2025-2026 NHL Offseason

Meltdown99

Montreal has been short handed 30 times in these playoffs … they have allowed 3 pp goals and scored 4 shorties.  Can’t  say enough great things about the Perry, Stall and Armenia line…I’ve always been a huge Perry fan…so having him playing great in Montreal…is perfect.

a5pj

Canes fighting for their playoff lives tonight.

mrussel1

a5pj said:

Canes fighting for their playoff lives tonight.

Tomorrow

HughFreakingDillon

mrussel1 said:

Oh I didn't realize it was only health care.  O was assuming it was lottery season ticket holders. But still,  you would think it would be a +1

yep, 500 health care workers max. many of them boycotted the offer, and wanted everyone to do so, but that's a story for another thread. 

Meltdown99

a5pj said:

Canes fighting for their playoff lives tonight.

Number 1 off-season move needs to be to get better goaltending…does not help that Tampa went into the playoffs with a 98 billion dollar payroll and everyone else 80 million or so..Hopefully the idiots running the league close that loophole.  But I have no doubt Bettman has the owners convinced that it’s good for the league … 

mrussel1

Meltdown99 said:

a5pj said:

Canes fighting for their playoff lives tonight.

Number 1 off-season move needs to be to get better goaltending…does not help that Tampa went into the playoffs with a 98 billion dollar payroll and everyone else 80 million or so..Hopefully the idiots running the league close that loophole.  But I have no doubt Bettman has the owners convinced that it’s good for the league … 

I think they have a great 1-2 tandem in Carolina.  When a team tries to play wide open against Tampa,  it's really difficult to keep up.  It plays into their strength. 

a5pj

Whoops, tomorrow, right.
Goaltending is the best in Carolina that's it's been in 10 years, and that's with either of the 3 goalies. I've loved Mrazek since his days in Detroit. Ned is a stud rookie, but who knows how that goes. And Reimer is a backup who played amazing this year, don't think he'll be sticking around though.

And don't forget Carolina is playing the refs too, must have gotten some of that 98 billion payroll $$ haha. Either way this is good hockey, and it's awesome to have Carolina on the upswing, they're gonna be playoff contenders for a while.

If they lose I am totally jumping on the Canadiens bandwagon. Love Tatar, Price and Perry. I can look past E Staal lol.

Meltdown99

GO HABS GO 

Scheifele still has to serve 1 game of his suspension next season…ha ha

i never thought the Habs would win the North…

josevolution

Great win by Islanders now back home trying to close out bruins will be tough tomorrow! Can’t wait Barzal is locked in & Barlamov was epic last night, Bruins should of won they had some many shots..

Wobbie

pivotal game five for VGK. they looked unbeatable sunday night but I know they’re not.

Meltdown99

a5pj said:

Whoops, tomorrow, right.
Goaltending is the best in Carolina that's it's been in 10 years, and that's with either of the 3 goalies. I've loved Mrazek since his days in Detroit. Ned is a stud rookie, but who knows how that goes. And Reimer is a backup who played amazing this year, don't think he'll be sticking around though.

And don't forget Carolina is playing the refs too, must have gotten some of that 98 billion payroll $$ haha. Either way this is good hockey, and it's awesome to have Carolina on the upswing, they're gonna be playoff contenders for a while.

If they lose I am totally jumping on the Canadiens bandwagon. Love Tatar, Price and Perry. I can look past E Staal lol.

Tonight … do or die.  Is your goaltending just good or can it be elite?  The reffing in the NHL sucks agreed.  I guess Boston feels like they got hosed last night..But Boston always feels cheated.  I hope that loophole gets closed…not sure if the players would have to agree.

Not a stall fan?  He’s been great in the playoffs…him and Perry with Armia…

mrussel1

Meltdown99 said:

a5pj said:

Whoops, tomorrow, right.
Goaltending is the best in Carolina that's it's been in 10 years, and that's with either of the 3 goalies. I've loved Mrazek since his days in Detroit. Ned is a stud rookie, but who knows how that goes. And Reimer is a backup who played amazing this year, don't think he'll be sticking around though.

And don't forget Carolina is playing the refs too, must have gotten some of that 98 billion payroll $$ haha. Either way this is good hockey, and it's awesome to have Carolina on the upswing, they're gonna be playoff contenders for a while.

If they lose I am totally jumping on the Canadiens bandwagon. Love Tatar, Price and Perry. I can look past E Staal lol.

Tonight … do or die.  Is your goaltending just good or can it be elite?  The reffing in the NHL sucks agreed.  I guess Boston feels like they got hosed last night..But Boston always feels cheated.  I hope that loophole gets closed…not sure if the players would have to agree.

Not a stall fan?  He’s been great in the playoffs…him and Perry with Armia…

The officiating is fine.  The only reason the series isn't over is because of that super soft penalty on Kucherov in the offensive zone in overtime G3. The Canes hadn't done a thing in 2 periods and were getting run out of the building.  Mrazek stood on his head to carry them. He was elite that day for sure.  

a5pj

Staal, well, I haven't followed him much since the Canes traded him. At that point he was lazy and a big part of the reason the Canes sucked then. He would coast out of the O zone offsides when the rest of the team was trying to transition back in and mess everything up -all. the. time. Can't complain about his #'s though.

