No Lockout in 2005

KGBeast

Banned
With the Stanley Cup season in full effect this time of year it begs the question how would the one season that was not played at all have played out, who would have won the 2005 Stanley Cup? The defending champion Tampa Lightning were certainly a contender but considering they were bound to lose their goalie to FA their chances would seem to diminish, the obvious contenders are out there like New Jersey, Colorada, Detroit, Philly ect but to me the two teams on the rise at the time were Ottawa and and Vancouver and we could certainly have seen our first all Canadien finals in 20 years. IMO it was such a travesty to wipe out an entire season of great hockey over petty differences.
 
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