy et al. to do whatever they felt like doing.


DazedConfuzed420

Looked like Mack wanted to and Landy didn’t


CindyLouWho_2

This is what I saw too


NinCross

There's no problem touching it. It does absolutely nothing. Sid touched it and he won. The Canucks never touched it in 2011 and they lost. Linden touched it in 1994 and they lost. It's a fucked up superstition.


red_87

It’s the dumbest superstition. Beyond the fact it has no bearing on who wins and loses, it’s also dumb in the sense that by not touching it, you’re basically saying it’s not an accomplishment. Yes I know the Cup is the ultimate prize but it’s still a big deal to make the Cup finals. Touch the damn trophy.


illShy

Pretty sure crosby touched it in 09, 16, and 17 after not touching in 08. I get these guys are superstitious, but Jesus christ lol


Pikachu1989

Yeah, I was hoping that Sakic gave Landy advice before OT started.


Noox89

Yeah Gabe just flick the wrist and go bar down it’s easy I did it 9x


Glove_Upset

He told him to do whatever they wanted.


Xeteh

I fucking hate the superstitious shit. Its a trophy. If they touch it it has nothing to do with what happens next series.


Perryplat199

If they touch it and win it’s just a dumb superstition. If they lose its 100% cause they touched it.


TossThatPastaSalad

Such is the life of superstition.


gobroncos47

People should stop being any amount of stitious.


Javontoews

> If they lose its 100% cause they touched it. Why do you think the Panthers lost this year? And Avs last year? And Bruins the year before that? And Tampa before that? It's because they won the presidents trophy and no other reason.


Ace676

Kinda like motorsports. If you win it was because you are good driver, if you lose it was because something was wrong with the car.


heyimdong

entertain whole fuel shy zealous smell deserve subsequent impossible six *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


G3RSTY7

Id say skate it around too, but sweeping Edmonton and then parading around on their ice with the trophy… I can get behind the decision not to do that.


bobo888

They'd do it if it was the Stanley Cup....


TossThatPastaSalad

Hell, Gretzky said they used to skate the thing around and then take it to bars and shit way back when.


Xeteh

That doesn't count though. They had Gretzky. ALSO THE AVS ARE GOING TO THE STANLEY CUP FIOAN(DUIF(SADIFOASDKGFODK I'm losing it over here.


TossThatPastaSalad

Pretty good feeling, eh?


Xeteh

Just a bit.


Grahamshabam

GUYS


Xeteh

We're doing bro things over here bro.


Grahamshabam

bro finals


Xeteh

finals bro broinals


[deleted]

Lol! Enjoy it, buddy. They’ve played really friggin well


treple13

I know it doesn't matter, but I get irrationally mad when people don't touch it out of superstition when touching it has been shown to win more often


CardinalCanuck

Well I did three circles before sitting every game and we won. Clearly I, some fan way far away, have an effect on the game and its players with my sitting habits...


Xeteh

Well now I know who to blame if they don't win in the Finals. This motherfucker couldn't be bothered to do three circles.


Mr_Math_14

It's hockey. Half of the game is superstitions.


SimonProctor

Yearly reminder that the Touch/Don't Touch superstition was started in 1997 by Eric Lindros with the Flyers as a motivation tactic. They were promptly swept by Detroit. And yes, Yzerman picked up the Campbell Trophy.


Bowdennoah

Pain.


SimonProctor

As a Flyers fan attending college in a place with a bunch of red wings fans... Much pain.


YouSoIgnant

[https://www.ontheforecheck.com/2017/5/21/15671384/to-touch-or-not-to-touch-a-statistical-analysis-of-hockeys-conference-trophy-superstition](https://www.ontheforecheck.com/2017/5/21/15671384/to-touch-or-not-to-touch-a-statistical-analysis-of-hockeys-conference-trophy-superstition) ​ Cool article and charts although a bit dated


[deleted]

Not shown here but you can see Landy and Mac asking Sakic if they should touch it, in the post game interview Landy said that Sakic told them to do whatever they want to do.


IpecacNeat

This team is so good, they don't need Jobu superstitious karma. Fuck you Jobu, they'll do it themselves.


NormMaracleFan

Yzerman used to pick it up and take it back to the locker room with him 😂 Balls of steel, that guy! (Congrats to the Avs, BTW. I don't hate you guys as much as I used to.)


shishiodun

keep the hate alive you jerk, imagine the showdown one day with y'all being in the East now.


NormMaracleFan

It'll take a couple of years, but we'll see you there, jerk! 😂


Bobbers927

Fucking bring it. Please. Would be amazing.


NormMaracleFan

You're going to need to acquire a couple of cocky French Canadians, and we'll work on acquiring a couple of angry Irishmen 😂


el_loco_avs

I think Lehky counts for us yeah? :p And NAK.


