2025-2026 NHL Regular Season

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  • SS657083
    SS657083 Posts: 152
    Wobbie said:
    I think last night bodes well for my VGK. the first two carolina goals were the result of lazy VGK passes and the third came off a flukey faceoff. they can clean that up.
    I think you're right. Of course, I want it to go 7 games, but they've been a completely different team since the Torts hire. The Canes' man-to-man defense just won't hold up to Vegas over 7 games. 

    BTW - do you really think Marner meant to block that shot at the end of the game? It looked like he was trying to get out of the way to me! 
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,406
    ^^^ correction: carolina’s 4th goal came off a flukey faceoff.

    you’re probably right about Marner altho I think Torts demands you sacrifice your body.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 19,007
    This series is wild.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,406
    last night was quite the emotional roller coaster. 😳
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,666
    Poncier said:
    This series is wild.
    Yes, it is.

    It did suck that such an unlucky/lucky bounce decided the game but that is Hockey sometimes.
  • I_Am_Mine_Dawn
    I_Am_Mine_Dawn West Chester, PA Posts: 45,043
    Of course I fell asleep during the 3rd period and part of the OT 😐
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,381
    cutz said:
    Poncier said:
    This series is wild.
    Yes, it is.

    It did suck that such an unlucky/lucky bounce decided the game but that is Hockey sometimes.
    About the fifth time that has happened in the playoffs . Awful way to end that classic last night 
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,821
    Vegas looked lost after the Karlsson injury ... it doesn't sound like he will be back due to the hit he took and comments made by Torts after the game.  

    Jordan Stall is looking at the Conn Smythe if Carolina wins ... in my mind he is one of the young pups but now has 2 decades in the NHL.  PJ 20 was only a few years ago, right?
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  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,375
    Loved Staal when he was a Penguin, sad to see him go but have always appreciated him. Hope he captains the Jerks to a Cup. 
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,406
    carter hart is losing this series for VGK. GAA = 4 😡
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,406
    bummed that VGK lost but the better team won. the better coach. the better goalie (in the end). I could do some coulda woulda (injuries, goal tending) but it wasn’t meant to be. carolina is a really good, well coached team. VGK was out of gas at the end and carolina had a lot to do with that. the tortarella magic disappeared in the end, unless you’re a fan of a coach staring into the rafters.

    I’m happy for bussi. I was getting real tired when “freddie” andersen was getting all the slurpage in the early rounds, while facing offensively challenged teams. playoff freddie has never been anything special. carter hart sucked in the final (altho he was decent last night). you need a hot goalie to win the cup. adin hill was stellar in 2023. hart maybe should have been pulled after the 3 goals in 39 seconds debacle in game 3.

    there are many teams I like a lot less than carolina. they have a few guys I don’t care for (aho) but no true assholes that I know of. I’m just bummed the only sport left to watch is regular season baseball.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • SS657083
    SS657083 Posts: 152
    Agreed. How can you not like any of the Staal brothers and Jordan becoming the oldest Conn Smythe winner? And to see Rod lift the cup 20 years later was special. It's been a great season for the NHL. 

    I wish the team would all skate around the rink together while passing the Cup like the "old days". And the damn photographers need to get out of the way! 
  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,160
    Pulling Andersen for Bussi was a great move! 
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,381
    curmudgeoness said:
    Pulling Andersen for Bussi was a great move! 
    Andersen was hurt. BrindA'mour said that in an interview after the game.

    Congrats to the Canes and BrindA'mour especially.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,406
    pjhawks said:
    curmudgeoness said:
    Pulling Andersen for Bussi was a great move! 
    Andersen was hurt. BrindA'mour said that in an interview after the game.

    Congrats to the Canes and BrindA'mour especially.
    I imagine everyone’s a little hurt. That’s what sucks about going to the Final and losing…less recovery time, unlike F’me’s kings, who’ve been golfing for the past six weeks.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • SS657083
    SS657083 Posts: 152
    pjhawks said:
    curmudgeoness said:
    Pulling Andersen for Bussi was a great move! 
    Andersen was hurt. BrindA'mour said that in an interview after the game.

    Congrats to the Canes and BrindA'mour especially.
    The Canes commentator Tripp Tracey was on the Spittin' Chiclets pod today. He went for a walk with Rod after game 3 and said Rod was going to start Bussi regardless of the Anderson injury.

    It was definitely the right move, and a ballsy one if Anderson had been cleared to play. But that doesn't take away from Anderson's performance in the first 3 rounds. 
  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,202
    Class move by Staal to hand the cup to Anderson first
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,484
    Wobbie said:
    pjhawks said:
    curmudgeoness said:
    Pulling Andersen for Bussi was a great move! 
    Andersen was hurt. BrindA'mour said that in an interview after the game.

    Congrats to the Canes and BrindA'mour especially.
    I imagine everyone’s a little hurt. That’s what sucks about going to the Final and losing…less recovery time, unlike F’me’s kings, who’ve been golfing for the past six weeks.
    In the end there can be only one, Wobert.
    Vegas gets the same prize as the Avs, Oil,  Kings, and whomever else.
    Nothing.

    Props to the Canes, fuck the Golden 🚿 Knights
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 12,001
    SS657083 said:
    Agreed. How can you not like any of the Staal brothers 

    I wish the team would all skate around the rink together while passing the Cup like the "old days". And the damn photographers need to get out of the way! 

    I loathe Eric Staal.

    I completely agree about the cup ceremony.  It just seems like it is a series of dull individual photo opportunities with the cup.  It was better, more wholesome, and natural when they all skated around with it, passing it.  

    Hearing the color commentator explain this contrived significance of who gets the cup after the captain every season since the Outdoor Life Network is tiresome and predictable.  Feels like I am watching EA sports canned Stanley Cup presentation.  
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 32,406
    Torts out. I’m not shocked. I have no idea who VGK will go after.

    Oilers looking at Babcock? By all accounts, he’s a total asshole.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24

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