When your statistically better goalie has a 2.88 GAA and a .878 SV% in the finals, you deserve to lose and you will lose. I do feel bad for McDavid; another wasted year because your joke management thinks you only need one good d-man and the rest can be secretly a forward at heart, a overpaid pylon, and a bunch of other mystery names; and that goaltending is optional, despite literally everybody in the hockey world telling you your D and goaltending sucks. If he chooses to re-sign there (which, now that Draisitl has, I'm sure he will), he deserves every non-championship he gets. That the last memory Kane will have of this final is getting tossed for being a general asswad and Tkachuk of all people - Tkachuk! - knowing he wasn't worth his time is just chef's kiss.
Thrilled for Reinhart. He's probably the only ex-Sabre who I have absolutely zero malice for. Went from being a slightly misused talent on a team that refused to commit to him (Murray was the most damaging GM the Sabres have ever had don't @ me) to a team that values him, while keeping his head high and refusing to dunk on the old team.
Literally never thought I'd say this, but also happy for Marchand. I felt he cleaned his act up massively in the playoffs and was rewarded with the stats bump.
Gigaprops to the vets for deciding to let the first timers hoist the Cup first and let them drink in what they've already previously experienced.
