When You're On The Wrong Side of NHL History

[@Iamthetable767]

King Henrik looking despondent at the rafters is one of the saddest sights in hockey history especially knowing he would never get there again.

[@Skynexstar]

another notable one is Roloson after Tampa lost to Boston in 2011 ECF game 7. Old vet playing out of his mind who knew it was his last chance

[@kylecmurphy]

To be a King you need to win the cup. Great day in LA Kings history.

[@DeadPixel27]

@@kylecmurphy you're a soulless husk and love to bait, speaks of you as a "person".

[@gwell66v2AnimeReviews]

@@kylecmurphy " To me, both the canadiens and rangers failed their generational goalies with poor mismanagement and not good enough team building. As good as the Habs and Rags were during some of their runs it was clear on multiple occasions that they were outclassed and outcoached. We'll never know what could've been but these goalies fought like hell for their franchises and probably deserved more. This is me saying this as a Caps fan by the way. Lundqvist and Price have my respect." Some people get sports

[@nickA231]

@@gwell66v2AnimeReviewsvery true lmao as a rangers fan I can look at this and just say yeah that sounds about right

[@SuperRavensfan101]

To me, both the canadiens and rangers failed their generational goalies with poor mismanagement and not good enough team building. As good as the Habs and Rags were during some of their runs it was clear on multiple occasions that they were outclassed and outcoached. We'll never know what could've been but these goalies fought like hell for their franchises and probably deserved more. This is me saying this as a Caps fan by the way. Lundqvist and Price have my respect.

[@Lunablade4]

Absolutely dreading the possibility that the Jets join this list, the team just never seems to work out once the post season hits…

[@GregAllenF1]

The Rangers are a Shesterkin contract away from repeating this history.

[@michaeldodd6254]

Only part I’d disagree with is when krieder ran price over taking him out in the playoffs, by far best habs team price had and it was cut short

[@GregAllenF1]

@@michaeldodd6254 Except Kreider didn’t run him, a Habs player took him out. Habs fans just can’t take responsibility that their own player ruined their goalie.

[@newjerseyfan101]

Hasek

[@hotsauce0097]

looking back, we need a Blackhawks vs Kings deepdive on that 2012-2015 stretch.

[@Mechanicsville804]

The teams are like mirror images in a way in my opinion

[@hotsauce0097]

@@Mechanicsville804 Fr

[@codypendency9482]

Growing up a hawks fan those series were the best hockey I have seen

[@billymays7210]

Eastern Conference never had a chance any of those years.

[@ethanparker7900]

the rosters for the hawks in the 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons were all so similar to each other man its insane especially in a cap world. Ofc people are gonna say cap circumvention for the 2015 cup but still impressive the similarities between 4 seasons. Same goes for the Kings in 2011-2012, 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 campaigns. 2013 and 2014 were almsot identical to 2012 and cause of that they were able to keep the needle moving within that timespan

[@STARPHASE]

As a Kings fan, that entire 2014 run was amazing to watch. But at the end of it all, I felt sorry for Hank, and still do. He deserved to win a cup in his career. But the Kings weren't losing that year.

[@v4v819]

Awomen

[@yuio9239]

You know it’s a good day when hockey psychology uploads

[@v4v819]

Awomen

[@adamwade8801]

9:57 oh man those “HIT THE POST WITH THE SHOT!” calls by Doc makes me miss him in the booth during playoff hockey.

[@negtype13]

Especially now that NBC is no longer at the helm!😩

[@Matanumi]

and how garbage ESPN is.... Seriously they treat hockey like its secondary

[@Prime-hd7eq]

Thanks for the Chris Kreider PTSD

[@NFoot10]

Not only is this Kings Cup run one of the best in NHL history, but this entire 2013-14 playoffs are to this day unmatched, every series with Kings and Rangers involved were crazy, but we also got insane series between Bruins and Habs, Avs and the Wild, Hawks and the Blues, Ducks and the Stars and Hawks and the Wild in round 2 and add to all that an unbelievable 27 OT games in those playoffs, which could be a record.

[@igroz2680]

You're absolutely right! The best playoff season of all time. Practically every series was incredible.

[@ethanparker7900]

that reverse sweep the kings did against the sharks in round one was just unreal and then recovering from a 3-2 deficit in round 2 against Anaheim was stunning!!

