as much as i hate the Avs being a Red Wings fan i still feel great for Ray Bourque winning his well earned Stanley Cup....if only the Bruins had traded him to Detroit ;)
He did it! My fav player growing up and I watched so much of him playing and seeing him get so far but not far enough. Seeing this made me so happy almost a tear to my eye cuz as i watched it I was like f yeah man Bourque got one for himself! beauty moment and classy move by Burnaby Joe! Thanks Ray for all the great memories!
Maximont, you're an idiot. Avs were the best team in 01, no one was going to deny them of their destiny. Don't be a bitter Devils fan just cause they weren't the best team that year.
What a classy act it was when Super Joe handed the Cup directly to Bourque and anyone that says anything negative about Ray is simply a crybaby. There was nothing wrong with him wanting a chance to win the Cup before he retired. He is one of the greatest Bruins and defensemen of all time.
as for being schooled. how pathetic is it that your a supposed NJ Devils fan but your stupid enough to believe that Brodeur once won a Conn Smythe? how ignorant are you? Brodeur is overrated. Roy is superior.
anyone who says Brodeur is over rated should go shoot themselves in the face... twice. Give respect when respect is deserved. Roy is a better goaltender but dont ever say that ONE OF THE BEST GOALTENDERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME, Brodeur is overrated. Oh ya I almost forgot, go AVs!!!
Brodeur is the best goaltender ever, because he divorced his wife, and successfully dated her sister. To my knowledge, no other goaltender has done that! .......Patrick was better under pressure on the ice though.
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What a joke, boroque couldn't win a cup with the Bruins because Gretzky and Mario made him look like a fool in big postseason games. He's a total choker who latched on with Colorado to win a title. Ray Boroque=overrated
It was an great moment of Raymond Bourque and I bet MAXIMONT is a sore loser because the avs beat the devils in the finals. The following year was embarassing for the avs since the wings taught them a lesson.
Spoken by a true arrogant Bees fan. Learn your hockey history before you come talking smack to me. Borque is the only player in NHL history to play 15 seasons or more with one team, and finish his career in one year with another team, winning the Stanley Cup.
Bitter? Ha! Detroit has 3 of em' in the last 10 years buddy. I'm not bitter, I just know a sellout when I see one.
scoring was significantly higher 3 yrs before 95 at the start of the dead puck era, and once again this with the same amount of teams. as for the Devils being in first. the only thing offensively they were first in is PP%. they werent first in PP goals, nor were they in total goals for. Toronto was. so once again learn facts.
He's a sell-out. That wasn't his team. Thats like calling the Miami Heat Gary Payton's team. They latch on to winners cause they can't get it done with their own team. Should have been Devils 3rd Cup, but faggot Bettman doesnt like defense and hitting, so he just about mandated borque to win.
Its not like he had much of a choice. He was TRADED out of Boston. He didn't sign as a Free Agent.
And the Devils just choked down the stretch. They should of ended in the 1st period of game 6 but they couldn't get by Roy and Broduer was, for some reason, absolutely terrible those last two games. Bettman or the league had nothing to do with it. The Devils choked.
no fans in genral dont like defensive driven boring ass hockey clutch and grab skilless hockey like the gay ass New Jersey Devils pulled with that neutral zone trap bullshit. Thanks to New Jersey we got the dead puck era and got to watch boring hockey, and that also is a reason why Brodeaur is so overrated. What has he done when he doesnt have guys liek Stevens or Neidermeyer backing him? how many Conn SMythes does he have? overrated. fuck the Devils and their boring skilless hockey
Furthermore, there's no such thing as the 'dead puck era'. Scoring went down because dumbass Bettman over-expanded the league and the amount of quality players-per-team went down.
'boring ass hockey'...the 2001 Devils led the NHL in offense, fyi.
i wasnt talking about Bourque winning a Conn Smythe. i dont care about Bourque. im saying Brodeur and the fact of the matter is hes never won a Conn Smythe. in 03 JS Giguere won it. so pull your head out of your ass and learn your facts. Brodeur is overrated. Scoring went down in the league for two reasons. The trap and the size of the goalie pads. period. During the dead puck era there was the same amount of teams there were before the dead puck era. there was only relocation at that point.