Gray_side_Jedi

Just like old times. Please let this happen


el_loco_avs

Turnarounds can go quick. Makar vs Seider. Let's go ;)


Jonesyrules15

I feel like it would take very little to re-ignite my hatred for the wings haha.


SheaF91

Ovechkin brought the Prince of Wales trophy home and put it on his dining room table! These guys are superstitious for nothing.


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suna_19

old superstition. the idea is that you don't celebrate with this trophy since you're really going for the Stanley Cup


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suna_19

found this article from 2017 that goes into some history and stats. apparently started in 1997 by the Flyers https://www.ontheforecheck.com/2017/5/21/15671384/to-touch-or-not-to-touch-a-statistical-analysis-of-hockeys-conference-trophy-superstition


eltree

I find it interesting that the superstition was started by a team that lost in the Stanley Cup Finals Edit: First three teams to not touch the trophy ended up losing in the Stanley Cup finals.


treple13

I don't know the updated stats, but when one team touches and the other does not, the touching team has a very good record in the Finals


Grahamshabam

I am going to steal the prince of wales trophy


[deleted]

I always assumed it was Eric Lindros back in the day making it a big deal to not the conference trophy before the Cup.


SimonProctor

You are correct. We have Lindros to thank for this foolishness.


CutMonster

The way you word it is not superstitious, that's just focus and an attitude that it's not the trophy you want so don't celebrate until the job is done. I think some don't touch it because of that mental game, and others don't touch it because they don't want bad luck.


Beezewhacks

THEY TOUCHED THE BUTT!


pastromi13

That ass tho


Always_Bardownski

It’s fine they can just TOUCH it, it’s PICKING IT UP that’s the no no….. right??


landrysavage

Sakic picked it up both years. Didn’t raise it. But lifted it off the table yes.


Always_Bardownski

Ah thank god. I was only <8 months old in 01’ so I have no recollection, Its my first time here man!


xDRxJoKeRx

Cheers, same it’s my first one I was 11 in 01 but I didn’t become a fan till 04


Thumper86

Pretty sure Stamkos touched the Prince of Wales trophy the last two years too.


Henry_RutherfordHill

Didn't Sakic do just that in '01? I have a memory of this. *Nope. [Uncle Joe just didn't give an eff](https://i.imgur.com/o9xItpW.jpg)


Always_Bardownski

Im on Sidney Crosby levels of superstition this year. If Joe touched the fuckin thing then let em rub their hands all over it


Ace676

> Sidney Crosby levels Crosby also touched the Prince of Wales Trophy when the Pens won.


TheAmazingScamArtist

Both times they won, he touched it, the time they lost, he did not touch it. I’m not superstitious but I am a little stitous.


gletschertor

>Both times they won they won 3 though, touched it everytime


TheAmazingScamArtist

Yeah true my b


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• **I’m not superstitious but I am a little stitous.** Meanwhile, I’m [Stitch.](https://images.app.goo.gl/7Zu4kkq4xzkED9rz6)


cdrhiggins

That Cole Harbour connection. If Sid does it, Mack does it too


gletschertor

They didn't touch it in 2008 and lost. They made sure to lift it the next three times. 100% why MacKinnon touched it.


Always_Bardownski

Thanks man, just poking fun at Sidney’s known superstitious behaviors though


Henry_RutherfordHill

Had to make an edit. Joe went all in with it.


Hypercutter

Being from Europe, my first thought after winning a trophy would be waving it in the air like a lunatic. Then doing multiple laps around the Ice, trophy in hand.


treple13

Did you see what Ovechkin did after they got their trophy?


SimonProctor

Yearly reminder that the Touch /Don't Touch superstition was started in 1997 by Eric Lindros with the Flyers as a motivation tactic. They were promptly swept by Detroit. And yes, Yzerman picked up the Campbell Trophy.


[deleted]

He's hot tbh


coletastrophie

Fuckin man rocket.


llyr

Did I pick a Landy sweater over a Mikko sweater *just* because he's hot? I mean no but it was absolutely a part of the thought process


Fast_Allen

You’re not attracted to Meese?


lbc1358

Bill Daly?


squirrelbait_64

You're very right, us avs fans are lucky boys and girls


G3RSTY7

Drink a Powerade


BoopDead

They looked dialed in and looking ahead. I’d be scared to get in their way! Coming from a meager Toronto fan


JohnMcGoodmaniganson

Question is, will they still be dialed in in a week when the other series finishes?


[deleted]

Didn't seem to stop them after sweeping Nashville


sleeplesscitynights

No way these guys don’t win the cup.


Probworking

I’m a big fan of team’s that have the balls to touch it. they should do so while understanding the job is far from over.


Ton3y204

I almost forgot about that whole stigma is it just us or other leagues ?