[@SmasherDark]

I think the 2019 playoffs were a little bit better, other than that this series was amazing

[@36inc]

the only one i rank higher- is my dallas stars in 99' i was only 9 myself- best player on the team mike modano also #9. alot of 9s running about that year. cutting the bias Martinez has the best goal since fucking Orr

[@aisthefisherman]

This made me teary eyed... Thank you for letting me relive this! 2014 for me was during college.. The only way I was able to watch the playoff games was going to local restaurants and ordering the cheapest thing on the menu. I had some of the best memories sipping my $3 ice tea and watching history play out.

[@malcolmapplet4313]

Oh man! Doc calling the game. Makes it 10x better.

[@ethanparker7900]

as a lifelong caps fan, my favorite quote will always be "the capital of the country is the capital of the hockey playoffs!"

[@36inc]

@@ethanparker7900 doc had such a way with words, now theres no national guys like that gotta keep it to the local crew to get decent banter.

[@ethanparker7900]

@@36inc he did no question. The passion, the knowledge and the work ethic that was just unreal to all of us. He played such a pivotal role in not just the NHL but people's lives altogether as well.

[@HT-jj5sx]

As a Kings fan you're spot on. The series is often talked of as being a 'foregone conclusion' after the amazing series vs the 'Hawks. However, this whole series was a freaking nailbiter. GG WP.

[@jobo5731]

Agreed. As a kings fan, If it wasn’t the kings in the final I would’ve totally went for the rangers. Looking back at it, it hurt to see Hank’s look after that goal. I really wished that he had another chance to win the cup. Absolute legend!

[@MachLandar]

As a Rangers fan, I feel like only our two fanbases remember how close that series really was lol...everyone else just remembers 4-1 series and thinks it was a blowout and not competitive

[@Bonaboms]

​@@MachLandarsens fan here, and i remember Tightest and best 5 game series for me, alongside WSH-VGK

[@billymays7210]

@@MachLandar By itself, close as a 5 game series can be for sure. Just not crazy after three 7 game series that included a reverse sweep.

[@ethanparker7900]

@@MachLandar it was quite tight for a 5 game series because i think 3 out of 5 went to OT. Im not a fan of either team and even i remember very fondly that it wasn't a blowout like most think. Surely not like the ducks in 2007, caps in 2018, bolts 2021 or the knights in 2023 when those respective clubs went through their opponents in those respective finals pretty easy

[@cow4094]

I was at Kingsfest the year they ended up making it to the Finals and winning it. This was like the summer before the season started. I met Quick, Doughty, tons of others. Awesome experience. I said to myself, man, this team has potential and I rooted for them in the playoffs after my Panthers were heart broken by the Devils. What was so interesting is the two cup runs were so so different. One was a destructive road where they just manhandled every team and the year you are covering was game 7 and comebacks and OTs like crazy. The difference between both roads to the cup is honestly unreal.

[@carparthero]

LAK was something special that year with the 3 game 7 wins. the hawks-kings 2014 steel cage match was the series of the 2010's decade. @Hockey Psychology thanks for this wonderful video! cheers from southern ontario, canada 🍁

[@ethanparker7900]

that reverse sweep in round 1 will always be historic given that the sharks were the third seed and the kings were the sixth

[@BoxingFan699]

corey perry documentary

[@user-dh4rq7bo3b]

2024: Lost to FLA in SCF 2023: Lost to TOR in 1ST RD!!! 2022: Lost to COL in SCF 2021: Lost to TBL in SCF 2020: Lost to TBL in SCF 2019: Left ANA DNQ

[@-HockeySteve94-]

Mr. Win Everything. Memorial Cup Stanley Cup World Juniors World Cup World Championships Olympic Hart Trophy Rocket

[@dana102083]

​@@user-dh4rq7bo3bthats the minority of his career. Obviously winning teams want spmepne like him..did your team make the cut?

[@user-gg1gb8pr9djrkscbsnotabot]

@@user-dh4rq7bo3b2023: got with an 18 year old teammates mother

[@mikeyisjustbetter4376]

⁠@@user-dh4rq7bo3bshows u how the 1st round Is torontos Stanley cup

[@Dylanm823]

As a kings fans, this is the best video he's made, no bias of course that would be bad

[@cjvastro.]

