Lychees Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 What if you never made this stupid thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 What if you never made this stupid thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bissurnette Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 first and foremost, this is a very rare good post on CDC during the offseason. Valid questions you asked. I would think that MOST of the "core" guys would've gotten traded and gillis and AV both would've been fired because losing 3 years in a row to the same team is not acceptable, especially by blowing a 3-0 series lead in the last year. But are we truly a "cup contending" team? yes I really believe so because we have the elite goaltending needed (x2), we have the needed offense led by two of the finest players in the world, and we have good but not great defensive stature. To sum up, if Burrows hadn't scored that goal, HIDE YO WIFE AND HIDE YO KIDS CUZ EVERYONE WOULD GET RUN OUT OF TOWN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Or are we better than this year's results? There's also the possibility that had the Hawks scored instead MG may have fired AV and hired a worse coach. Or maybe he deals Kesler and it backfires. Or maybe it goes like I said in my previous post and they wind up winning the cup this year. Big picture, they did beat the Hawks, and the Preds and the Sharks in a fairly dominant 3 rounds. If they had scraped by with a series of 1 goal and OT games in 7 game series, then barely made the playoffs this year, then I could hear where you are coming from. But they didn't. So I still think they have the majority of the right pieces in place (including the coach) to contend for the Cup again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_kirk1 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 what if we could have scored in game 7 of the SCF? What if Lafayette didn't hit the post...(1994 reference for those who don't know who this is).. what if, what if..pretty sure this has been discussed. How about the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 There are still a few pieces missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Here's a better one.... What if the Olympic gold medal game went to a Shootout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticriver Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 What a night that was....*SIGH* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 As long as they don't bring in Messier 2.0 and screw it up, I'm still optimistic about the next few years here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arman_Canucks21 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 But he did, so what now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrene Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I've seen this thread like... a million times already. Give it up. He scored. Done deal. It's over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorrcoq Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 What if your parents would have been more careful and you hadn't been conceived? We would have been spared another useless "what if" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Canuckian Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Yeah, I have thought about this many times. I would think the MG would have made some big acquisitions last summer (July 2011) then just getting guys like Sturm, Mancari... and this years trade deadline. If it wasn't for Luongo's save earlier it could have all ended. Remember: it was Burrows who took a penalty in OT just before he scored. Had Sharp scored all the blame would go to Burrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Let's just say, I wouldn't have gone to school for the rest of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I don't understand the point of these "what if" type questions. You could just as easily say, what if Toews didn't score that tying SH goal? Then it wouldn't have even got to OT and we would have been denied one of the most exciting moments in Canucks history. Sports, and in fact history in general has been filled with close calls and pivotal moments that could have easily gone either way. Nowadays, no one can just dominate their way to the Cup, so I would say that most championship teams have had moments where they succeeded only by the skin of their teeth. What if Horton didn't score the game winning goal in Game 7 against Montreal? What if MA Fleury didn't make that spectacular save in the dying moments of Game 7 against the Red Wings? What if Calgary really did score in overtime of game 6 in 2004? What if Lafayette didn't hit the post in 94? I'm just saying, a lot of teams that win the Cup have had moments where they just barely got by. And yes, they could have gone either way, but they didn't, so what's the point of asking? Otherwise you could start doing that for every important 1-goal game in hockey history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strombone1 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 what if the rain stopped... FOR 2 DAYS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiun Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 no one can just dominate their way to the Cup, so I would say that most championship teams have had moments where they succeeded only by the skin of their teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22Sedinery33 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I would have went into depression if we lost to Chicago but make myself feel better by throwing pennies at Kane... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magoomba Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Then we wouldn't be deemed one of the most successful franchises to no win a Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Except the Kings, apparently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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