6 new teams joined the NHL from 94-01, dumbass. Dont worry, ill do the research for you: Panthers, Ducks, Nashville, Atlanta and Columbus. not to mention the Sharks, Ottawa and Tampa between 91 and 94.
95 was the start of the dead puck era. that was when scoring went significantly down. Anytime after that is irrelevant to this because half the league had embraced the trap as well as started using the trap. the laegue had alread been tainted. im not talking about anytime after 95. in 93-94 two teams came in. thats it. Two teams are not the cause of scoring significantly being lower for 4 to 5 years. proof of that. scoring totals of the two seasons previous to the start of the dead puck era
what evidence? Heres how it goes down. Im pretty sure i already stated this but its no where to be found so i ll say it again. 1995. The dead puck era. In 95 and 96 the scoring totals went down significantly from 94 and before. you credit this to all expansion. Only two teams entered the NHL before 95 and scoring was still higher then at the start of the dead puck era in 95 and it continued to be much lower up until the next major expansion in 98. So how is it even though there was some
the average number of goals and total goals for dropped at the start of the dead puck era. exspansion had already happened and would not happen again til 98-99. So how is that the year in 93-94 scoring was still much higher then at the start of this trap and dead puck era?
Oh please. How about 97-98 when Yzerman handed a crippled and mangled Vlad Konstantinov? Don't even talk to me about emotion. Borque is a sellout, and in my opinion, hurt his legacy by playing his final season with Colorado.
KaiserTVVAT you seem a bit bitter, if you were any kind of hockey fan you'd appreciate the legend that ray bourque is, by your reasoning then anyone who's won the cup not at there first club is a sell out, grow up little child
Who cares, the guy worked his ass off to win it, nobody complained about Stevie Y about not winning it for a while. Bourque never got support from Boston and he never won it,k Yzerman did before him, so give the guy credit for picking the best team at the right time. It's his Stanley Cup.
expansion before the dead puck era, there still was much higher scoring? Why did the scoring all of the sudden make that much of a dramatic drop those next 3 or 4 years before the next expansion? Why was it still high before 95 with the 93 expansion? There was still the same amount of teams and talent up until 98, and before 95 and the Devil's trap there was still high scoring regardless of the expansion.
You can't ride someone's coattails if he was a major reaon they won that second playoffs he was with the team. You have alot to learn. By the way, you spelled Bourque wrong yourself. Go back and study each letter until you learn the meaning of capital letters.
as much as i hate the Avs being a Red Wings fan i still feel great for Ray Bourque winning his well earned Stanley Cup....if only the Bruins had traded him to Detroit ;)
ThePopeDrums 1 year ago
@ThePopeDrums wrong. bourque wouldnt of won it with detroit. he wanted to be traded to a CONTENDER, not a PRETENDER.
avalanchesuperstar 1 year ago
I wanna see koive lifting that up...battled cancer and eye surgery and still came back. good on him.
MitchMgee 1 year ago
One of my fav moments in Sports History was seeing Ray Bourque finally get to lift that Cup.
cavspunk08 2 years ago
One of the greatest moments of nhl history, the second one is when Teemu Selänne win's the cup!
kozkinen 2 years ago
He did it! My fav player growing up and I watched so much of him playing and seeing him get so far but not far enough. Seeing this made me so happy almost a tear to my eye cuz as i watched it I was like f yeah man Bourque got one for himself! beauty moment and classy move by Burnaby Joe! Thanks Ray for all the great memories!
28AlexSemin 2 years ago
Maximont, you're an idiot. Avs were the best team in 01, no one was going to deny them of their destiny. Don't be a bitter Devils fan just cause they weren't the best team that year.
HuskerFanatic 2 years ago
What a classy act it was when Super Joe handed the Cup directly to Bourque and anyone that says anything negative about Ray is simply a crybaby. There was nothing wrong with him wanting a chance to win the Cup before he retired. He is one of the greatest Bruins and defensemen of all time.
billwest69 2 years ago
as for being schooled. how pathetic is it that your a supposed NJ Devils fan but your stupid enough to believe that Brodeur once won a Conn Smythe? how ignorant are you? Brodeur is overrated. Roy is superior.
face525252 2 years ago
anyone who says Brodeur is over rated should go shoot themselves in the face... twice. Give respect when respect is deserved. Roy is a better goaltender but dont ever say that ONE OF THE BEST GOALTENDERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME, Brodeur is overrated. Oh ya I almost forgot, go AVs!!!