This was the year Canadians had every chance to win the cup, until kreider ran into him. And price was never the same after that…

[@igroz2680]

What you meant to say was "Kreider was tripped into Price by their d-man".

[@cjvastro.]

@@igroz2680 🤣🤣 you wish. The stick of the defence hit the shin pads and it was delayed a whole 2 seconds until chris fell. Get your head out your ahh couch potato

[@ethanparker7900]

idk if they would've beaten LA cause of how deep they were and also he was tripped into him and never the same is a stretch cause he won a quartet of awards the very next year and pretty much single handedly took the habs to the final in 2021

[@cjvastro.]

@@ethanparker7900 he did not get tripped into him. The stick of the defence hit kreiders shin pads, not hard at all. He fell a whole 1.5 seconds after. Watch the video again. But ya he wasn’t the same, he had one decent run years later but after numerous surgeries and having alcohol problems.

[@ethanparker7900]

@@cjvastro. how was he not the same when he won the hart, ted lindsay, vezina and jennings the very next year? Then basically brought them to the final in 2021 single handedly? The knee injury from the 2021 final was the one that led to his falloff. It sucks he got hurt with krieder running into him but saying he was never the same immediately after is pretty ridiculous given what he did the very next year like i said

[@pakkajulmu]

That matinez goal gives me goosebumps every time

[@DrBdan8]

As a Habs fan... Ugggggh Kreider!!! Epic recap though.

[@jamesberreth7171]

Damn kid, you know how to write a good script! Great analysis as always and it's good to see you have content coming out in the summer!

[@filelps1178]

everytime price is mentioned anywhere i just want to cry. He deserved so much better that man.

[@dvon1097]

I feel like Hank had so many overtime winners go in on him because his defense always let him down

[@GregAllenF1]

Brutal to watch as a Rangers fan. That series was much closer than it looked. However, NY massively overachieved to get there and were out of their weight class. Much like this year with Florida. The Rangers put too much stock in goaltending and it leaves them lacking. Maybe next year tho….

[@HankingMySchrader]

Goaltending power play and panarin…and when Florida shuts down the power play and panarin the goaltending can only get you so far. To win next year zibenajed and Krieder have to be 5 on 5 players and can’t just wait for tip ins and one timers or else they’re practically useless

[@Matanumi]

Florida wasn't under or over at all this year. Just a good team who had a rocky road near the end

[@iamwonderFil]

kreider didnt miss, he hit his target

[@LiamEllard]

Hockey psychology > SN not even close hire this man!

[@Max_Coolman]

The 2014 LAK-CHI series is probably the best hockey I've ever seen, and thats coming from someone who was rooting for the blackhawks. Incredible hockey. Intensity, ferocity, sense of urgency - everything was at the highest level. What a series that was.

[@carparthero]

2014 LAK-CHI was the series of the 2010's decade, for sure.

[@billymays7210]

💯

[@billymays7210]

If it weren’t for the Hawks, LA would have 3-peated 💯

[@ethanparker7900]

that series and same with the third round in 2018 with the Lightning and capitals too

[@ethanparker7900]

@@billymays7210 hawk fans say the same thing ab 2014 lol. Just shows that sometimes its luck that comes to a team. I always say in the first round in 2019 in game 7 between the caps and canes that if my caps had won game 7 instead of the canes then they easily would've went to at least the conference finals against the bruins. Ofc it's hard to defend a title and we prolly wouldn't have beaten boston but we definitely would've put up a tougher more entertaining fight against them unlike the canes since we had almost the exact same team from the cup year the year prior still intact. The caps would've prolly swept the islanders in round 2 like the canes did and would've taken the third round to at least 6 games win or lose unlike the canes who ofc got swept in round 3 by the bruins.

[@rickciardella]

The Kreider breakaway on Price effectively ended Price's career. Going in feet first was intentional. And for that, it would be fitting if Kreider never gets to lift the Cup.Oh, and I'm a life long Leafs fan and loathe the Canadiens........

[@Prey4eyes]

Blame Emelin

[@samuelsiltala119]

Some could say it's the Canadian curse, man seems like Canadian NHL teams just cannot win the cup anymore 🥶

[@broadstreetbullies849]

Didn't Carey Price win the Hart and Vezina trophy the very next season?