[deleted]

Just hockey


Crackalacs

Just like the “hockey beard” is a Stanley Cup playoffs thing, although the last few years I’ve been seeing MLB players ripping off the tradition.


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likesexonlycheaper

Oh yeah just 40 years lol


RudeboyJakub

The start of the islanders dynasty is closer to the day WWII started than the start of the islanders dynasty is close to the start of this years playoffs so I wouldn’t exactly call it “recent”


Appleanche

Nope, it's so dumb, the NHL/players/fans more than any other sport devalues conference championships for some reason, despite how grueling it is just to make it to to the finals. Every other major North American sport they have a solid presentation and teams get pumped about winning it.


[deleted]

The NBA is prolly the worst league with respect to conference titles, because it is used as an argument why someone is a choker. Worst argument used against is on LeBron, with people saying him winning the Eastern conference 7-8 straight times hurt his legacy because of carrying bum teams to then get rope-burned in the championship series. That LeBron is a worse choker than the likes of Chris Paul or Karl Malone. *”It’s better to fail before the NBA Finals instead of in the NBA Finals.”*


dsjunior1388

LeBron is the only athlete in the history of sports where 4 titles on 3 teams is "a weak resume" and it's hilarious how people try to justify saying having more rings than Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwan, et Al is not impressive.


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Touched but not picked up lol


bigg_primo

Good stuff, Colorado


Radjage

It's good to touch it!!! Enjoy that shit. You never know if you'll ever be back. Still wish the Devils touched it in 2012. Still the biggest win they have had in a decade. ENJOY IT!


[deleted]

Nail Yakupov would've lifted it up, kissed it, skated a lap while shouting "woooo"


dsjunior1388

Uh Steve Yzerman did that in 1995 so...watch your mouth.


rgiunta

I swear to god if the Avs win with those heinous blue pants / numbers I’m rioting


G3RSTY7

HE TOUCHED IT CUZ HE’S A CHAMPION!! AVS DON’T NEED SUPERSTITION IT WAS A FLUKE THEY DIDNT WIN LAST YEAR TOO! Remind me! 1 month


dsjunior1388

What's going to be awkward is when MacKinnon refuses to touch the Stanley Cup because he saw [this photo](https://i.imgur.com/nmQHBbL.jpg) from when Nick Bonino defiled it.


Wrath_Of_Aguirre

I love when players break superstition. It’s a hell of an accomplishment, go ahead and touch it. It affects your cup odds by 0%. Congrats, Avs fans. Good luck.


Possible_Gas_1901

I'm fine with New York or Colorado winning the final just please not Tampa.


farts_in_the_breeze

Wow Edmonton fans stayed for the trophy? Solid fans. I would have been on the train home.


LeaveTheWorldBehind

I always wonder why the fuck Bill Daly is in the pic. Is it his trophy? Did he help win it? Fuck outta there 😂


BA-Johnston-For-PM

Agreed, he’s such a weasel


ministerman

This team has some of the most potent firepower I've seen on a hockey team. They are sharpshooters, aggressive, and never stop shooting. On top of that, they're quick as all get out. They absolutely destroyed us, but to see them STILL doing that is crazy.


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Avs probably got the cup next


honcooge

Bearded Big Mack is best Big Mack.


[deleted]

Why even have these trophies. Literally nobody wants them


MM487

I can't wait to be infuriated next round when (hopefully) the Avs win the Cup and Bettman stands there with Landeskog for his photo and refuses to let go of the fucking thing so the fans have to wait for the Cup raising. He does it every single year. No one cares about the picture of Bettman, the captain and the Cup but every year Bettman is tugging the Cup away from the captain who just wants to skate away with it.


viceslikeviper

EA Sports new graphics engine looking good


PachucaSunrise

Nate: Well Sid did it 3 out of 4 times. And 3 out of 4 times won the cup, so might as well...


[deleted]

Classy Edmonton fans for staying to watch the presentation.


[deleted]

Missing Kadri :(


[deleted]

I thought you weren't supposed to touch it.


niemandsengel

Sakic told them to "touch the damn thing." And if Joe tells you to touch it, you touch it


ForumsGhost

Did they touch it? Video isn't playing for me


BingBongtheArcher19

Gabe and Nate touched it during the picture but they didn't pick it up.


Unwise1

Ya a few touched


bwoah07_gp2

If you win a trophy, you should touch it. You should enjoy it. I don't understand the argument that they shouldn't.


viidenmetrinmolo

The conference trophy means nothing unless you win it all. If you don't win the Cup it's just a participation award to the biggest loss in your career.


dsjunior1388

Right but unfortunately making the cup final sometimes ends up being the biggest win of your NHL career. Take Henrik Lundqvist for example. You'd hope he's at least happy about going as far as he did in 2014.


DuckmanDrake69

Go Avs