2025-2026 NHL Regular Season

igotid88

Lundqvist deserves better than what the Rangers have been giving him the last 12 years

norm

hockey

https://twitter.com/ZachWerenski/status/853788533672333313

F Me In The Brain

Someone beat up a 15 yr old?
jk, I saw that as well. Tough kid!

pjsteelerfan

norm said:

hockey

https://twitter.com/ZachWerenski/status/853788533672333313

NBA that is an 8 week injury, minimum. Much less going back into the game.

HesCalledDyer

Wobbie said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Definitely need to go back to the 1-8 format. Division rivalries are made by playing... wait for it... intra-division regular season games.

as a buddy said....you either like hockey or you don't.

phony manufactured rivalries aren't going to move the needle.

Exactly!

HesCalledDyer

Pekka Rinne has more points than the entire Blackhawks team. A god damn goalie has scored more than the entire opposing fucking team.
Christ, Chicago, get your 2nd-best-record-in-team-history shit together!!

BLACK35

pjsteelerfan said:

norm said:

hockey

https://twitter.com/ZachWerenski/status/853788533672333313

NBA that is an 8 week injury, minimum. Much less going back into the game.

LOL

MayDay10

HesCalledDyer said:

Definitely need to go back to the 1-8 format. Division rivalries are made by playing... wait for it... intra-division regular season games.

There are only like 4 games against each divisional opponent now.

I do understand the potential inequality of the current system. It existed under the old systems too. The 3rd seed, the weakest Division winner would face a fortunate 6th seed, while 4 vs 5 was usually fairly stacked. Before that, the Divisional playoffs existed and you would see teams cruise into the playoffs, beneficiaries of a weak Division. Even the 'perfect' NFL has it when you have a shitty division with an 8-8 winner.

Im not sure what the answer is to the best formatting and playoff structure. I actually liked the NHL's original proposal a few years ago that basically named 4 'conferences' and each team played one another 5 times, and against each other conference teams 2x. Then the playoffs would be done completely within the conference and the final 4 got re-seeded.

HesCalledDyer

Drop the non-divisonal schedule to 2 games per opponent instead of 3. Play everyone in your division 6 times, everyone else in the league twice.

HesCalledDyer

Or alternate non-conference opponents kinda like the NFL does. One year you play one division in the other conference, the next year you play the other.

ledvedderman

HesCalledDyer said:

Or alternate non-conference opponents kinda like the NFL does. One year you play one division in the other conference, the next year you play the other.

I could get behind this idea. I dig it.

Up 3-0 on tberg's Wild. I'm quite shocked actually. I picked the Wild to represent the west in the finals. However, as a Blues fan, there's no feeling of easiness within me. If any team is capable of blowing a lead like this...it's the Blues. They love to break my heart.

dignin

Guess I need to hop back on the Flames bandwagon.

Fuck the Ducks.

dignin

Did I say the Flames? I meant the Oilers...

g under p

These OT playoff games are really starting to suck ESPECIALLY when your team doesn't come out on top that said......
GO BRUINS!

Peace

polaris_x

4 games last night ... 4 OT games ... amazing hockey ... why the NHL is the best league ...

dignin

righteousbabe

Never met a flames or oilers fan who would cheer for the other side.

dignin

righteousbabe said:

Never met a flames or oilers fan who would cheer for the other side.

Well hello, my "name" is dignin.

There, now you have met one.

HesCalledDyer

Hope the Hawks at least get ONE fucking win tonight. Christ.

F Me In The Brain

Getting swept hurts all offseason. Worse than not making the playoffs I think.
I say you guys make it to game 6 or 7.
That starts with a win tonight.
In 2014 the Kings skull fucked San Jose down 0-3 and I never thought it was going to happen -- until it did.