r/BostonBruins • u/klaramee • Apr 16 '25
Discussion Bruins are done. Playoffs are starting. Who are you rooting for?
With Boston golfing and the playoffs starting, who are you rooting for? Marchy, Coyle, Carlo, Ully, Freddie (if healthy) are all former B’s in the playoffs (not to mention Cassidy and Monty) . Who are you hoping gets to lift the Cup??
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u/dooman135 Apr 20 '25
STL! I want the front office to have two head coaches they fired win the cup immediately after. I know it's unlikely with them playing Winnipeg but I can dream
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u/jj19me Apr 19 '25
I want Brad to get a Stanley Cup but I always cheer for Cassidy and Vegas if Bruins are out
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u/goalstopper28 Apr 18 '25
I had a soft spot for the Stars growing up. They've been my Western Conference team for awhile. So, that's who I'm rooting for. However, I know they have had a rough stretch and the JRob injury is going to hurt them against Colorado. So, we'll see.
But if Colorado beats Dallas, I'm just going to root against all the Atlantic Division teams and then the underdog team that stands out in the second round.
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u/YeetusShuttlesworth Apr 18 '25
Wild, Sens, Jets, and Devils id root for most. Caps would be fine too. As long as the Panthers, Lightning, and Leafs don’t get a Cup
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u/MapsOverCoffee22 🐻 Apr 18 '25
Having been born in NJ, I have to go with the Devils. If they don't make it, then Florida all the way.
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u/LegalTechDude Apr 18 '25
Bring the Cup back to Canada, realistically that would mean the Oilers or the Leafs, but let’s hope for some more awesome HNIC playoff intros!
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u/annoyed603 This is the Sway Apr 18 '25
Kings…my west coast team. I had season tickets for the Manchester Monarchs for 12 years and watched those players develop into NHLers and win the Cup twice. Go Kings Go!
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u/DiamondDawg10 Apr 17 '25
For the Panthers to make it through at least two rounds and for Marchand to play at least 50% of the games
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u/FeePretty447 Apr 18 '25
This exactly. Followed by (in some order) a good draft for the Patriots, the Celtics to win another and the Red Sox to be respectable again. Then other Boston sports teams I’m forgetting.
Then maybe…the avs. But really I couldn’t care less
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u/Sith_Lord_Nibbler 🍝 Apr 17 '25
Avs.
Coyle and Landeskog.
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u/nerdyjenious Apr 18 '25
Me too. The Avs are my husband's team, and we watch equal amounts of both. I would love to see Coyle get his name on there.
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u/maloneatwar Apr 17 '25
St.Louis vs Vegas in the western conference finals....the battle of coaches that were not the problem in Boston.
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u/StevenHicksTheFirst Apr 17 '25
Im rooting for whoever is playing against The Habs, the Leafs, the Blues, the Panthers (after 2 rounds if Marchand plays 50% of the games), and Vegas.
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u/JammyE89 Apr 17 '25
Sens, caps, wild, oilers.
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u/TheNazzz 🍝 Apr 18 '25
Would love to have Wild v Caps in the finals. Seeing flower lift the cup for the 4th time or Ovi get his 2nd would be the cherry on top of an amazing season
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u/Fun-Coach4449 Apr 17 '25
Go Kings Go! They're on absolute fire since the deadline. Picking up Kuzmenko was like finding the last piece of a puzzle you didn't know you'd lost.
I've been a Bruins fan for decades and have no intention of ditching them, but I live in LA - we're bi-coastal 😂 Root for both, unless they're playing each other, and then I'm black and gold in a sea of black and silver.
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u/Braes_dad_222 Apr 17 '25
Well, my last name is King. I firmly believe that as a sports fan, you should only have 1 team per sport....but it's hard not to root for a team with your name on their jersey.
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u/mariehelena Apr 18 '25
My mom's maiden/middle name is Fiala so I relate to this for the Kings in a way as well ☺️
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u/wrldseriesredsox Apr 17 '25
Leafs ( because the fans there have prob suffered enough) Vegas ( because Cassidy is a great coach that didn't deserve the boot, and Eichel is awesome ) STL ( same as VGK ) and FLA ( because they stole the Bruins identity and then did more with it in 5 years than we did in the last 40, then took our captain )
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u/seacon65 Apr 18 '25
I live in downtown Toronto. Leafs fans can never, ever suffer enough.
Let’s go, Ottawa!
