Miscellaneous NHL Notes

The Panthers’ 7 game triumph, again why did it have to go 7 when they were up (3-0)?!! means 22 of the 32 NHL teams (that is about 12, I could say 26 too many teams) have at least one title.

It was the second consecutive final in which a team bidding for its first crown defeated a team that had “hoisted.” (el Stanley Cup). (The Blues 7’d the Bruins in 2019).

One big positive is Paul Maurice, the “Fla” coach and finally a title winner evoking the names of Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard and Gord Howe in “telling” his father now the surname Maurice joins Maurice’s some of Maurice’s heroes on that chalice.

Now Corey Perry did title with the ’07 Anaheim Ducks but now somewhat incredibly has been in 4 of the last 5 Cup final rounds and his teams, the Dallas Stars, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning and now the Edmonton Oilers lost all 4 times.

Twice the Lightning won then he lost with the Lightning (I guess it struck thrice) to the Colorado Avalanche and then this season.

Perry was presented a medal, probably the top one by Putin at the ’12 Olympic Games. I could have told him that did not augur well.

Once something/”a little prayer” after her coffee break, now I believe it is MeTV, to help the great Dionne Warwick, pictured above, to start and along her day.