L K said:
The 180 I have taken on this team is pretty hairpin. I thought this core was awesome. I want it broken up. The effort is just absolutely garbage in a Game 7.
Injuries, sure. This team isn?t good. They can?t win important games. I genuinely dislike this team. But hey at least we can have one of the most expensive cores without a playoff series win
For what it's worth.....
Don't forget the Tampa experience from 2019. Absolutely ran away with the President's Trophy. Core with Hart winner Kucherov, Stamkos, Point, Hedman, Vasilevskiy. Three 40 goal scorers.
Forget losing the last 3 of 7, they were swept in 4. Not a single player scored more than once. Kucherov and Stamkos had 2 points each, Point had 1.
The reactions to their sweep are pretty brutal, and justifiably so:
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/04/tampa-bay-lightning-swept-nhl-playoffs-roasted-by-fans
And they won the Cup the next year.