"Someone please remind Jon Cooper that he won the Cup with 18 million over the allowable salary cap."
Following last night's high-profile story involving Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper, we've read a lot of comments from fans, observers and experts.
However, there is one that stands out from the rest. That of the brilliant young journalist Laurie Couture-Dallaire.
Laurie, who is a strong contributor to the Blue Pocket podcast, posted this earlier today:
"Someone please remind Jon Cooper that he won the Stanley Cup with $18M more than the allowed salary cap.
That's like adding Connor McDavid and Jacob Slavin to the Canadiens in 2021.
Let's just say we wouldn't be talking about a 3rd straight Cup today..."
That's like adding Connor McDavid and Jacob Slavin to the Canadiens in 2021.
Let's just say we wouldn't be talking about a 3rd straight Cup today..."
We can say here that she says out loud, what many think down. We even had the right to an interesting little exchange with Guillaume Latendresse:
Let's remember that, since then, Jon Cooper has calmed down:
We invite you to follow her, she is really solid:
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If you add Mcdavid and Slavin to the 2021 Montreal Canadiens, who would have won the Cup? (Just for fun) 😀 | ||
| Tampa Bay | 227 | 19.8 % |
| Montreal | 917 | 80.2 % |
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