 What's up everyone takedown here welcome back to another video today we're going to be talking about the finals for the 2021 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs and who I think is going to win the Stanley Cup this year. Yes, we're boiled down to two teams and the first game does start tonight, but honestly I was not predicting nor hoping for either one of these teams to make it to the finals. But since it's down to both these teams, I do have a prediction of who I would rather see advance and win the Cup this year, which might be shocking to some of you. The two teams that made it to the finals this year were the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning. Two teams that honestly I was not expecting to get this far, but they have so now I do have to make a prediction. But first let's talk about both teams up first Tampa Bay Lightning. Yes, they are well over the salary cap this year by I believe 18 million which does help because that's why they've been so successful so dominance. But for some reason NHL just did not enforce it this past season, but I think if even if they win the Cup next season there's going to be big changes in Tampa Bay. A lot of players are probably going to be moving over because they're going to want to be below the salary cap so they don't get dinged anything. So that is going to be very interesting after this year what happens before next season. But regardless they have a lot of great players they're very dominant in the regular season this year. They've been really really dominant during the playoffs and they have a really good chance of winning the Cup this year. Of course they're the champions from last year they won the Cup last year and I believe honestly that they really are going to win the Cup this year. Now on the other hand they are going to be facing Montreal Canadiens which I predicted against them every step of the way. They did have a couple I believe clean sweeps if I remember correctly they had a lot of great matches. They did beat out Vegas which I was just not expecting. I would have rather Vegas advance to the finals and get another chance at the Cup. They did great in the playoffs but going against Montreal they just did not succeed the way I thought they would have. And honestly I would have rathered them advance than Montreal. Like I said I did root against Montreal and Tampa Bay both of them during the playoffs I rooted against them every step of the way. But still both teams did advance so Montreal does have a lot of key players. They have Kerry Price which is a goalie that I'm not too keen on. He did have a lot of injuries over the past couple of years and in my opinion what he's getting paid is not what he should be. He should be getting paid a lot less than he is. But if he wins the Cup this year then it's going to prove that all of the haters that he was worth the money that he was paying because he did end up winning the Cup with Montreal that would be exciting to see. They have a lot of other great players Eric Stahl is one of my favorite. The trade earlier this year with Eric Stahl going to Montreal was amazing and that would be another benefit of seeing Eric Stahl win the Stanley Cup again with Montreal Canadiens. Being a two-time Stanley Cup champion would be exciting and I do like him along with other players. There's Nick Suzuki which actually came from Vegas which was very interesting and if they win the Cup this year and they did eliminate Vegas that'd be interesting right there. But honestly even though I'm a Canadian I am going to root against Montreal Canadiens every step of the way. It would be nice to see a Canadian team finally win the Cup after this long drought. But honestly not Montreal. I do not care about Montreal. I do like a lot of the players and I've been getting a little bit on board with the players. Just not the organization, not the team. I do not care about the Montreal Canadiens whatsoever. So having to pick between Montreal and Tampa Bay, Florida is really hard for me because number one I am Canadian I should be rooting for Canadian teams. On the other hand Tampa Bay won the Cup last year. They're very dominant and they're over the salary cap. Both have their pros and cons. But honestly I would rather see Tampa Bay win it this year and see what happens after that. So my prediction is Tampa Bay is going to win the Stanley Cup this year. That's my prediction right now. Hopefully it does come true so I can say at least I predicted the finals for this. And yes I will be making another video after this on whoever wins the Stanley Cup. My thoughts of them throughout all of the playoffs and who I would have rather to see the win the Stanley Cup this year. But overall talking about them winning the Stanley Cup, whichever team does win. I'm going to be making a video after this one, after the Stanley Cup champion is crowned. But right now my prediction is going to be Tampa Bay based on they have amazing players. They won the Cup last year and they've been so dominant. That's I think they're going to win the Cup this year. And then before next season there's going to be a lot of trades happening. A lot of changes happening to get under the salary cap once again. And I think that's something that we're going to see. I wouldn't mind Montreal winning but I know Montreal fans are going to say look we won the Cup this year even though it doesn't really matter your Canadian team should be supporting it instead of disrespecting all the other Canadian teams. I just feel that's something that's all their fans that are going to throw in all the other fans of other Canadian teams and that's something I think would happen. So prediction right now, Tampa Bay Lightning. I'm going to say it's going to be exciting hockey. I'm going to say 4-2. I would like to see it go down to the final game but that could either go either way if it's the final game. So I'm going to say 4-2 for Tampa Bay Lightning. So hope you guys enjoyed this mini series talking about each round of the playoffs. I do this every year. It's an annual thing from the channel. I absolutely love doing it. I have a lot of fun. I hope you guys enjoyed as well. Comment down below who you think is going to win the Stanley Cup this year. And I will see you guys in the next video talking about who actually won the Stanley Cup and my thoughts of them winning the Cup and the entire Stanley Cup playoffs this year. I'll see you guys in the next one. Please take care. Peace.