Jun 15, 2026 · 38 min · 9 segments
Matt and Nathaniel return as Carolina WIN the Stanley Cup!!! The 2025/26 Season comes to a close, the Canes lift the cup, through their elite roster management, systematic coaching and a Conn Smythe…
And obviously it was an incredibly emotional finish for all these guys.
But first and foremost, 3-0.
Obviously the series on the line, the cup on the line.
They were edged out in the last game.
And, you know, they had to come out and leave it all.
And they got smoked.
3-0, well, 3-0 with an empty net goal at the end.
But, yeah, I thought, I mean, first and foremost, I thought the performance from Brandon Bussey for Carolina I mean I know obviously Freddie Anderson took the bulk of the took the bulk of the starts in the run-up to the cup final and then they seem to have gone with with Bussey in the cup final itself it was a gamble it paid off tremendously and you know fair play to you know to Freddie Anderson for not kind of you know throwing his toys out the pram and understanding that you know, it's a bigger team picture.
And obviously, Bussey was able to step in fresh for the cup final and put in some absolutely outstanding performances and some unbelievable saves last night.
There was one particular one on a rebound where he was sat down on his arse on the ice and still managed to, you know, get his body in the way of it.
And it was just...
It's like when you set your
house on sofa and you drop your beer and you never move so fast to try and catch it
It's
funny you mentioned Anderson because obviously he's been phenomenal throughout this whole series and the whole Hurricanes have And this is a story of the series, really, where it's just been pretty high scoring, consistent games week in, week out.
And all of a sudden, it sort of dropped him for bussy.
And then people were querying whether he'd picked up an injury, whether it was based on play and things like that.
But he took a whack to the head as well during one of the games.
But he's actually come out and said that the reason he's missed the last three games is because he's got a knee injury.
How injured is his knee? I do wonder whether it's a saved face moment.
Yeah.
But he does come out and say that he's injured.
yeah absolutely and but you know what it's it's a testament to uh i mean look you know we know hockey players are the most ridiculous of athletes in terms of what they play through um you know the injuries i'm sure we're gonna get the big injury list from vegas over the coming days and you know we find out that mitch mahon has played with a lobotomy for the last six months or something like that um But it goes to show the trust that Carolina had in their...
Well, I mean, you say their backup, but I mean, Bussey was... more or less taking the bulk of the starts through the regular season.
And obviously it was an incredibly emotional finish for all these guys.
But first and foremost, 3-0.
Obviously the series on the line, the cup on the line.
They were edged out in the last game.
And, you know, they had to come out and leave it all.
And they got smoked.
3-0, well, 3-0 with an empty net goal at the end.
But, yeah, I thought, I mean, first and foremost, I thought the performance from Brandon Bussey for Carolina I mean I know obviously Freddie Anderson took the bulk of the took the bulk of the starts in the run-up to the cup final and then they seem to have gone with with Bussey in the cup final itself it was a gamble it paid off tremendously and you know fair play to you know to Freddie Anderson for not kind of you know throwing his toys out the pram and understanding that you know, it's a bigger team picture.
And obviously, Bussey was able to step in fresh for the cup final and put in some absolutely outstanding performances and some unbelievable saves last night.
There was one particular one on a rebound where he was sat down on his arse on the ice and still managed to, you know, get his body in the way of it.
And it was just...
It's like when you set your
house on sofa and you drop your beer and you never move so fast to try and catch it
It's
funny you mentioned Anderson because obviously he's been phenomenal throughout this whole series and the whole Hurricanes have And this is a story of the series, really, where it's just been pretty high scoring, consistent games week in, week out.
And all of a sudden, it sort of dropped him for bussy.
And then people were querying whether he'd picked up an injury, whether it was based on play and things like that.
But he took a whack to the head as well during one of the games.
But he's actually come out and said that the reason he's missed the last three games is because he's got a knee injury.
How injured is his knee? I do wonder whether it's a saved face moment.
Yeah.
But he does come out and say that he's injured.
yeah absolutely and but you know what it's it's a testament to uh i mean look you know we know hockey players are the most ridiculous of athletes in terms of what they play through um you know the injuries i'm sure we're gonna get the big injury list from vegas over the coming days and you know we find out that mitch mahon has played with a lobotomy for the last six months or something like that um But it goes to show the trust that Carolina had in their...
Well, I mean, you say their backup, but I mean, Bussey was... more or less taking the bulk of the starts through the regular season.
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