[@DarrenJohnson-cl9bn]

My fav team is Montreal I was so pissed when Krueger hit price I was done with it we could’ve won a cup that season no doubt

[@MasterMysterable]

Rangers have been so lucky with goaltending. First Lundqvist, then shesterkin.

[@williamthefloridano]

You can add Mike Richter to that list.

[@GregAllenF1]

You could argue they are unlucky. Having that elite goaltending has put them in a situation where they over pay and rely too heavily on the position thus leaving them short elsewhere and never getting a cup.

[@Skynexstar]

@@GregAllenF1 Lundqvist wasn't even making 7 mill, if you can't build a winning team around that then that's on the GM

[@GregAllenF1]

@@Skynexstar he signed a 11+ million dollar deal that season that took up 1/3 of the teams cap space. Also, the point still stands that NY is over reliant on goaltending

[@Roteberht35]

The rangers have probably one of the best goalie coaches of all time, nothing to do with luck

[@QDP24]

I don’t even have to watch to know how good of a video this is. Awesome video, love your videos man. Also will say as someone who has Ranger fan friends, I’ll make sure to send this out to them so they see it 😃😃😃

[@AllistairMetcalfe]

Great video! That game 5 was one of the greatest hockey games I'll ever watch!

[@WhosTheWizz]

More of this content! So intriguing!👏🔥🔥

[@Stonedguardian]

These intros are gold

[@ggrapperhaus]

Amazing video. I love this format for sports retrospectives. Glad more hockey ones are being made.

[@Albioniron]

The storytelling with the choice in clip selections and editing is just beautiful!

[@booyakuhsha24]

This video is so well done! Amazing work and thank you !!

[@conlinlundnerg3749]

10 years later it still hurts

[@DrunkenIdiot85]

More of this. this is a complete breakdown of why a single moment for those of us that follow the game sticks with us and our teams we cheer for. whole also giving insight to those that don't follow the game to understand the situation an brevity of it all. As always keep up the work always tell my Vietnamese friends to head here to learn a bit of the game and history.

[@BlackFlag2012a]

Best hockey channel on youtube!

[@m.fheagle3286]

What a great hockey documentary, thank you for sharing!

[@Vinniebabe]

Man I miss Doc Emrick.... He really was the voice of the playoffs What a great breakdown (as always) keep up the awesome work

[@BigC144]

That Kreider play still haunts me to this day. Ruined prices career.

[@YoskiRS]

The Emelin play

[@broadstreetbullies849]

Didn't bro win the Vezina and Hart the very next year

[@BigC144]

@@broadstreetbullies849 he hasn’t played since tho, I believe this was the year he won it not the year after but I could be wrong

[@broadstreetbullies849]

@@BigC144 he has in fact played games since 2015

[@MatthewWerkema-iy8on]

When ever you release a video it’s like Christmas morning

[@PigeonNHL]

Honesty 2010s deep dive would be incredible. The Chicago dynasty, LA's two unlikely cup wins, Vancouver riots in 2011, Crosby's back-to-back cup wins, San Jose never quite making it, the Capitals going nowhere until the magical run of 2018, St. Louis's incredible bounceback in 2019... A lot of interesting things happened during that time period.

[@Honza_31]

The more I watch your videos, the more I love them!

[@OSTV405]

As a kings fan, their 2014 playoff run was one of the most magical things I’ve witnessed in my time watching hockey. Have a lot of respect for Sutter & what he did with that team.

[@jewney24]

The 2012 SCF was definitely the most unexpected match up. A 6 seed vs an 8 seed. Will never see that again.

[@TheRealDarthCosby]

I love how you do these breakdowns during the off season.

[@Remoock]

That was such a good video, great work man appreciate it

[@chodaboy9674]

I’m loving these Secret Base style rewinds of classic hockey moments. HP pls keep up the fantastic work 👍

[@grantmoretti]

One of these types of videos but with the Philly/Chicago runs to the 2010 final would go hard

[@ethanparker7900]

the 2011 and 2015 finals too

[@NickOnTheWater]

Martinez. No player name gives me PTSD more as a Rangers fan

[@broadstreetbullies849]

See if you were older, the name Eric Lindros wouldn't sit well with you either

[@LexTan]

Was just at the Marty St. Louis mother's Day goal... RIP Bob Cole. He still had it even then.

