Hey all and it’s time to look at the 2013-14 NHL season.
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From the time the LA Kings came into the league there was talk, "Oh boy, if we could just get an LA vs. NY Rangers final, it will be a big deal for the league. Everyone will sit up and take notice". Well, they finally got it this year and it wasn't a big deal. Nobody gave a gosh darn, even in NY. Compared to 1994, you hardly even knew the Rangers were in the finals. The series just came & went.
For me the WCF was a disappointment, so much for the Blackhawks chance for 2 Cups in a row
Kings down to Hawks 3 times in that game 7 before eventually taking the only lead in OT and moving on to cup final. That series was a true war.
You're mistaken. For some reason the NHL decided to cancel the playoffs after the third game of the first round for some reason. Sure, I was at game 4 between LA and San Jose, but that game and the rest of the playoffs definitely didn't happen.
Forgot to include the first ever Stadium Series game between the Ducks and Kings. Got great memories of that game as a Ducks fan! Shame what happens in May though…
Ron Rolston started the season as Buffalo's head coach, then was replaced by the return of Ted Nolan.
That one win for Detroit against Boston in the first round was because of Datsyuk with a ridiculous center ice play where he outstretched his stick behind him with one hand to drag the puck to him through three, THREE Bruins before sniping it past Rask.
Ah my first Stanley Cup Final experience. That was such a rush. We traded captains with Tampa Bay (which would haunt us in a big way). It looked like we were down and out against the Penguins but a Mothers Day goal from St. Louis after his mother passed away kicked started this comeback and an unbelievable run.
I was at Game 4 against the Canadiens when once again, St. Louis played the hero and scored the game winner. Loudest playoff game I've ever attended. It really felt like destiny was on our side. Sadly it wasn't. Those SCF losses will haunt me because the Rangers had the lead in almost all those games but just couldn't get it done.
It was still a fantastic run from my Rangers. One of my favorite times as a fan.
My job caused me to relocate to Ohio near the end of that season, so I didn't get to go to the Kings' Cup run. When they got to the 3rd round against Chicago I said, "screw it, I'm going to a game." So I bought a ticket and drove to Chicago for Gm.5. That was the game where Michal Handzus broke our hearts in double OT. But the Kings prevailed in the series.
2014 was the first, and to date, only time the Kings and Ducks have met in the playoffs. The Ducks even had a 3-2 series lead when the Kings made their comeback to win games 6 and 7.
The 2013-2014 New York Rangers team was my favorite team that didn’t win the Cup. They had a lunch pail mentality. Their character is what got them through ridiculous bevy of Game 7s till they ran out of gas and fell to the LA Kings. What is very interesting statistic of the Stanley Cup Finals is the fact, the NY Rangers had the lead going into the 3rd period of every game.
Thanks Ken for kicking the can.
Have to admire that Kings team.
Go Kings Go!
Kreider is the main reason why Price will never play another NHL game. Sigh!
We need another freeway faceoff in the playo
Those 2014 Kings were a fascinating team. They:
– came back from a 3-0 deficit against San Jose
– came back from a 3-2 deficit against Anaheim
– won game 7 in Chicago, (their third Game 7 road win of those playoffs)
– set a record for playing the maximum 21 games needed to reach final, breaking the record set just a few days earlier by the Rangers who advanced after 2 seven game series' and a 6 game conference final (both teams had to be completely exhausted by that point)
– went 7-0 (!!!) when facing elimination
– won the first 2 games of the Final, despite leading for a grand total of zero seconds in regulation
– all 3 Finals games in Los Angeles went to OT, the last 2 went to double OT, and all 3 were won by the Kings
– set a record for most games played in a championship run with 26 (since tied by the Blues in 2019)
Interestingly, the 2012 Kings run was the MOST dominant cup winning team of the Salary Cap era (Quick was historically great), but the 2014 Kings might have been the LEAST dominant cup winning team, but this run might've been even more impressive!!
By the time THG read Roy’s name as the coach of the Avs, he had already pulled the goalie
I was mad for years about my Sharks and it was the peak of my LA hate. Now it's still bad memories but since since the Golden Cheaters are in the league, it's easier to accept the Kings victory because it was a fair one. I'm not hating you anymore Kings fans ! :p
For me as an LA fan, the 2014 run felt like sequel with the stakes being higher… going from being down 3-0 in the opening round to the fact they won 3 game 7’s… though the one against the Ducks was a clinic… into the Chicago series and then all the overtime wins in the finals. My heart 10 years later is still recovering 😂.
The 2014 playoffs was the final game for Teemu… I was at that game 7 where the Kings just schooled the Ducks. So many pissed off ANA fans who didn’t stay to salute Teemu while the Kings on the ice did.
Those 2012-2014 kings were so deep and unstoppable. The comeback vs the sharks was so impressive. 2012 the absolutely slaughtered everyone in the playoffs and 2014 were epic as well. I’ll never forget Martinez OT goal in the cup final, one of the loudest moments in hockey.
That final…if it wasnt for the goalie killer Chris Kreider, we would have a Habs vs Kings rematch with peak Subban, Price and Paciorretty…but he had to go skate first on his knees by "accident", even after it was the 3rd goalie he did it. Probably the second best chance for Price to win it…what a waste. I still hate Kreider for it !