2004: Tucker rocks Kapanen, but moments later Roenick eliminates Leafs
Another tough moments for Leafs fans back in 2004, Darcy Tucker absolutely rocks Sami Kapanen, but moments later Philly comes back odd man rush, and JR wins the series.
It took 9 years and a shortened season later for the Maple Leafs to get back to the playoffs and it's been 14 years and they still haven't gotten back to the 2nd round. And it's been 51 years since they won a Stanley Cup. And counting.
Hockey was better in these days. At least the playoffs. It was the clutch & grab era, so it could be tedious to watch at times during the regular season. But the playoffs were always intense & had a dynamic to them that made them more entertaining than today's hockey imo (especially the hits).
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Dirty Darcy Tucker lays another GIGANTIC hit in his extremely dangerous career
One of the biggest hits of all time
And now with his son kasperi on the team he wants the leafs to win a cup hah
Flyers fan here. Remember this like yesterday. Kapanen was a hero.
Flyers need to bring back the black flyers jersey from that era as a third .
It took 9 years and a shortened season later for the Maple Leafs to get back to the playoffs and it's been 14 years and they still haven't gotten back to the 2nd round. And it's been 51 years since they won a Stanley Cup. And counting.
And then the Flyers got spanked by the Lightning in the Eastern Conference Finals and the Lightning went on to win the Stanley Cup.
This game happened days before Friends went off the air.
Tucker would be suspended for that hit in today's NHL.
Mother Tucker….
Hockey was better in these days. At least the playoffs. It was the clutch & grab era, so it could be tedious to watch at times during the regular season. But the playoffs were always intense & had a dynamic to them that made them more entertaining than today's hockey imo (especially the hits).
The Philadelphia broadcast was much better, even ESPN for that matter. Cbc was as usual, boring. Leave it to Sportsnet to play the cbc version.
I was at that game. Great hit but what a letdown on the Roenick goal !