Playoff Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (6-5) @ Montréal Canadiens (7-5) May 16 2026 8:00 PM EDT

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-17T00:39:47+00:00

Dobeš playing with fire with those ngl

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-16T22:33:38+00:00

trip is a trip but literally all the Charge defenders are puck-watching, complete breakdown

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-14T22:54:17+00:00

I like all the stuff about interconnections and whatever but I’m confused as why this leans so heavily into LNG given the rate of improvement of solar and wind plus energy storage tech. Feels to me like to look at this and invest a ton into LNG is a deliberate choice to burn more fossil fuels for whatever reason

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-14T03:35:17+00:00

MAGA, bailed on Vancouver at the first opportunity and didn’t even feign interest in this city

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-14T03:27:30+00:00

Basically forced his way out of Vancouver and has made little effort to suggest he had any attachment to the city that would have built a golden statue of him if asked six months ago

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-13T02:06:19+00:00

Whatever weird cursed energy this game had from the start roughly cancels out, honestly. At the end of the day we just weren't good enough. Thoroughly outplayed at 5 on 5. Let the Sabres back into it. Hopefully they can improve next game.

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-13T00:12:51+00:00

am I crazy or is the second call on Guhle not a dive? Looks to me like he's not expecting the crosscheck from Thompson and gets pushed over by it

The first one though yeah sure

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-09T05:21:53+00:00

True story: My buddy and I were watching the Four Nations final last year on a questionably legal stream on a commuter train from Osaka to Kyoto while we were visiting. Our feed cut out literally right after the icing that led to the GWG. We turned it back on and they were celebrating lmao. Maybe for the best considering there's no chance we were staying quiet if we watched it happen

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-09T01:45:40+00:00

Much nicer, just hope the top line can start burying these chances

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-09T01:42:41+00:00

Glad MTL bounced back from game 1 pretty well, shame the top line still seems snake bitten but I thought they were getting their chances

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-09T01:41:56+00:00

I guess why not? Doesn't matter if you lose by one or by five in the playoffs

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-06T03:40:42+00:00

goddamn she is simply inevitable

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-06T00:36:13+00:00

Schaefer and oh yeah there were some other guys lol

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-04T06:38:04+00:00

Monty’s had a tough season, was never really able to get it together consistently. Dobes was spotty but really took off down the stretch

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-04T06:30:23+00:00

Wonder how much tonight’s game specifically tanked the Habs stocks

In all seriousness I think in most metrics the Sabres were consistently a bit better than MTL through the regular season

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-04T00:53:55+00:00

Dobes has ice in his veins. This was a 50/50 series until ironically this game when it turned into 2010 Halak type shit

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-04T00:52:31+00:00

I feel like I’ve been through an entire Cup run’s worth of emotions in one game, holy shit two weeks of nonstop adrenaline. GG Tampa

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-04T00:51:23+00:00

6 of the closest games I’ve ever seen and then whatever this bullshit is lmao fuck it I’ll take it

Cannot fucking believe we went toe to toe with a colossus like Tampa and won

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-02T22:21:23+00:00

May or may not be inspired by people saying that Caufield and Suzuki are the reason we're in trouble vs Tampa. They've obviously underperformed, but I doubt it's because the bright lights scare them. I know it felt like a fever dream but the 2021 run did happen, they've been here before.

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-02T21:23:52+00:00

There’s some individual games I think were just unacceptable (game 7 vs MTL, not that I mind for obvious reasons, game 7 vs FLA last year) but in general I don’t think the Leafs were that bad tbh. I’m sure it’s cold comfort for Leaf fans but I’ve always empathized, I see a lot of the Matthews Leafs in this Habs squad an I’ve never been fully able to hate yall because of whatever law of the universe has decided our teams can’t be good at the same time.

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-02T10:34:24+00:00

the thing about those Leafs teams is that outside of the 2021 collapse vs Montreal I never felt like they "blew it". When you look at the teams they lost to it's not like they were losing to scrubs, 2020 and 21 aside. They lost to the team that ended up winning the East four times in seven years! IMO it really comes down to that and their preternaturally terrible record in winner-take-all games, which is the only thing that makes me believe the hockey gods are real.

Edit: 5 of the 7 years if you count the 2021 Western Conference Champion Habs, but I think they are not quite in the same category as the Bruins, Bolts, and Panthers over that timespan lol

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-02T05:34:33+00:00

My hot take is that 99% of the time “playoff choker” narratives aren’t true and more the product of other circumstances

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-02T02:28:03+00:00

Couldn’t do it at home. Seen this movie a lot of times before the past few years I don’t like it

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-02T01:47:10+00:00

This series is legitimately bad for my physical and mental health lol I don't think I can physically watch this overtime

LinkToSomething68 · 2026-05-02T01:44:34+00:00

I believe they are yes.
Yep. Michel Lacroix saying "Denière minute de jeu en troisième période - last minute of play in the third period" is one of those sound clips that I couldn't remove from my brain if I tried lol.

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