[@HeWhoWalksWithTigers]

A goal that gives me goosebumps every time.

[@LiamDrives]

Great video gave me goosebumps!!

[@caseypark69]

I was there for game 5 and the 2OTs. Best game I’ve ever seen in person and went home exhausted and happy

[@corona1688]

You do a very good job with narrating, and having a good flow to your videos!

[@AdamDonaldson7272]

As a long time Rangers fan i very much appreciate this video, excellent video, what could have been...

[@pattaccone]

Great video as usual bro !

[@Goo762]

Its so funny to hear analysis by people who arent fans of the teams involved. As a Rangers fan I remember Game 2 being given away by the referees but no mention of it in the whole video. Looking back after, and being there watching every minute is a huge difference.

[@jakegoldrich4847]

Most underrated youtuber. Sick video

[@wyldrice]

Love your vids

[@coconyt3623]

As a long time Rangers guy... That was painful. The planets had aligned in an uncanny way. Martin St. Louis had been (and still is) my favorite player for years and for 'my' team to acquire him and then go on a potential Cup run... it was like a dream. But frankly, I knew the Kings had the edge heading into the Cup Final and none of what happened surprised me. The OT games could've indeed gone either way and one of the games basically went the Kings' way because of a thoroughly brain-dead penalty call off a knee on knee collision that wasn't either player's fault. Either way, it was an expected outcome, but it still sucked. :D

[@ELias-vn5yv]

This video highlights all that it takes even to get to the Stanley cup final, let alone winning it. We should give more attention and respect to the finalists who lose. They have the second best team in the league every year and that’s something special too.

[@bikesarebest]

Montreal would have won that cup if not for price getting injured. He was on a different level

[@HoneyBunnies89]

This cup was amazing to watch, I had seen a lot of the kings team in the AHL with the Monarchs. I even have a Martinez bobblehead from after the cup win

[@notliam1118]

as a rangers fan, yeah I shed a tear watching this.

[@ianwhipple8842]

I absolutely love your channel bro

[@slurpassassin292]

This was probably the toughest series lost I ever saw, especially knowing the rangers have not got back since. 2015 to the lightning is also up there, even more so when i went to the garden for game 7. After that the team completely fell apart, and it took until 2022 for the rangers to get back to a team that could compete again. (also, hank and carey price both deserved cups)

[@kieranwallace7090]

god it still hurts so much

[@MachLandar]

tough watch as a Rangers fan but a really well done video...up until that Finals series, that run was the most fun I ever had as a fan and have a lot of great memories watching that with my brother....I saw them win the cup in '94 but I was only 8 or so and as much as I loved hockey as a kid, I didnt really become a die-hard fan until around 2008....Lundqvist deserved better in his career than what the Rangers were able to give him, but some things are just not meant to be....

[@jsalts]

amazing video, and thanks for ruining my day - signed, a rangers fan

[@pdempsey]

I gave the thumbs up. That said, I kinda feel like these rewinds end abruptly. But hey, it's your channel. Side note: as a lifetime Blackhawks fan, wasn't that the conf final, game 7, overtime that LA won when it went in off the D'ender's knob? Or I got the wrong year. My favorite stories in hockey are the "random chance beats skill again." Please keep it coming, whatever you can put together. The dog weeks are in full swing.

[@nathan5932]

Seeing Lundqvist face first on the ice while the Kings celebrate, gotta be the greatest pic of all time.

[@starninjacam7774]

*worst

[@loganrufus1316]

Surprised that the rags didn’t send kreider into Quick next

[@jidion514]

9:56 my 10 year old self thought this puck went in… all the joy I had at that moment went dark in seconds

[@86cutty442]

why must u bring up this deep seeded PTSD until the rangers win a cup ill never forget 2014 😂

[@HankingMySchrader]

As long as our top guys show up in playoffs we can do it. But when zibenajed and Panarin just stop scoring it’s really hard. You know it’s bad when Barclay Goodrow scored more goals than any ranger in this series than he did in the entire regular season

[@mrmushroom5369]