As for the ref's, every team is biased. But can we agree they shouldn't be calling half the junk they are and let them play? And that they need help for more accurate calls.

Have a feeling Ned is back tonight.

mrussel1

a5pj said:

Staal, well, I haven't followed him much since the Canes traded him. At that point he was lazy and a big part of the reason the Canes sucked then. He would coast out of the O zone offsides when the rest of the team was trying to transition back in and mess everything up -all. the. time. Can't complain about his #'s though.

As for the ref's, every team is biased. But can we agree they shouldn't be calling half the junk they are and let them play? And that they need help for more accurate calls.

Have a feeling Ned is back tonight.

I think it should be Ned as well.  4 goals in two games isn't terrible, although they were tight checking games with low shot counts.  I'm more interested in if Brind sends out three forwards that are not 100%.  You lose 1-2 of those guys during the game, and then you are double shifting a lot of players.  It will show up in the 3rd. 

Meltdown99

F Me In The Brain said:

Meltdown99 said:

MayDay10 said:

Montreal wont make the playoffs anymore when they are back in the Division of Boston/Tampa/Toronto/Florida

And you know this how?  Dallas made the finals last season and missed the playoffs.  That’s how parity work.  Toronto May only have a 3 year window… Mathews contract is up in 3 and will be a highly sought after free agent…and if shanahan was such a great hockey executive why would he bring in choker joe Thornton…when the games count joe disappears more time than not…not too mention that meathead Simmons..

Dude, Simmer is awesome.  What is your issue with him?
He can do everything.  Great teammate, everywhere he goes the guys love him.

I get it, he’s one of the ex kings you like…the ex king I like is Toffoli…ha ha.

Meltdown99

mrussel1 said:

Meltdown99 said:

a5pj said:

Whoops, tomorrow, right.
Goaltending is the best in Carolina that's it's been in 10 years, and that's with either of the 3 goalies. I've loved Mrazek since his days in Detroit. Ned is a stud rookie, but who knows how that goes. And Reimer is a backup who played amazing this year, don't think he'll be sticking around though.

And don't forget Carolina is playing the refs too, must have gotten some of that 98 billion payroll $$ haha. Either way this is good hockey, and it's awesome to have Carolina on the upswing, they're gonna be playoff contenders for a while.

If they lose I am totally jumping on the Canadiens bandwagon. Love Tatar, Price and Perry. I can look past E Staal lol.

Tonight … do or die.  Is your goaltending just good or can it be elite?  The reffing in the NHL sucks agreed.  I guess Boston feels like they got hosed last night..But Boston always feels cheated.  I hope that loophole gets closed…not sure if the players would have to agree.

Not a stall fan?  He’s been great in the playoffs…him and Perry with Armia…

The officiating is fine.  The only reason the series isn't over is because of that super soft penalty on Kucherov in the offensive zone in overtime G3. The Canes hadn't done a thing in 2 periods and were getting run out of the building.  Mrazek stood on his head to carry them. He was elite that day for sure.  

I was talking in generalization…the reffing in the nhl is not good for the most part.  All the players ask for is consistency…not to mention this is this is the playoffs…some of these refs need to put their whistles away and quit calling so much petty stuff.

mrussel1

Meltdown99 said:

mrussel1 said:

Meltdown99 said:

a5pj said:

Whoops, tomorrow, right.
Goaltending is the best in Carolina that's it's been in 10 years, and that's with either of the 3 goalies. I've loved Mrazek since his days in Detroit. Ned is a stud rookie, but who knows how that goes. And Reimer is a backup who played amazing this year, don't think he'll be sticking around though.

And don't forget Carolina is playing the refs too, must have gotten some of that 98 billion payroll $$ haha. Either way this is good hockey, and it's awesome to have Carolina on the upswing, they're gonna be playoff contenders for a while.

If they lose I am totally jumping on the Canadiens bandwagon. Love Tatar, Price and Perry. I can look past E Staal lol.

Tonight … do or die.  Is your goaltending just good or can it be elite?  The reffing in the NHL sucks agreed.  I guess Boston feels like they got hosed last night..But Boston always feels cheated.  I hope that loophole gets closed…not sure if the players would have to agree.

Not a stall fan?  He’s been great in the playoffs…him and Perry with Armia…

The officiating is fine.  The only reason the series isn't over is because of that super soft penalty on Kucherov in the offensive zone in overtime G3. The Canes hadn't done a thing in 2 periods and were getting run out of the building.  Mrazek stood on his head to carry them. He was elite that day for sure.  

I was talking in generalization…the reffing in the nhl is not good for the most part.  All the players ask for is consistency…not to mention this is this is the playoffs…some of these refs need to put their whistles away and quit calling so much petty stuff.

Agreed.  Fully.  Holds,  trips,  etc. are annoying. 

mrussel1

https://twitter.com/Canes/status/1402416067947941901?s=20

Meltdown99

This is surely not sitting well with leaf fans…hehe.  An Unknown nhl player tweeted that Montreal has eliminated 2 opponents in 8 days and the leafs haven’t eliminated anyone in 17 years…lol

Meltdown99

If the AVS comeback and win I’d like them to where the Nordiques old jersey…could revive the greatest rivalry in hockey…it’d be fun.