Canes Drop Out in 2003, Wild Make Round Three

[@Cyndi7021]

Thanks for starting my Friday night off right.

[@matthewdaley746]

You made my night as well.

[@kylewhite5147]

Wings fan here. I remember going into grade 8 class the day after they got swept and getting quacked at. Dark times!

[@BoyNamedSue4]

That Ducks vs Wild series was the one where the Wild only scored one goal .... IN THE WHOLE SERIES

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Adequatelytcaffeinated You have your answer.

[@specmence32]

First year I watched hockey. Oh man that Canucks collapse against the Wild was brutal. Great initiation as a Canucks fan though lol

[@matthewdaley746]

The Wild eventually ran out of gas.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@matthewdaley746 With what's going on currently with Wild!! 2003 was the high point of the franchise.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@wilnerolivier7971 It was, almost two decades ago now.

[@Nickleblanc41]

Brent Johnson (known for ending Dipietro's career) was the most used goalie by the Blues that year

[@gymrat2647]

Nothing like a good history lesson from the hockey guy

[@Nickleblanc41]

Marty Turco who owns the record for most career 4OT games

[@JP_HKY_777]

U missed some teams but I like how u did every years history 2 ways!

[@Nickleblanc41]

Flames missed the playoffs 7 straight years Edmonton Oilers - hold my beer

[@eddixon2015]

Nick Leblanc I think Buffalo has one upped them

[@Nickleblanc41]

Ed Dixon Buffalo is at 8 they need to miss 2 more seasons to tie the record which is owned by the Oilers

[@JP_HKY_777]

The year I was born! 2003

[@rashawnreese7995]

The finals that year was hard to watch and the trade that which brought briere from the Arizona and the 03 offseason buffalo ends up signing chris duruy and that signing and drafting vanek 5th overall and getting some real good players in that 03 draft started something big for buffalo going forward

[@Vegland]

For lockout season should do a video on who left for other leagues, who should of been drafted, who retired, who aged out of prime! Maybe add contract issues and such, coaching changes the whole nine!

[@TheBorderGeek]

Glenn Murray was a fantasy dream.

[@rivetingpotato4865]

On the lockout year you should talk about where some notable players went to play instead and which chose to take the year off

[@BrodieBr0]

I remember this season from the off ice nonsense with Buffalo and Chicago....crazy stuff lol

[@matthewdaley746]

At least the Blackhawks eventually turned themselves around.

[@poejavelski148]

One thing to note about that boring 2003 WCF, the final score was 9-1 Anaheim. Minnesota set the record for least amount of goals scored in a single series and I believe that series set the record for lowest combined score.

[@PancakesAndHammers2426]

A fantastic season for the Wild. Oh...how I pine for another season like that this year. Man, the New Jersey Devils drove me crazy in the playoffs. Still a excellent showing by New Jersey.

[@preppen78]

I like this history series. Good watch! Suggestion for imo a watchable video: Rank the SC final series. The Anaheim - NJ was a boring one. Please go through the final series from entertainment value, in your opinion. Should be interesting to see eras and teams which were 'more watchable'.

[@kevinbudzinski9576]

Correction: Philly lost in the 2nd round in 2003 to Ottawa

[@LHOH197]

I don't see Washington on the board and now that I think of it the caps weren't on the last one either was that just an oversight being it's in alphabetical order or did I just miss it

[@matthewdaley746]

He just seems to be indifferent to them.

[@mikeJones-zo8si]

Ya, I was wondering why Vancouver is last. What about Winnipeg Vegas and Washington. Guess they don’t exist yet lol.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@mikeJones-zo8si He doesn't cover every team in every video, the teams must be alphabetical.

[@GodIsAmazing33]

Love your content. Just a couple small corrections - the Flyers lost in the 2nd round after knocking out the Leafs in the 1st. And Cechmanek's name is pronounced Czechmanek (just like, you know, the Czech republic), not Chechmanek :).

[@Robulous18]

Always wanted Marty to win the Conn Smythe never liked the idea of a losing team player winning it.

[@trentthurow5696]

I didn’t get to watch Cujo play with Detroit but his regular season and playoff stats with Detroit were very good both years he was there. The problem was Detroit could not score a goal for him to save their lives in both playoffs.

[@matthewdaley746]

He bailed out a lot of teams, too bad teams NEVER returned the favor.

[@mjk06]

@@matthewdaley746 Yeah just wrote a comment about Cujo. His stats were fine! The biggest problem in Detroit at that time was the Coach........Dave Lewis. never liked him behind the bench. Cujo was perfectly fine and was treated like crap by Detroit.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@mjk06 Dave Lewis was handed the job because he had been Scotty Bowman's bench coach, and, they naturally assumed there would be a seamless transition. The ugly truth was, he couldn't coach, AT ALL! The fans of the Red Wings were spoiled rotten, and, expected to win the Cup every year. Little did they know that within a decade their magical ride would come to a screeching halt.

[@hockeyinalabama]

I remember being so mad at Detroit around that time. They had gotten rid of Osgood who could've picked up for Cujo. I loved Cujo, but I was livid when Osgood was being pushed out for him and the Dominator. Luckily, Osgood showed them how dumb that was not too many seasons away from where your series is now.

[@juliushlavco]

For the lockout erased season, you can list some notable players and where they played that season

[@Aaronschinaguide]

Giguere gave Detroit and Dallas playoff nightmares.

[@matthewdaley746]

Oddly enough, those teams were better than the Devils.

[@Tank67_]

Any more updated history videos? (I mean for the teams)

[@matthewdaley746]

Those are on a rotating basis.

