FTB: The Lightning draw first blood

The Lightning took game #1 of the Stanley Cup Final with a pretty convincing 5-1 win over the Canadiens last night. It was very fun to watch.

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Game 1 Recap: Tampa Bay Lightning dominate in 5-1 victory

For a shorter recap of what happened to the Habs you can simply look at Brendan Gallagher’s face here.

Nobody needs a vacation more than Brendan Gallagher pic.twitter.com/uKbGDO91zM

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) June 29, 2021

The Habs were even cross checking each other!

Paul Byron cross-checks *checks GIF* Josh Anderson pic.twitter.com/laHUYbNzBY

— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) June 29, 2021

Other News

The league came out with all kinds of news about the upcoming season yesterday. You can click here if you want to watch the whole boring press conference.

NHL players at next Olympics is not done and it may not happen for various reasons. Clock is ticking.

— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) June 28, 2021

Adds on helmet is here to stay. The great news is they won’t put some on jerseys.

— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) June 28, 2021

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