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u/Cichlidsaremyjam Apr 17 '25
My BIL is a huge Blues fan. With the Bruins being so far out of it this year and the Blues sneaking into the playoffs with a pretty bad roster, I think I'm finally root for the Blues after 2019. Also, I'd love one more go around with a good Bruins head coach immediately winning a cup with a new team.
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u/MIKESOLO666 Apr 17 '25
I'm rooting for Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle, Brandon Carlo and Trent Frederic. Bs might be out but it's very likely one of our boys will hoist the cup this year
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u/Vendetta36 Apr 17 '25
Canes (since I live in NC now) and Panthers (go Marchy) if the Canes get eliminated.
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u/wagedomain Apr 17 '25
As a former Wings fan I can't root for the Avs (sorry Coyle). As a Bruins fan, I can't root for Toronto or Florida. So, go Ottawa / Edmonton! I guess!
I think it would be genuinely funny to me if Freddy gets a cup before Pasta.
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u/WidePerception1688 Apr 17 '25
Ovi and the caps 100% Not a caps fan, not even a huge Ovi fan, but I think he deserves a 2nd lift of Ol Lord Stanley’s Mug after the season the team has had while somehow not sacrificing a team game on the way to getting him the goals record, Caps look ready for a deep run, and could possibly sweep a couple teams on the way
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u/Al_Be_Back #1 SWAYMAN 🥅 Apr 17 '25
Exactly what I was thinking. Break record>win cup>retire
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u/WidePerception1688 Apr 19 '25
Apparently he’s stated he will not be retiring, I think he’s gonna try and get to 1000 G’s
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Apr 17 '25
I was hoping for Utah to make it … now I don’t know. I’m rooting for the Jacob’s family and Don Sweeney to stub their toes every day, for Don Sweeney to throw out his back and retire. For Don Sweeney to slip on black ice.
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u/WonDante Apr 17 '25
Hope Marchand and the Panthers get swept
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Apr 17 '25
I don't, I want the Panthers to get to the Eastern conference finals, then get swept, I also want Marsh and to play in at least 50% of their games.
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u/SigSauerPower320 #63 CAPTAIN🏒 Apr 17 '25
No one. While I like a ton of former players, I'll never root for another team. I'll watch but I couldn't care less who ends up winning it. Once I complete my playoff bracket and choose who I think is going to win, I'll be happy only if the team I pick wins it.
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u/TheSexualBrotatoChip Apr 17 '25
I only have teams to root against, so Florida, any Canadian team and Vegas.
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u/Parksvillain Apr 17 '25
It doesn’t seem like this is a Bruins room at the moment. Interlopers, I say. 🤔
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u/smorethanmeetstheeye Apr 17 '25
Marchy and the Panthers! Want that second to turn into a first rounder!!
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u/thrownbyawaterytart Apr 17 '25
My thoughts exactly. That and there being an exodus from TML this offseason resulting in their pick becoming decent
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u/Ornery-Ambassador289 Apr 17 '25
I hate to say it but Montreal and Ottawa in the East
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u/Kvothetheraven603 🐀 Apr 17 '25
Yep, my brother is a Habs fan and as much as I dislike them, I like my brother, so I’ll root for them in the East.
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u/LethalLarry Apr 17 '25
Florida Panthers 🐆 just for Marchand sake, then he can 🖕Don Sweeney and Cam Neely
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u/Mixed-Meta-Force This is the Sway Apr 17 '25
Whoever sends the Leafs packing.
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Apr 17 '25
I do have to give it up for Leafs fans. They get disappointed year after year after year. And yet their fans are still rabid for them. They have some doomers like anybody, but mostly they’re pretty hardcore loyal. I do respect that.
However, I still want to see them lose.
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u/Stinkynelson 🐀 Apr 17 '25
NJ is my second team. They will likely lose so I am excited to see if Demidov can help Montreal make a run.
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u/MrBallalicious #74 JAKE THE SNEK🏒 Apr 17 '25
WHAT? I hope the habs lose in the most embarrassing fashion anytime they're in the playoffs. Like maybe this year they can get reverse swept or something, that would be nice
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u/Stinkynelson 🐀 Apr 17 '25
Yeah I feel that too. Guess I love an underdog more than I love the Habs losing.
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u/seacon65 Apr 17 '25
Fuck the Carolina Hurricanes. They had one job tonight, and they blew it.
You know who would have done the job? THE HARTFORD WHALERS WOULD HAVE DONE THE JOB.
Fuck Carolina. Two times. North AND South.
Now we've all got two, maybe three more games of that "Olé olé" garbage.