Habs should have been in that final

[@PeterHKwok]

I really don't think the 2014 Rangers were ever all that, they had no excuses for taking all 7 games to beat the Flyers in Round 1, who should not have been in the playoffs in the first place, the signs were there that they were not going to beat the Kings or Hawks (who were only kept from the finals because the officials allowed the Kings to score offside in Game 7 despite all the technology available to the NHL to prevent that years before 2014)... Kings narrative is also absurd aside from the offside WCF goal, especially since 2012 SCF Game 6 featured an undeniably large amount of help from the officials, Rob Scuderi turned his back to Steve Bernier at the very last moment & somehow Bernier was given a major which almost never happened in the SCF when actually deserved, while the officials just a few seconds before ignored Stephen Gionta getting targeted by Jarrett Stoll the entire way & boarded at center ice, then they allowed Dustin Penner to punch Anton Volchenkov with no call before the Devils touched the puck to start the 5 minute major penalty kill

[@ianism3]

watching these throwback videos is like watching bootleg Rewinder videos from SB. the structure is so, so similar, especially the way you end the video lol. these are still good though hah

[@philchurch27]

These are your best vids.

[@Jive.]

I remember watching this series. It was spicy 🔥

[@h3llspawn2024]

NYR didn't deserve the cup in that season. The final was already more than they deserved..

[@ethanparker7900]

the kings were just that deep of a team too given they had nearly the exact same roster as they did 2 years prior

[@michalsuchanek5324]

As a Rangers fan, a really feel this

[@Mechanicsville804]

Do more of these but make them longer, take a look at the kings perspective of the playoffs

[@36inc]

Im a dallas stars fan and this was the most excited I ever got for a non-stars game winner. martinez' iconic goal will haunt newyork forever- and as someone from dallas we are contractually obligated too cheer against new york and see their downfall. it twas a good year. ( also slightly sillier reason when the nhl games added be a pro mode- LA was the team that drafted my pro.)

[@lawrenceteller650]

I love your content!

[@Taco1011]

The 2014 Series between the Kings and Rangers culminated in one of *my* favorite Stanley Cup final moments ever. Alec "Jazz Hands" Martinez scoring that goal. Why do I say Jazz Hands? Because that's what he did lmao

[@manzac112]

You should do the Patrick Maroon goal against the Dallas Stars in the 2019 Western Conference semi-final. As a Dallas Stars fan, I still get nightmares of that goal in my sleep sometimes.

[@twerps1]

Quick, Price, Lundqvist and Fleury all in their prime, I feel sorry for those forwards...

[@kienandennis6159]

Great watch 👍

[@XSharkdarkX]

As a Sharks fan I'm still mad about these playoffs, the Kings were my most hated team until 2018. Now it's ok, this run was epic and LA has won without cheating, not like another stupid new team who had pay to get success, my hate is on them now.

[@ridekim]

The last few goals scored by both teams in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals all had very weird hops off the ice to get past each goalie. They weren't exactly soft goals. Even Martinez's GWG was a weird change up.

[@chriz9959]

great video.

[@slurpassassin292]

This was probably the most heartbreaking rangers loss for me. It’s either this or game 7 vs tampa which i saw in person. Also, why did i get this and the usa canada olympics game recommended? Those were the most painful losses i ever saw.

[@哀和]

And now Quick from that Kings team is between the pipes for the Rangers. I’ve only recently been able to forgive him for 2014.

[@Dadbot]

Goosebumps this entire video my man. As a massive Kings fan I really appreciate the credit you give them. That was the best year of my life. And them winning that cup meant everything to me. I miss that roster a lot.

[@14Hilltop]

my dad is a ranger fan and he told me he was crying seeing that moment

[@gracefearon]

Are you gonna do a video on the Oilers 2024 playoff PK? That would be so interesting to me.

[@the1andonly759]

What a great video

[@Andyanddiana467]

The problem with the Rangers that year (and that era) is that they invested too much money and term into overrated/slow D Men (Staal, Girardi) and a franchise player like Rick Nash who was never known for being a clutch/playoff guy. The team also didn't have enough "useful" size, aside from Bryan Boyle. I've been a die hard Ranger fan my whole life (37 years, since I was ten), and I always thought that the core that year was overrated and outclassed.