2003 Sees Pat Burns' Name on the Cup At Last

[@adamscott2801]

OFF THE FLOOR ON THE BOARD PAUL KARIYA! like if you were in shock when you saw that he scored right after the Stevens hit.

[@chrisb8021]

Adam Scott the look on Stevens face when Kariya came back out ... he was shook

[@patch8376]

Sadly Kariya was probably also in shock watching it after the fact.

[@doaftheloaf]

Patch 83 kariya doesn't remember the hit, the goal, or the rest of the series, even now.

[@yoholmes273]

When the Steven's train hit Kariya ....my brother jumped out of his seat and screamed "He's DEAD!". People forget how tense the moment was, how scared everyone was until Kariya took that first shallow breath after being totally laid out. His comeback in that game to score a goal was one of the sickest athletic feats I have ever witnessed.

[@adamuddenback-smiech8197]

My favorite part of the day is seeing these videos

[@JHockeyFan]

The legend of Jeff Friesen happens in these playoffs.

[@icewyre]

This season was when I started watching hockey. Good memories, even though my Canucks lost from up 3-1, and the Mighty Ducks I was cheering for in the final ended up coming up just a little short. Was amazing to see Kariya come back and score after that hit though.

[@HashtagWhattaNerd]

Fun fact, Detroit's trade for Robert Lang was a 1st rounder that became Mike Green. Green then signed in Detroit and before his injury last season, Washington was the front runner with Tampa to get him at the deadline.

[@thpisland2423]

End of an Era. Nobody seems to talk about this but for 8 years 3 teams dominated: Devils, Red Wings, and Avalanche. Devils often get forgotten in favor of Detroit which kind of sucks

[@GreenHornet553]

And the Devils were arguably the best of the three.

[@JHockeyFan]

And while they did not dominate, the Stars were in back to back SCFs so they were also a major part of the late 90s/early 2000s.

[@Nickleblanc41]

The Red Wings were actually a dynasty

[@patch8376]

THP Island I've said it before but Devils' "David vs. Goliath" era of Ray Leonard'ing the western Marvin Haglers was fun in its own way and hopefully history will look back beyond "Ugh, trap!" and view the classic Devils more favorably in time.

[@kevaninthe4135]

The Devils deserve to be derided. They were boring as fuck. They had trouble selling out their own arena in championship years. Even the home fans didn't really like the product.

[@theawesomer8587]

Brodeur had 7 shutouts that year in the playoffs, which is still a record. I think if that mistake goal in game 6 didn't happen, he'd be the Conn Smyth winner. Game 7 vs Ottawa is my personal favorite Devils game ever played. The third period was the best 20 minutes of hockey ever. I felt Ottawa had a much better team and they nearly won.

[@jimking2299]

Most heartbreaking game in Senators history. I thought they had it won. Bad missed call on a Madden slewfoot followed almost immediately by Sens' Dzone screwup that left Friesen all alone to apply the fatal blow.

[@yoholmes273]

MARTY set the ALL TIME PLAYOFF record for shutouts including 3 in The Finals including GAME 7! Yet he loses the MVP to the loser goalie. To this day, it is still the biggest highway robbery in hockey ( after the pens tanking for Mario). They gave Gigi the trophy so the sports writers could have a "feel good" story about Western conference California hockey who to that point had won absolutely nothing of note.

[@Foxentails]

​@@jimking2299legends say still say NO! Not a goal 😂

[@chrisb8021]

I said in the 94 vid that the Rangers-Devils finals was the greatest playoff series I ever saw ... this is the greatest Finals in my lifetime - so much drama, David vs Goliath, Kariiya ... so incredible.

[@veritasinvicta8128]

Devils Rangers has nothing on Isles/Rangers.

[@jessiegandhi4340]

I love that the devils video comes out on my birthday! This is the only cup I fully remember the devils winning, I was too young for their first 2 cups

[@dennyluis6339]

Don't forget 2003 saw the retirement of Patrick Roy after that game 7 loss to Minnesota.

[@SverigeiSverige]

Markus Näslund 1st swede to win Pearson. Peter Forsberg 1st swede to win Hart and Art Ross.

[@dylantoropov7430]

your videos have made it so easy for me to get into hockey with some knowledge of the history! thank you shannon!

[@patch8376]

My father used to make almost a hobby out of finding errors in the NHL Official Record Book/Guide, whatever it's called, the so-called (annual) "Bible of Hockey".

[@doaftheloaf]

you'll find a lot more errors in the actual bible, so they shouldn't feel so bad.

[@Aaronschinaguide]

I always think about if Teemu had stayed with the Ducks, they probably would have won the cup.

[@watcher6935]

I literally randomly watched old hockey videos last night and watched the news from the day the Leafs fired Pat Burns. Cliff Fletcher was in tears. Both guys were in the meeting. The Leafs were actually still in a playoff spot. They went on a slump for two months and he was fired.

[@JP_HKY_777]

The year I was born! 2003

[@JHockeyFan]

Plus Derian Hatcher tore his ACL in Detroit and was never the same after that.

[@JHockeyFan]

Time for a Career of Dany Heatley Video. #50in07 EDIT: Do a vid on how the 04-05 season was lost.

