NHL forced to send the Stanley Cup back to Montreal!
The Tampa Bay Lightning smashed the Stanley Cup after breaking the hearts of the Montreal Canadiens and their fans...
They found out after a photo of the Cup with its mouth agape went viral on social media. Half of the bowl's summit had been levelled in the shot.
The Cup will «be shipped to Montreal for repairs and be returning to resume Cup celebrations with the Tampa Bay Lightning next weekend,» according to Lightning insider Joe Smith of The Athletic.
Don't you think this only adds insult to injury?
As a result, Montreal will not be able to raise the Stanley Cup and, on top of that, will have to repair the damage done to the trophy by their rivals, who are now back-to-back champions.
This is, without a doubt, brutal.
This is far worse than anything Nikita Kucherov, the great player, could ever say about Montreal and its fans. That's when, after winning the Stanley Cup in Game 5 in Tampa, a shirtless and inebriated Kucherov chastised Montreal supporters for being overly enthusiastic after the Habs won Game 4.
«I didn't want to go back to Montreal,» Kucherov said. «The fans in Montreal, come on. They acted like they won the Stanley Cup last game. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Their final was last series.»
Fans and players were offended, but you have to realise that Montreal's arrival to save the Lightning by mending the Cup that they shattered in their wild celebrations must have stung far more.
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Credit: hockeyfeed