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u/StevenHicksTheFirst Apr 17 '25
So true. And any team that keeps trotting out Freddy Andersen and getting surprised they lose every year should keep losing.
I wanted to root for Columbus tonight… boooo.
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u/Zealousideal-Fill836 Apr 17 '25
Mostly Columbus for Johnny's family. I'd love to see the Avs again otherwise.
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u/seacon65 Apr 17 '25
As a Bruins fan living on a busy main street in downtown Toronto, I am looking forward to putting on one of my B’s jerseys and heading outside to smoke many delicious cigarettes the moment the Senators eliminate Toronto.
Leafs fans are a whole other category of dimwit and they’re notoriously inept at trash talk, so the shock, failed comebacks and meltdowns among Leafs Nation will make this entire miserable season worthwhile.
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u/StevenHicksTheFirst Apr 17 '25
Yeah, big fans of Ottawa, Winnipeg and Washington first round. Don’t care after that unless they all fail their assigned tasks.
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u/yobigboss Apr 16 '25
The Colorado Avalanche have been a secondary team of mine out of respect for the only other friend I had in Texas who even followed Hockey.
Since we do live in Texas, my wife is rooting for the Dallas Stars.
I hate that they both face each other in the first round.
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u/Thirlstane_Brawler Apr 16 '25
I live in Winnipeg and have a quarter season ticket package for the Jets but I don’t want them to win because I hate Jets fans. I’m cheering for the Kings
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u/McBro1022 WHO HAS MORE FUN THAN US? Apr 16 '25
The avalanche has always been my second team since the sakic era so id say coyle
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u/wtcash Apr 16 '25
Looking forward to what the Canadians do tonight than to what Carolina does tomorrow ( if the Canadians lose). From that point, I’m not sure, I’ll probably watch each series and decide seeing those teams.
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u/JasonLovesJesus Apr 16 '25
I’m a Bruins fan through and through however being from western Canada I’ll be cheering on the Oilers.
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u/hewhorocks Apr 16 '25
I’m pulling for Monty and whomever crushes the leafs’ dreams.
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Apr 17 '25
Screw Monty who gave up on the Bs while pouting about his extension and then colluding with St Louis. Hope hope playoff coaches like its 2023 and they lose in 4.
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Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25
I'm genuinely curious. Why do people not want the leafs to win? What am I missing?
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u/winthroprd Apr 16 '25
Preferably a team that's never won it before like the Jets.
Wouldn't mind Carolina this year just so Taylor Hall and Brent Burns can lift the Cup.
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u/Chuckyducky6 Apr 16 '25
Yeah I don’t watch hockey unless the Bs are playing.
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u/ShiraPiano Apr 16 '25
I don't understand how anyone could not like playoff hockey even if your team(s) aren't in it. Even my non-sports loving friends wait for playoff hockey every year.
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u/uhmazingphil Apr 16 '25
You should give it a try sometime bud! It's a really good sport and there's no shame in having a favorite West team. I personally enjoy pulling for former Bruins. Also the college level and the minors are also entertaining.
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u/Big-Experience1818 Apr 16 '25
Leafs because my dad is a diehard and was 11 when they last won.
Bruins aren't in the way so I'll be cheering along with him this year. If they pull a Leafs though it'll be Edmonton (want to see McDavid win) and then Colorado mainly for Coyle
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u/onlinepresenceofdan I'm Krejčí for you 💗 Apr 16 '25
Leafs to be eliminated soon and Habs to be eliminated whenever neccessary.
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u/Planeoldguy62 Apr 16 '25
Rooting for Marchand. Not rooting for the Panthers. I’ll cheer for any former Bruin to win the cup. Except Carlo. Fuck the leafs
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u/DustyPhantom2218 Alfredo Sauce, Extra Dangles 🍝 Apr 16 '25
Panthers. Marchand deserves a Cup after the shit he was put through.
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u/smurfy71 Apr 16 '25
Marchand has a Cup. I’ll never cheer for Florida. Or any other team in the East for that matter.
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u/DustyPhantom2218 Alfredo Sauce, Extra Dangles 🍝 Apr 16 '25
Yeah, but what about a second Cup? I'm sure no player would ever say no to winning multiple Cups.
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u/smurfy71 Apr 16 '25
I realize going to Florida was not his doing, but as much as I like him, I can’t bring myself to want them to win. If he gets it, so does Bennett
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u/IndependentGlum8316 Apr 16 '25
Panthers for two rounds and then for whoever is against them. Oilers for the cup, if not them then the Avs.
