# NHL April+Playoffs. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 9, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681 "2014-04-09T01:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/381 "2014-06-14T04:41:22Z")
Hey, has anyone ever dropped the Stanley Cup while skating it around after the game??? Seems kind of dangerous Also, its out of its storage area 300 days out of the year? Has it ever been lost? Anyone ever try to steal it? Does it have some kind of tracking device in it just in case? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/382 "2014-06-14T04:46:41Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Hey, has anyone ever dropped the Stanley Cup while skating it around after the game??? Seems kind of dangerous > > Also, its out of its storage area 300 days out of the year? Has it ever been lost? Anyone ever try to steal it? Does it have some kind of tracking device in it just in case? It has been lost(twice) stolen(once) used to smuggle liquor into Edmonton duty free(Looking at you, Mr. Gretzky). One mild rant at Doc Emmrick. Dough Weight was with us in Carolina in 2006 when he lifted the Cup with the separated shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/383 "2014-06-14T04:55:45Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Hey, has anyone ever dropped the Stanley Cup while skating it around after the game??? Seems kind of dangerous > > Also, its out of its storage area 300 days out of the year? Has it ever been lost? Anyone ever try to steal it? Does it have some kind of tracking device in it just in case? [http://www.realclearsports.com/lists/top\_10\_stanley\_cup\_stories/intro.html](http://www.realclearsports.com/lists/top_10_stanley_cup_stories/intro.html) No mention of it being lost, but it was stolen at least once (then returned). It’s also been pooped in, eaten and drunk out of, used to baptized babies, and when the Penguins won one of their cups in the 90’s, it wound up on the bottom of Mario Lemieux’s swimming pool courtesy of Phil Bourque. Then at the bottom of Patrick Roy’s pool a few years later. So it has definitely taken some abuse. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/384 "2014-06-14T04:57:17Z")
Darryl Sutter: “If you make the playoffs in the NHL today, you can win the Stanley Cup.” Very true. There is so much parity in the league now (due to the salary cap) that anyone can pull this off: but you need a really hot goalie. Quick is amazing. I put him up there with Hasek and Fuhr as far as acrobatic goalies go. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/385 "2014-06-14T04:57:34Z")
Wow, its got some history @\_@ ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/386 "2014-06-14T12:37:00Z")
Glad for the Kings but can’t help feeling sad for Lundqvist. He was awesome and got not a lot of help at times. My three favorite teams in these playoffs were Hawks, Kings, and Rangers; I wish they all could dance with the cup. But wasn’t it great to see Dustin Brown’s face when he lifted the cup? There’s pure joy for you. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/387 "2014-06-14T14:56:56Z")
I also like Lundqvist, except for his stupid ‘puck luck’ complaints. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/388 "2014-06-14T17:25:17Z")
Lundqvist was mighty, no question. Few goalies could hold up under the Kings’ assault for long. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/389 "2014-06-24T04:22:14Z")
[Pat Burns](http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=455528)finally gets HOF nomination. About time. > [@](#): > > Late coach Pat Burns has been elected for induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2014 alongside Dominik Hasek, Peter Forsberg, Mike Modano and Rob Blake and legendary NHL referee Bill McCreary. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/390 "2014-06-24T18:01:35Z")
I saw that thing where Pat Quinn and John Davidson called Burns’ widow to tell her Pat was going to the HoF. They should have apologized for not inducting him while he was still alive. Anyway, I like this HoF class. Small but good. However, if somebody could verbalize the argument for Blake making it, I would be interested in hearing it. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/391 "2014-06-24T19:28:10Z")
Drafted in 70th over all. 20 year career. Captain Canada (well not Ryan Smyth levels). Member of the triple gold club. Maybe they needed someone less flashy to balance the class of 2014 and the likes of Forsberg and Hasek. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/392 "2014-06-25T02:10:13Z")
How the hell Don Cherry isn’t in the HOF is beyond me. What the fuck are the writers smoking? (Of course, it was only last year that Fred Shero got in, so I shouldn’t be surprised) > [@YogSosoth](#): > > Hey, has anyone ever dropped the Stanley Cup while skating it around after the game??? Seems kind of dangerous > > Also, its out of its storage area 300 days out of the year? Has it ever been lost? Anyone ever try to steal it? Does it have some kind of tracking device in it just in case? [You have no idea.](http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Mario-Lemieuxs-Swimming-Pool/dp/1572434406/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403661750&sr=1-3&keywords=stanley+cup) > [@Apocalypso](#): > > [http://www.realclearsports.com/lists/top\_10\_stanley\_cup\_stories/intro.html](http://www.realclearsports.com/lists/top_10_stanley_cup_stories/intro.html) > No mention of it being lost, but it was stolen at least once (then returned). It’s also been pooped in, eaten and drunk out of, used to baptized babies, and when the Penguins won one of their cups in the 90’s, it wound up on the bottom of Mario Lemieux’s swimming pool courtesy of Phil Bourque. Then at the bottom of Patrick Roy’s pool a few years later. So it has definitely taken some abuse. [Out of the mouth of Phil Bourque himself.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viz9KLpS1wM) (I love the Ol’29-er. He’s one of my all-time favorite Penguins) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681.md?page=19)