"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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23 JUIN | 1144 ANSWERS "Someone please remind Jon Cooper that he won the Cup with 18 million over the allowable salary cap." 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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