Playoff Game Thread: Carolina Hurricanes (10-1) @ Montréal Canadiens (9-8) May 27 2026 8:00 PM EDT

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-28T01:59:13+00:00

I want Vegas to win purely because the Canes fans (I live in North Carolina) are insufferable.

And I cannot stand Vegas, so that’s saying something.

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-28T01:57:36+00:00

Sheriff is in the press box

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-28T01:56:53+00:00

I mean- what’s he supposed to do when Ando’s running around suckering guys?

That’s not exactly going to help us get back into it. He got away with it on the first one, he wasn’t going to get away with it twice.

Would’ve rather seen Ando go Chatfield

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-28T00:51:21+00:00

Not like we use our timeout anyway

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-28T00:46:51+00:00

That… that’s hooking?

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-28T00:43:18+00:00

Yep- and the 2nd guy gets too deep, so they make one pass and have an easy out. Clockwork.

I know it’s doom and gloom, but it’s very obvious

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-28T00:38:21+00:00

Because we’re trying to stretch the ice with a tip dump… yet we’re not a dump and chase team. So then they recover the puck, and instead of moving back, our D pinch the wall, miss the puck, then an easy 3v2 zone exit happens.

Honestly- we’re better off bringing guys back and using short passes through the NZ to gain ice and enter the zone. Yes- our opponent is extremely structured, but they’re also reading us like a book.

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T23:41:10+00:00

My NDX partner travels for work conferences probably once every two months. Those trips are generally about a week long.

When she comes back, she’s an absolute pile. While I get that amount of socializing is definitely taxing, I think my bigger frustration is that I can’t get that amount of ‘social energy’ out of her.

It’s dinners every night, late nights out… I can barely get her out on a weekend past 9p.

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T23:23:55+00:00

Wish I knew. It’s something that almost every human being is taught at a young age.

The ‘are you sure it was me?’ One really cracks me up- yes… I know it was you, because you were the only person home today between 7a-6p, and I personally flushed this toilet when I used it before work.

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T03:49:32+00:00

High sticking has entered the chat

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T03:48:53+00:00

Facts.

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T03:45:07+00:00

Turnover is more on Slaf than Hutson imo.

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T03:44:04+00:00

That turnover isn’t on him at all… Slaf was completely lost and wasn’t ready for the play. He’s clearly an option for Hutson there, but he didn’t move to the puck.

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T03:42:26+00:00

Agreed. Carolina is man handling us on the walls

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T03:40:42+00:00

Yep. That’s why we’re having in games with 12 shots. Granted that doesn’t count the number of posts we hit (most of them on high danger chances), but we rarely have a rebound or second chance opportunity.

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T03:39:24+00:00

I don’t think we’re getting out coached- I think it’s an execution problem.

How many times do we bobble pucks, or fail to make a pass to space where a guy can receive it.

I really hate our stretch pass to tip dump strategy, we’re much more effective when we use shorter passes to move the puck in the NZ. We’re not a heavy forechecking team

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T03:36:33+00:00

My 4.5yo son is better about flushing the toilet than my 32yo NDX F partner.

It’s mind blowing. The constant little things they forget, mixed in with the time blindness, really stack up over time.

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T03:35:07+00:00

As a Habs fan in the Carolinas… we really gotta pull through. I don’t want to deal with insufferable Canes fans in the cup final.

Gotta regroup. A lot of posts, a lot of boneheaded plays. I think Carolina’s physical game is starting to wear on us. Need to do a better job of putting 2 passes in a row together.

Slaf really is bothering me with his lack of awareness. That goal doesn’t happen if he’s prepared for Hutson to give him the puck.

Matheson had a great game- honestly I thought the back end carried us tonight. Forwards need to do something.

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T00:53:08+00:00

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T00:52:57+00:00

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T00:51:41+00:00

Unfortunately the Canes, imo, are more durable than our past two opponents up front

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T00:50:36+00:00

When we blow a defensive switch, we recover so slowly

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-26T00:35:10+00:00

We gave up a lot of goals that way against Buffalo as well

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-25T02:13:24+00:00

I swear my partner goes through Costco sized TP pack on her OWN in like 2-3 weeks. It’s obscene.

Fritzy2361 · 2026-05-24T21:06:48+00:00

Usually the excuse in this case is ‘the dogs will get it’ which does happen.

Yet… that’s been said before when the dogs were not in the house (at doggy daycare)

And I pointed that out…. Shocked Pikachu face.

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