[@poejavelski148]

10:23 Tampa: Hold my beer

[@matthewdaley746]

To be fair, they still haven't won anything with this group.

[@timsmith428]

..Was Washington in the AHL this year?..no mention...

[@matthewdaley746]

@cashtheyen Still does, he just refuses to admit it.

[@charlesblack9959]

As a Ducks fan, I look at my cup final white Kariya jersey bittersweetly. We just had to run into that fucking Devils dynasty team.

[@matthewdaley746]

Then that bastard Scott Stevens ran into Kariya literally.

[@charlesblack9959]

@@matthewdaley746 the only solace is he did that to everyone, dudes a first class piece of dogshit.

[@MusicsWhore]

I remember durring this time being fed up with hockey and how boring it was to watch and follow. That Ducks and Wild game 1 was a test of how god awful trapping hockey is

[@mjk06]

I don't get why people say Cujo was bad in Detroit. His numbers were pretty solid. The team just bottled it in front of him. I felt bad for him in regards of the way Detroit treated him. I'm a Wings fan and thought he was alright. 2002-03 GP 61 W 34 L 19 OTL 6 GAA 2.49 SV% .912 S0's 5 Play-offs GP 4 W O L 4 GAA 2.08 SV% .917 S0's 0 2003-04 GP 31 W 16 L 10 OTL 3 GAA 2.39 SV% .909 SO's 2 Play-offs GP 9 W 4 L 4 GAA 1.39 SV% .939 SO's 1 Those are not awful numbers hahaha..the coaching in the Play-offs was bad at that time in Detroit. A lot of bad decisions and lack of changing things up cost Detroit.

[@kevaninthe4135]

This would be the 2nd and last time Joe Thornton scores 30 goals in a season.

[@DamtheMan50]

Shannon: Dark times ahead for Canucks fans. Me: How is that different from most of the videos in this series? :D On a serious note, what are the upsides of being a Canucks fan? Based on this series (coupled with previous series of history stuff), there's plenty of valleys, not a lot of peaks.

[@shawnthompson2303]

Shannon.... why you gotta go and remind me of Roman Turek. Lol

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Turek ruined 2 franchises with his goaltending!!

[@matthewdaley746]

@@wilnerolivier7971 He was supposed to be the heir apparent for the Stars.

[@Detector1977]

To be honest the Canucks got really unlucky in game 7. Sure, they sucked in game 5 and 6 but Van were up 2-0 and Min had NOTHING going for them. Then just before the end of the 2nd period they were gifted a fluke goal out of nowhere which gave them new life. But they were done without that goal....

[@Detector1977]

@@Adequatelytcaffeinated Well, on that occasion not even Hasek or Roy could had seen that coming. Two sticks collide behind the net, the puck flips into the air over the net and drop just in front of a min player 3 feet from the net.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Detector1977 Good luck has limits, so does bad luck.

[@nuck97]

As a Canucks fan, this was one of the most heartbreaking years I can remember. Cloutier's meltdown vs. the Wild in Round 2 was the ONLY thing preventing them from a Stanley Cup Finals appearance. I think the Canucks could have handled the Ducks easily in Round 3. They had a perfect team, save for some seriously spotty goaltending. Still don't understand why Crawford didn't try the backup (was it Auld?) at least once in that series.

[@matthewdaley746]

Marc Crawford's Cup made him seem better than he actually was.

[@sportsrook8282]

This was the last Stanley Cup the Devils won. Is there a chance they can make it back to the Finals with the core they have?

[@wilnerolivier7971]

If NJD is serious about possibly icing a competitive team!! Then they need to start by keeping Taylor Hall.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@wilnerolivier7971 That's the most important thing.

[@kosmicwizard]

They need a real goalie, another top 4 dman and another top flight winger.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@kosmicwizard Lots of parts needed, unsure if they can right now

[@joeclark2646]

I’m surprised you didn’t talk more about the Jagr disaster in Washington during the last 2 videos.

[@mh-ct7oc]

Wearing a stinkin’ Ranger sweater for the 2003 year ... highest payroll, unproductive “stars” and not even making the playoffs.

[@jumpingpeppers2263]

Awesome sweater though...

[@capnstems5026]

The only playoff game I've ever attended was one of the horrible Wild - Ducks games when I was 6. Ugh. Sucked ass. (Wild fan, but it wouldn't have even been that enjoyable for a Ducks fan, tbh)

[@BoyNamedSue4]

I’m still in aw about Giggys goaltending this playoffs

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

Toronto has a weak defense that year...might be in 2019 the first year since then when it's not gonna be the case ! Took them long !

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Theodore wasn't that good to begin with!! He was pumped up by Quebec media because they desperately wanted the next Roy.

[@matthewdaley746]

They had the first Roy, and, kicked him to the curb.

[@mh-ct7oc]

Really? Brodeur had three - yes 3 - shutouts in the SCF. How about a little credit???

[@Nickleblanc41]

6:21 - Pittsburgh

[@goatMAN1321]

What is the difference from these videos and the season by season playlist ? Which u covered from the 1st season but now your re covering them ?

[@matthewdaley746]

Maybe he adds certain things while removing certain things.

[@kosmicwizard]

This year's series is of the years he personally watched.

[@goatMAN1321]

@@kosmicwizard ok fair enough. I watched the other playlist so i didnt bother watching these but i guess i should now since its more of his perspective as a fan rather then what happened in that year

[@matthewdaley746]

@@goatMAN1321 Maybe his perspective changed in light of new knowledge.