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@63boogie @dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @BetMGM Yes the canes two asterisk cups are more significant than Tampa bays two asterisk Covid cups I can live with that 👍

@dougdougie__ @isitoverbuffalo @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @BetMGM Dude if it makes you feel better your cup has more significance than the two tampa covid cups

Ranking the last 10 Stanley Cup Champions

@dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM And I think you’d be surprised what they would say tbh

@isitoverbuffalo @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM Yeah go tell nhl players that and see what they think

@CatsandCanes @TheWarningTake What? I said congrats on winning it! Lol why are you so mad at me wow

@isitoverbuffalo @TheWarningTake Cry harder

I'm not big on this sentimental stuff but, this is something I've wanted to say for a long time. This will be a long post so if you want to read it later, bookmark it. I had my doubts at times but, I never lost faith. I know I was at times critical of Rod Brind'Amour. I had my frustrations because I knew what he and the team were capable of. On the 28th of December in 2024, I made a post that generated some controversy. It was widely misinterpreted by many, including some in the media as me saying things like "Rod is out of ideas" and that "Rod is holding the team back." Some even speculated that I wanted Rod fired, and even asked me in the comments why I "wanted him fired." Nothing could've been further from the truth. From the day Rod was hired back in 2019, well before I started The Warning Take, people in my hockey circles asked me what I thought about it. I gave them answers along the lines of "The team will have a significantly better culture, they'll ultimately play much better. Justin Williams will be captain now." and things of the like. All of it comes back to "In Rod We Trust", a saying that is almost synonymous with the words "Carolina Hurricanes" themselves. I know I'm ultimately a nobody when it comes to the Hurricanes. At the end of the day, I'm just someone who has loved the game, because of this team, since I was six years old. My opinion doesn't really carry weight. But, the biggest fear for me was that the three photos of Rod holding the cup up on Sunday night never occurring. What drove a lot of my frustrations was that I couldn't stand the thought of them not winning a cup with him at the helm after he saved this franchise, figuratively and literally carrying it on his back as a player, a captain, and ultimately a coach. I knew this team had it in them. It was never a matter of "if" to me, it was almost a matter of "when" even with thought of "what if" in the back of my mind. This was by far his best season as a coach and the results speak for themselves. The only time I've ever cried over a hockey game was when the Canes beat the Devils in Game 81 back in 2018-2019 when the drought ended as John Forslund called how much time was left in the game and the score between the Capitals and Canadiens simultaneously while calling the Hurricanes game. I didn't shed any tears the other night as I thought I would. That game left no doubts in my mind. I was convinced basically from the first shift that the Canes were there to win and they would not be denied. Watching them play was like watching eighteen Brind'Amours play, it was most certainly the watershed moment of everything he built, cultivated and created over the last eight seasons. I can tell you that the next time I might shed a tear is when Rod decides that he's going to walk away from coaching. I hope he doesn't yet because I think this team hasn't made it's last run. There is not, and there never will be, anyone like him for the Canes. I had my doubts at times but, I never lost faith.

@dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM But the market doesn’t lie and I never said winning a Stanley cup is or isn’t better than having more recognition for a team. I said the recognition is pretty much equal to a Stanley cup win that’s all.

@isitoverbuffalo @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM I can’t, because you think people knowing things about your team is better than winning the Stanley cup so I’m not sure you’re capable of understanding things you’ve never experienced

@dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM Well yah I can’t bc we haven’t won it lol. But maybe if Buffalo ended up winning it wouldn’t it be a better story? I think so. Other than the story of Rod brindamour there’s not much story to the Carolina hurricanes tbh.

@dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM Alright I’ll admit my take is dumb IF you admit the take that this Carolina team is one of the best teams all time is a dumber take. 👌

@isitoverbuffalo @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM That’s the thing about being dumb, you don’t usually know it

@dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM Well deserved asterisk cup! Asterisk cups are hard to win and I respect that seriously.

@isitoverbuffalo @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM Oh so you’re just actually dumb huh

@nyjetshistory @thesportsgully New Jersey Jets and New Jersey giants! There!

@thesportsgully The Bills and Sabres are not New York and the Nets won ABA championships while the Bills won an AFL championship

Trophies won by New York!🔥🏆

@bigblerd24 @empty_running01 @CalorCommentary Ava lost the series bc their top two players were hurt

@empty_running01 @CalorCommentary Avs got swept. How can you blame the canes for that?? lol

congrats to the hurricanes on building a team that could defeat the ottawa senators, philadelphia flyers, montreal canadians, and a 95pt vegas golden knights

@dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM Alright I’ll admit you have the asterisk cup but sabres have more of the recognition for their franchise so we’re even lol

@isitoverbuffalo @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM I promise you it’s better to win a cup but I understand why you wouldn’t know that

@dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM Winning is an overrated ideal over time.

@dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM You do know winning isn’t everything right?

@RobertGilday @nhl_review And canes were not in the Atlantic ! The metro would have been easiest division if canes didn’t beat Vegas in final!

@nhl_review The worst team they played was Vegas. Vegas would not have made the playoffs if they played in the East. They had a record of 39-26-17. That’s sub .500.

This take is lazy. So many people picked Sens in Round 1, they obliterated them. Flyers got hot at right time with Vladar. Habs and Dobes run was generational. Vegas swept the best team on paper in NHL. Respect the process

@dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM Nope it’s a good flex tbh lol 😂

@isitoverbuffalo @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM What a sad flex

@dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM It’s okay to have an asterisk championship better than none at all. You’re just not on the same level as Florida yet. Make the Stanley cup next year then we’ll talk!

@isitoverbuffalo @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM I know a buffalo fan isn’t talking about championships right now. There’s no asterisk on mine but even if there was I’d rather that than none at all. Poverty ass franchise

@dougdougie__ @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM It’s alright we all know your championship this year has an asterisk next to it bc you didn’t beat Florida in the playoffs and had an easy path to win the Stanley cup prob one of the easiest paths in Stanley cup playoff history! 🤣

@isitoverbuffalo @MrTrebs @goaliekisser @Canes2Arizona @63boogie @BetMGM That’s so cool