2025-2026 NHL Offseason

Wobbie

Congrats, Canadiens. At least Vegas played hard in Game 6.

Lehner was fine but I wonder about the Fluery/DeBoer dynamic.

Meltdown99

Vegas Congrats on a good season.  You got a hell of a team…no quit.

This is the 1st time Montreal has won the Clarence Campbell Trophy.

Game 7 prediction…3-2 Islanders.

josevolution

Meltdown99 said:

Vegas Congrats on a good season.  You got a hell of a team…no quit.

This is the 1st time Montreal has won the Clarence Campbell Trophy.

Game 7 prediction…3-2 Islanders.

Congrats Habs fans it’s good to see Canadiens back in the finals , I’m hoping tonight my team can advance! 

F Me In The Brain

Stunner that the Habs are in the SCF but I will be rooting for Canada to raise the cup regardless of who wins Game 7.  (Would be cool to see two teams who have not been winners in decades make it through, so will be hoping for the Fishermen in G7.)

mrussel1

Nice work by the Habs.  Price was amazing.  He's always been good, but he's been great this series.

I don't even know if I'll watch tonight.  Hate game 7's.  Lightning lost Games 6 and 7 in '17 and '18 in the ECF, so this is a bit too much deja vu for me.  FWIW, it was to the Pens and Caps who went on to win it all.   

F Me In The Brain

C'mon, gotta watch!  (Even though it will be like walking on a path of hot coals or nails, lol)

One year I was disgusted in an elimination game and it was late here on the east coast and I went to bed.  Kings came back and won and I learned my lesson.    

Rygar

As a Habs fan, I don't know who to go for tonight.  I think the general consensus is that we have a better chance against the Islanders than Tampa, but if the Islanders can beat Tampa.....

PJNB

Fell asleep last night after the 3rd period. Woke up just as Price was making the save with the big rebound and Montreal scoring. Stanley Cup finals are going to be fun to watch and hopefully the Habs can pull it out. There have been plenty of Canadian teams since 93 making it to the finals with no one able to clinch. 

Sidenote my son asked me last night if he could watch hockey with me since its not a school night anymore. That was a pretty cool moment for me and we will watch the first period tonight together. He is only 6 and my 5 year old wants to watch too. 

josevolution

PJNB said:

Fell asleep last night after the 3rd period. Woke up just as Price was making the save with the big rebound and Montreal scoring. Stanley Cup finals are going to be fun to watch and hopefully the Habs can pull it out. There have been plenty of Canadian teams since 93 making it to the finals with no one able to clinch. 

Sidenote my son asked me last night if he could watch hockey with me since its not a school night anymore. That was a pretty cool moment for me and we will watch the first period tonight together. He is only 6 and my 5 year old wants to watch too. 

Cool dad! 

Get_Right

Rygar said:

As a Habs fan, I don't know who to go for tonight.  I think the general consensus is that we have a better chance against the Islanders than Tampa, but if the Islanders can beat Tampa.....

How could you root for a hockey team from Florida?  C'mon man! Isles all the way!

Meltdown99

Reports has Nikita With broken ribs and will not play tonight…

Chris Lee looked right at the cross check and looked the other way.

Early in the OT the linesman called an icing on Montreal that clearly went off the Vegas goalies pad that led to Vegas nearly winning….come on NHL you gotta do better than this…

You ARE a PROFESSIONAL SPORTS league that appear to be run by an office temp. 

Meltdown99

Meltdown99

Rygar said:

As a Habs fan, I don't know who to go for tonight.  I think the general consensus is that we have a better chance against the Islanders than Tampa, but if the Islanders can beat Tampa.....

I hear ya.  It does not matter to me who we play.  All 4 teams in the semis deserve to be there, all good teams…

josevolution

Meltdown99 said:

Reports has Nikita With broken ribs and will not play tonight…

Chris Lee looked right at the cross check and looked the other way.

Early in the OT the linesman called an icing on Montreal that clearly went off the Vegas goalies pad that led to Vegas nearly winning….come on NHL you gotta do better than this…

You ARE a PROFESSIONAL SPORTS league that appear to be run by an office temp. 

I’m still pissed at DHunter for taken out Turgeon and getting suspended I wanted him suspended for a whole season!
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-04-30-1993120102-story,amp.html
Bateman sucked then and still sucks now! 

mrussel1

Fucking asshole hockey.  Isles probably feel pretty good about themselves, using a cheap shot to take out the leading scorer for the last two playoffs, Ross trophy winner, etc.  

Meltdown99

LOL.  It sucks…no doubt.  In 2014 Kreider took out Price and that likely cost them the chance to play for the cup…

Game 7 just got more interesting…

Remember the code.  Does Tampa send someone out to answer the bell and fight Mayfield?  

mrussel1

Meltdown99 said:

LOL.  It sucks…no doubt.  In 2014 Kreider took out Price and that likely cost them the chance to play for the cup…

Game 7 just got more interesting…

Remember the code.  Does Tampa send someone out to answer the bell and fight Mayfield?  

I don't know... you don't want to lose someone 5 min or take the extra.  You don't want someone to bust up a hand.  No good solution other than go up 4-0 and then take his ass out. 

Rygar

Get_Right said:

Rygar said:

As a Habs fan, I don't know who to go for tonight.  I think the general consensus is that we have a better chance against the Islanders than Tampa, but if the Islanders can beat Tampa.....

How could you root for a hockey team from Florida?  C'mon man! Isles all the way!

Haha, it's all about Montreal's best chances!
As a fan Montreal vs NYI is a better matchup, two historical teams that haven't been there in a while.  But I wanna win.

Get_Right

Rygar said:

Get_Right said:

Rygar said:

As a Habs fan, I don't know who to go for tonight.  I think the general consensus is that we have a better chance against the Islanders than Tampa, but if the Islanders can beat Tampa.....

How could you root for a hockey team from Florida?  C'mon man! Isles all the way!

Haha, it's all about Montreal's best chances!
As a fan Montreal vs NYI is a better matchup, two historical teams that haven't been there in a while.  But I wanna win.

All good, I want the Habs to win it all, but the NYer in me wants the Isles in the finals, and I wouldn't be that upset if they won. Plus, I might get to go to a game

josevolution

mrussel1 said:

Fucking asshole hockey.  Isles probably feel pretty good about themselves, using a cheap shot to take out the leading scorer for the last two playoffs, Ross trophy winner, etc.  

I doubt the team feels great about it , but that’s hockey we went through the same thing in 93 don’t make it sound like Tampa is this holy than though team, it’s game 7 don’t start making excuses now Tampa has way more fire power than Islanders.