Championship Round: Buffalo (1E) vs Anaheim (1W)

[Matthew]

ROAD TO THE BBKL CUP 2022

The Finals
Buffalo Sabres (1) vs Anaheim Ducks (1)

Eastern Conference

Round 3:
Buffalo Sabres (1) vs Philadelphia Flyers (2)

Round 2:
Buffalo Sabres (1) vs Washington Capitals (4)
Philadelphia Flyers (2) vs Toronto Maples Leafs (3)

Round 1:
Buffalo Sabres (1) vs Florida Panthers (8)
Philadelphia Flyers (2) vs Tampa Bay Lightning (7)
Toronto Maple Leafs (3) vs Pittsburgh Penguin (6)
Washington Capitals (4) vs New Jersey Devils (5)

Western Conference

Round 3:
Anaheim Ducks (1) vs Nashville Preydators (2)

Round 2:
Anaheim Ducks (1) vs Colorado Avalanche (6)
Nashville Predators (2) vs Edmonton Oilers (4)

Round 1:
Anaheim Ducks (1) vs Minnesota Wild (8)
Nashville Predators (2) vs Calgary Flames (7)
Vancouver Canucks (3) vs Colorado Avalanche (6)
Edmonton Oilers (4) vs Dallas Stars (5)






Eliminated:

Philadelphia Flyers
Nashville Predators
Vancouver Canucks
Dallas Stars
New Jersey Devils
Pittsburgh Penguins
Tampa Bay Lightning
Calgary Flames
Florida Panthers
Minnesota Wild
Colorado Avalanche
Edmonton Oilers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Washington Capitals

[Matthew]

MATTHEW VS MATTHEW: The Sequel: Multiverse of Mattness








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[Matthew]

Buffalo Sabres: The Champ


Andrei Svechnikov - Nathan Mackinnon - Evander Kane
Jonathan Marchessault - J.T. Miller - Brad Marchand
Andrew Mangiapane - Joe Pavelski - Zach hyman
Nic Dowd - Nico Sturm

Filip Hronek - Radko Gudas
Derek Forbort - Jeff Petry
Riley Stillman - Ryan Lindgren
Nikita Zadorov

Jack Campbell

Sabres from 2021 Finals no longer in roster:
Nazem Kadri, Anthony Cirelli, Rickard Rakell, Joel Armia
Tyson Barrie, Ian Cole, Kevin Bahl, Will Borgen
Kevin Lankinen

Sabres New to roster for 2022 Finals:
Joe Pavelski, Andrew Mangiapane, Nico Sturm, Zach Hyman
Nikita Zadorov, Riley Stillman, Ryan Lindgren, Filip Hronek


Anaheim Ducks: The Contender


Drake Batherson - Sebastien Aho - Valeri Nichushkin
William Nylander - Yanni Gourde - Alex Debrincat
Tanner Jeannot - Jordan Staal - Keegan Kolesar
Trevor Moore - Michael Rasmussen

Cale Makar - Josh Manson
Justin Faulk - Moritz Seider
Erik Cernak - Mikhail Sergachev
Artyom Zub

Jeremy Swayman
Pavel Francouz

Ducks from 2021 finals no longer on roster:
Mathew Barzal, Jamie Benn, Jordan Greenway, Miles Wood, Colin Blackwell, Alexander Barabanov
Jamie Drysdale, Wyatt Kalynuk, Colton Parayko
Kaapo Kahkonen

Ducks New to Roster for 2022 Finals:
Valeri Nichushkin, Alex Debrincat, Michael Rasmussen, Tanner Jeannot, Keegan Kolesar
Moritz Seider, Josh Manson, Erik Cernak, Justin Faulk
Pavel Francouz

[Shoalzie]

For context, I like seeing how different the lineups were from last year's final...

Buffalo Sabres: 3 time defending champions

E. Kane - Mackinnon - Marchand
JT Miller - Cirelli - Svechnikov
Armia - Kadri - Marchessault
Rakell - Dowd

Barrie - Petry
Cole - Gudas
Zadorov - Bahl
Borgen

Gibson
Lankinen

Bench: Ryan Miller, Mangiapane, Stillman,
Injuries: Matte, Lindgren

Vs

Anaheim Ducks: 1st Playoff Appearance

Batherson - Aho - Barzal
Nylander - Staal - Benn
Greenway - Gourde - Moore
Blackwell - Wood - Barabanov

Makar - Parayko
Sergachev - Zub
Kalynuk - Drysdale

Swayman
Kahkonen

Bench: Desmith, Leonard, Asplund, Jokiharju, ty Smith
Injuries: Anders Lee, Manson, Francouz, Haas, Paquette

[Matthew]

For context, I like seeing how different the lineups were from last year's final...

Buffalo Sabres: 3 time defending champions

E. Kane - Mackinnon - Marchand
JT Miller - Cirelli - Svechnikov
Armia - Kadri - Marchessault
Rakell - Dowd

Barrie - Petry
Cole - Gudas
Zadorov - Bahl
Borgen

Gibson
Lankinen

Bench: Ryan Miller, Mangiapane, Stillman,
Injuries: Matte, Lindgren

Vs

Anaheim Ducks: 1st Playoff Appearance

Batherson - Aho - Barzal
Nylander - Staal - Benn
Greenway - Gourde - Moore
Blackwell - Wood - Barabanov

Makar - Parayko
Sergachev - Zub
Kalynuk - Drysdale

Swayman
Kahkonen

Bench: Desmith, Leonard, Asplund, Jokiharju, ty Smith
Injuries: Anders Lee, Manson, Francouz, Haas, Paquette

Its actually kind of crazy that both our lineups have had close to half the roster players change from last years finals and both teams managed to return:
8 out of 19 Buffalo players are new
10 out of 20 Anaheim players are new

[dave1959]

love the spy vs spy pic

man, I bought Mad Magazine all the time when I was a teen


looking forward to a good matchup between Matt and Matthew

[Bruyns]

Thanks for the thread, had a good laugh at multiverse of mattness

[kyuss]

Wtf is this multiverse nonsense anyway?

[Fraser]

Marvel thing. Long story short they have created a world that recogognises parrelell universerses operating alongside one another, and interaction between them, which has allowed them do to some fun things like modern day movies incorporating storyline and characters from movies made decades ago etc. It's been fun.

[kyuss]

oookaay, thx

[Matthew]

Go Philly! Trounce the Laffs!

[Bruyns]

Go Philly! Trounce the Laffs!

So no more goals helps my goalie stats, but gives Willy the GWG. Not sure what is better for me.

[Matthew]

Go Philly! Trounce the Laffs!

So no more goals helps my goalie stats, but gives Willy the GWG. Not sure what is better for me.

I'll give up the GWG for Philly to get 2 more goals

[Matthew]

Pretty close after two days

[Matthew]

What would bbkl look like in a world where evander kane wasn't a p.o.s.

[Bruyns]

Go Kraken

[Matthew]

Goalie stats blown up and a gwg for you

Can't help but feel like the coffin is being sealed with each blow of the hammer

[Matthew]

Wazoo gorgeous gourde

[Matthew]

Wooo debrincat baby

[Shoalzie]

Buffalo has the category leads but it's very close across the board...this'll be a 12 round fight no doubt.