Ghost2806 2 years ago
Brodeur is the best goaltender ever, because he divorced his wife, and successfully dated her sister. To my knowledge, no other goaltender has done that! .......Patrick was better under pressure on the ice though.
springsteel333 2 years ago
Bourque oli mun suosikki pakki siitä asti ku rupesin seuraan nhl:ää
alamaailmanmana 3 years ago
Go Canucks Go
Canucklehead1995 3 years ago
historic moment
bludika 3 years ago
wow guy below is an asshole
CanadianViolence11 4 years ago
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What a joke, boroque couldn't win a cup with the Bruins because Gretzky and Mario made him look like a fool in big postseason games. He's a total choker who latched on with Colorado to win a title. Ray Boroque=overrated
LetsGoPens6687 4 years ago
Well said.
MAXIMONT 2 years ago
Patrick Roy won it 4 times, but did Ray care? Nope. He just wanted to win it since it was his final crack at it. And he did.
Maxie1111 5 years ago
It was an great moment of Raymond Bourque and I bet MAXIMONT is a sore loser because the avs beat the devils in the finals. The following year was embarassing for the avs since the wings taught them a lesson.
TheBeautyoftheworld 5 years ago
Spoken by a true arrogant Bees fan. Learn your hockey history before you come talking smack to me. Borque is the only player in NHL history to play 15 seasons or more with one team, and finish his career in one year with another team, winning the Stanley Cup.
Bitter? Ha! Detroit has 3 of em' in the last 10 years buddy. I'm not bitter, I just know a sellout when I see one.
kaisertwig 5 years ago
yeah, cause the red wings load up on sell-outs each year! Hasek, Chelios(granted he won in Montreal 100 years ago), Hossa, Brad Stuart...etc.
MAXIMONT 2 years ago
A great moment in sports. Ray Bourque is the greatest defenseman besides Orr.
Spilchuk 5 years ago
watch clips of him getting burnt by Bure and Lemieux and you'll see why he never won a Cup of his own
MAXIMONT 2 years ago
scoring was significantly higher 3 yrs before 95 at the start of the dead puck era, and once again this with the same amount of teams. as for the Devils being in first. the only thing offensively they were first in is PP%. they werent first in PP goals, nor were they in total goals for. Toronto was. so once again learn facts.
face525252 2 years ago
He's a sell-out. That wasn't his team. Thats like calling the Miami Heat Gary Payton's team. They latch on to winners cause they can't get it done with their own team. Should have been Devils 3rd Cup, but faggot Bettman doesnt like defense and hitting, so he just about mandated borque to win.
MAXIMONT 5 years ago
Its not like he had much of a choice. He was TRADED out of Boston. He didn't sign as a Free Agent.
And the Devils just choked down the stretch. They should of ended in the 1st period of game 6 but they couldn't get by Roy and Broduer was, for some reason, absolutely terrible those last two games. Bettman or the league had nothing to do with it. The Devils choked.
sikwitit26 5 years ago
Trade was requested. Devils DID get it by Roy. Goal got called back. Killed momentum...definitely reflected in Brodeurs play the rest of the way.
MAXIMONT 5 years ago
no fans in genral dont like defensive driven boring ass hockey clutch and grab skilless hockey like the gay ass New Jersey Devils pulled with that neutral zone trap bullshit. Thanks to New Jersey we got the dead puck era and got to watch boring hockey, and that also is a reason why Brodeaur is so overrated. What has he done when he doesnt have guys liek Stevens or Neidermeyer backing him? how many Conn SMythes does he have? overrated. fuck the Devils and their boring skilless hockey
face525252 2 years ago
How many Conn Smythes does Bourque have?? 0
The '03 Conn Smythe was Brodeurs.
Furthermore, there's no such thing as the 'dead puck era'. Scoring went down because dumbass Bettman over-expanded the league and the amount of quality players-per-team went down.
'boring ass hockey'...the 2001 Devils led the NHL in offense, fyi.
