Barclay Goodrow slams reporter who tries to devalue Cup win

Since the beginning of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, there have been those who have tried to disparage the tournament. Some call it the COVID or Corona Cup, others have tried to say winning the championship this year doesn't mean as much as other years. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, and any team that had a chance of winning it, none of that mattered. Tampa Bay's Barclay Goodrow is making sure people are aware of that.

Following the Lightning's Cup win Monday night over the Dallas Stars, Toronto Star reporter Damien Cox Tweeted the following: "Not as difficult to win a Cup when there's no road games, no travel. Still a difficult thing to win it all. Tampa gave lots of sweat and blood to make this happen. But let's not compare bubble hockey with the real thing."

Goodrow wasn't having it, and made sure Cox was aware of just went everyone went through for a chance at hockey greatest prize.

"You try going through what we went through, not seeing our families for months, living in a hotel for 60+ days, 24 teams that had a chance, no home advantage for either team, but hey, say what you want," Goodrow responded.

I'm willing to bet not one player on the Tampa Bay Lightning feels this win is in any way diminished by the bubble that was created to ensure the tournament took place. Cox seems intent on devaluing this win for whatever reason but I can't imagine there are any players on any NHL teams that feel the same way.

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