[@patrickbooth5091]

He’s done a few on the 04-05 lockout and what he thinks would have happened if the season had gone on

[@eila2088]

Was hoping for Van-Ott final this year :(

[@mcfleury]

You have to make a Paul Kariya video now

[@BoyNamedSue4]

McFleury yes

[@gbtrat]

I was at the clincher for the Lightning against the Caps, happy flippin Easter :(

[@drsalt328]

Yay I could finally say I was alive when a team won the cup

[@dlark5972]

Burns was not fired by NJ. During the lockout he resigned after getting really sick.

[@keanerbeaner77]

Definitely do a vid about 04-05 when we get there. Even if it's shorter. What happened, why, and the final outcome for the next season to come back

[@killerbeau97]

You should do a video on the career of pat burns

[@adamm3308]

3rd year as a Wild fan and I was so stoked because we were knocking out better teams with the trap... then the Ducks came to town and all I could think was how the trap sucked.

[@dmoran1093]

Man this Vegas team you are talking about in these history videos sounds pretty good, I hope they win the Stanley Cup or play in the Stanley Cup playoffs. hehe

[@joeclark2646]

For the 04-05 video, find the Dwight Schrute "False" shirt and discuss the reasons for the lockout. Maybe discuss some issues from other lockouts as well.

[@Marleau_Seneca]

It was especially difficult watching the Avs get knocked out by Minnesota... even more so to a weak goal in OT, the saddest way to end of Roy's career. I still watched since I support THG.

[@kunaalpurohit9475]

It’s funny, it’s kind of like the little brother Stanley cup final. New Jersey is like the brother to New York and Anaheim is the brother to LA. By the way I’m from NJ.😁

[@logann29]

For the lockout season just go over the two two drafts, 2004, 2005. Because there is a lot of top end talent in the two (crosby, malkin, ovechkin)... Not really much else if any to talk about that season

[@richcerasale8909]

i love the total hockey book

[@derekgreen7319]

You know id like to see a vid on that forbes article about about the nhls mostvaluable francises i think it would be interesting

[@alexolds9840]

Imagine an Ottawa-Vancouver final that year.

[@Nickleblanc41]

Under the current playoffs format and divisions: DAL vs CHI COL vs STL VAN vs MIN EDM vs ANA OTT vs BOS DET vs TOR NJ vs TB PHI vs WSH

[@ccamp26]

My parents went to game 2 of wild vs ducks in the conference finals i have the playoff towel hanging in my room

[@memomelaza]

These playoffs were interesting albeit bad in fun factor, good story lines though, I remember Keith Primeau scoring the late goal in I don't even remember what OT period, The Wild had Gaborik and Wes Walz who was playing the best hockey of his career, the Stevens on Kariya hit, and him scoring later.

[@doaftheloaf]

giguere only allowed one goal in that minnesota series. i think that's a record.

[@VonCurry8]

04-05 COVER THE AHL SEASON!

[@jaredmason194]

Please do the 04-05.

[@gymrat2647]

Looking forward to 05 when Crosby was drafted

[@MidNiteR32]

Speaking of Fleury...Makes me wonder why Pittsburgh let Fleury go for nothing in the expansion. They should have traded him before the trade deadline in 2016-17 season for a pick(s) to a team that was desperate for a goalie, like Oilers, Carolina, Calgary. You bet your ass those three teams would have taken him and protected him in the draft. That way Vegas gets nothing. But that didn't happen and Vegas got a top 10 goalie Fleury for free.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

I still haven’t forgiven New Jersey for this.

[@jwestphal1978]

As a Leafs fan. A Saturday afternoon playoff exit sucks

[@evog35viii]

Go Devils!!!

[@BrettHornby]

The ultimate neutral zone trap Stanley Cup Finals.

[@IceHong10]

Pretty good year for Forsberg still =)

[@autumnfall1997]

In glad burns got a cup

[@patch8376]

I was fine with "trapping" within the rules, but not clutching and grabbing to get it done.

[@santadestroy98]

if there was one sports moment i could change it might just be these '03 ducks winning game 7 of the final. would have loved to see kariya come back and hoist the cup.

[@fallendevonish1869]

new jersey won the cup in game seven vs the sens

[@SverigeiSverige]

Great video! 👍 Completely right about boring SF. ANA 9 goals MIN 1 goal! 👎

[@youknowimright.3137]

Cant wait to hear the Calgary Crybabies in the next video ..... It didn't go over the line!

[@jameskreisler6083]

Imagine if Pittsburgh left Murray exposed instead of Flower

[@Nickleblanc41]

This Devils cup begins an run of 9 years with 9 different cup winners before Chicago ruined everything

[@ele_mclovin4187]

Will you upload right after the Canucks game

[@71MrReal]

We're OT losses and Ties both worth one standings point?

[@TheHockeyGuy]

Yup

[@maxrates]

Didn't you do the finalists already on these years? Seems like the same thing

[@filipnassen9076]

Flower Power!

[@danielseyts6133]

I kinda forgot how consistently bad Columbus was

[@mccor002]

That's the last time a Conn Smythe recipient played for the losing team isn't it?

[@serenitysanctuary2312]

Now McDavid

[@MightyD_93]

Shouldve been Karyia.

[@JoeyJordison97]

😊

[@Sekushiwolf]

TBH you should just makes a 2-4 second video for the 04-05 season with NOPE written on the board and that's it.

[@maxrates]

Or show a picture of the Bettman

[@soundersfan2443]

I'm not saying anything new here but man the stanley cup finals was disappointing. Not as entertaining as I thought it was going to be at the time. Not because of the devils winning just the quality of the games was disappointing.

[@jerseyjealousy1995]

Dallas is a bad match up for the Oilers in the playoffs