MAXIMONT 2 years ago
i wasnt talking about Bourque winning a Conn Smythe. i dont care about Bourque. im saying Brodeur and the fact of the matter is hes never won a Conn Smythe. in 03 JS Giguere won it. so pull your head out of your ass and learn your facts. Brodeur is overrated. Scoring went down in the league for two reasons. The trap and the size of the goalie pads. period. During the dead puck era there was the same amount of teams there were before the dead puck era. there was only relocation at that point.
face525252 2 years ago
6 new teams joined the NHL from 94-01, dumbass. Dont worry, ill do the research for you: Panthers, Ducks, Nashville, Atlanta and Columbus. not to mention the Sharks, Ottawa and Tampa between 91 and 94.
Class dismissed, son.
MAXIMONT 2 years ago
95 was the start of the dead puck era. that was when scoring went significantly down. Anytime after that is irrelevant to this because half the league had embraced the trap as well as started using the trap. the laegue had alread been tainted. im not talking about anytime after 95. in 93-94 two teams came in. thats it. Two teams are not the cause of scoring significantly being lower for 4 to 5 years. proof of that. scoring totals of the two seasons previous to the start of the dead puck era
face525252 2 years ago
So what youre saying is that evidence that discredits your thesis is irrelevant?
Thats how you defend your case?
Well done.
MAXIMONT 2 years ago
what evidence? Heres how it goes down. Im pretty sure i already stated this but its no where to be found so i ll say it again. 1995. The dead puck era. In 95 and 96 the scoring totals went down significantly from 94 and before. you credit this to all expansion. Only two teams entered the NHL before 95 and scoring was still higher then at the start of the dead puck era in 95 and it continued to be much lower up until the next major expansion in 98. So how is it even though there was some
face525252 2 years ago
the average number of goals and total goals for dropped at the start of the dead puck era. exspansion had already happened and would not happen again til 98-99. So how is that the year in 93-94 scoring was still much higher then at the start of this trap and dead puck era?
face525252 2 years ago
4 years is not an 'era'.
MAXIMONT 2 years ago
Yzerman did it with his first and ONLY team...3 times. Eat it Avs fans, and eat it beantowners!
kaisertwig 5 years ago 2
And none of those moments were as memorable as Ray Bourque ;).
sikwitit26 5 years ago
Oh please. How about 97-98 when Yzerman handed a crippled and mangled Vlad Konstantinov? Don't even talk to me about emotion. Borque is a sellout, and in my opinion, hurt his legacy by playing his final season with Colorado.
kaisertwig 5 years ago 2
KaiserTVVAT you seem a bit bitter, if you were any kind of hockey fan you'd appreciate the legend that ray bourque is, by your reasoning then anyone who's won the cup not at there first club is a sell out, grow up little child
zamboni80 5 years ago
that was a great moment, sakic breaking tradition to give borque the first lap with the cup.
kanenite10 3 years ago
Who cares, the guy worked his ass off to win it, nobody complained about Stevie Y about not winning it for a while. Bourque never got support from Boston and he never won it,k Yzerman did before him, so give the guy credit for picking the best team at the right time. It's his Stanley Cup.
Maxie1111 5 years ago
Yeah...Finally a dream come true. He deserved to win the cup!!!!
raiders86 5 years ago
no he didnt. failing every year doesnt magically qualify you to win.
MAXIMONT 2 years ago
expansion before the dead puck era, there still was much higher scoring? Why did the scoring all of the sudden make that much of a dramatic drop those next 3 or 4 years before the next expansion? Why was it still high before 95 with the 93 expansion? There was still the same amount of teams and talent up until 98, and before 95 and the Devil's trap there was still high scoring regardless of the expansion.
face525252 2 years ago
Yeah its good to see him finally win one, but its to bad he had to win it with the crapalanche
MoTown97 5 years ago
i'm so glad the bruins let him go so that he could have a real chance at winning the cup. what a great guy too
sachem33 5 years ago
gotta love the way bourque ended his career. winning the stanley cup in his final year. truely a cinderella story
rpd17 5 years ago
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you know as much about hockey as you do about spelling. bourque is 't-r-u-l-y' a coattail-riding sellout.
MAXIMONT 2 years ago
You can't ride someone's coattails if he was a major reaon they won that second playoffs he was with the team. You have alot to learn. By the way, you spelled Bourque wrong yourself. Go back and study each letter until you learn the meaning of capital letters.
springsteel333 2 years ago