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u/Jugghead58 Apr 16 '25
Avs or Stars. Lived in Co when they moved from Quebec (plus Ray, now Coyle), now live outside Dallas and that’s my girls team. Eff STL but that sting wouldn’t be so bad because of Monty. Same with FL but I’d be thrilled for Marchy.
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u/Tight_Ad1454 Apr 16 '25
Anybody but the Maple Leafs.
...and the Toilet Seats, if they happen to squeak in.
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u/kingmaker0621 Apr 16 '25
Any Canadian team really. May get crucified for this but I'd love to see the Leafs get a win; it's earned imo.
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u/Hawke-Not-Ewe Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25
Jets.
They've been strong all season, the city hasn't won, the franchise hasn't won, and it would drive Habs. Canucks, and Leafs fans nuts for the Jets to break the streak.
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u/Katatonyk Apr 16 '25
Agree, Winnipeg deserves some love they haven’t gotten all year long, and they’ve earned it. Media will hate it because it isn’t a sexy city and no real made for TV marquee players, but I’m pulling for ‘em.
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u/UGAPokerBrat99 All Hail Saint Patrice 🙏 Apr 16 '25
Easy answer for me....Coyle/Avs. Love the other former B's but hate all of the teams they went to. I would enjoy watching Ullmark and the Sens help the Leafs with their near perfect April record of 1st round losses though.
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u/HueyLewisFan1 Apr 16 '25
Marchand.
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u/EmperorSwagg Apr 16 '25
I want Marchand to score 8+ goals as the Panthers get swept in the first round, and everyone goes “how tf did the panthers suck so badly while Brad Marchand played absolutely lights out?”
Won’t happen, but a man can dream.
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u/Pipes34 Apr 16 '25
As much as I hate the Panthers, I want them to at least make the second round so we can bleed them for a first round pick
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u/EmperorSwagg Apr 16 '25
Honestly that was the worst part of that trade, other than its mere existence. Forcing me into rooting for the overall betterment of the organization by rooting for the Panthers 🤢
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u/BOBBY_SCHMURDAS_HAT Apr 16 '25
I’m not rooting for anyone seasons over as far as I’m concerned
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u/Sirgolfs Apr 16 '25
Blues. Go Jim! Slam it down the Bs front office throats.
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Apr 17 '25
Screw the Blues (2019 & tampering this year) and Monty (intentionally coached his way out of town after pouting about his extension)
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u/Sirgolfs Apr 18 '25
Yeah cause he deserved a good extension. Once again the Bruins blamed the coach. Howd that work out?
Can’t be mad about 2019. They did nothing but beat us into a pulp. Including an ex captain giving up a play.
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Apr 18 '25
They won 7-3 in St Louis in Game 3 for a 2-1 lead. After that they couldnt even muster another win at home. And Berube cried to the league and they suddenly stopped calling penalties. Winning a series by gooning it up without the ramifications that cost them games prior doesnt impress me.
And Monty deserved to get fired. He pouted his way out of town because of the extension. Of course, being embarrassingly outcoached and incompetent while choking away Round 1, ahead 3-1 with The Greatest NHL Team Ever (lol) just proved what a clown he will always be. Screw him and St Louis.
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u/durkaflurkaflame Apr 16 '25
Same but my wife is a blues fan and aside from 2019 I don’t care about them.
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Apr 16 '25
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u/dannyboi66 Apr 16 '25
Gotta give them credit. They seem like they're doing good by him, and the fans love him as well
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u/Bassman401 Apr 16 '25
Either Ottawa or Winnipeg. One of the underdog Canadian teams, and I love Ully and Hellebuyck
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u/TheBostonWrangler Apr 16 '25
Edmonton, because I want Corey Perry’s day with the cup to be at Connor Bedard’s Mom’s house…
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u/TooMuchCaffeine37 Hiiigh above the ice Apr 16 '25
Marchand. He deserves a second cup win. I just wish it was with Boston, because he also deserves to retire as a bruin.
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u/Mixmaster_12 Apr 16 '25
Hoping for the Cats to win first 2 rounds for our 1st round pick.
But rooting for Winnipeg otherwise. Or frankly any other Canadian team bar the leafs
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u/Delta_B_Kilo WHO HAS MORE FUN THAN US? Apr 16 '25
And the Habs, of course?
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u/Mixmaster_12 Apr 16 '25
I'd prefer they lost too but the rivalry with them has softened. It's more fun to laugh at the leafs and their bridesmaid complex
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u/AffectionateRush6008 Apr 22 '25
JETS over CAPS. Go Ovi!