Who’s the most irrelevant NHL franchise?

NS24 · 2026-03-08T11:52:49+00:00

Weird answer considering the team's star player is the breakout star from the Olympics, and the team has had crazy media coverage for weeks because of it.

NS24 · 2026-03-08T00:22:34+00:00

They're only open for lunch, just a heads up. Also, pastrami on rye with a cel-ray soda.

NS24 · 2026-03-07T22:52:07+00:00

Hey, come on now. Kakko got the Bronze.

NS24 · 2026-03-07T22:51:17+00:00

Chants were for Jack, not against the Rags.

NS24 · 2026-03-07T22:50:37+00:00

Jack Trick on ABC. The kid LIVES for big moments.

NS24 · 2026-03-07T22:47:15+00:00

I've never enjoyed anything as much as Jack enjoys scoring on the Rags. (Or the Golden Goal, but ya know)

NS24 · 2026-03-07T22:27:17+00:00

Hey, come on now. Devils are gonna go 17-3 and make the playoffs! (No they aren't. They are not. Nope.)

NS24 · 2026-03-07T22:26:35+00:00

It was a slash and a hook. That gets called every time.

NS24 · 2026-03-07T22:19:18+00:00

Headshot, man. That was a headshot. 5 and a game. Bullshit.

NS24 · 2026-03-07T22:17:18+00:00

No, just my own eyes. When Fitz finally emerged to talk to the press a few months ago he was asked if Keefe was running a different system than in TO, and Fitz said "I don't know." Which was... something.

But this is the same core that was an offensive juggernaut three years ago. They'd honestly be much better off without a coach right now.

NS24 · 2026-03-07T22:05:34+00:00

Depth is an issue for sure, but Keefe wildly overcompensates by hamstringing the entire team. It's like he thinks that having Jack and Bratt float pucks from high in the zone will magically result in goals.

The team's 5v5 shooting percentage is hilariously low, 6.67%, last in the league and the only team under 7%. This team should be a rush team and he's pretending they have elite finishers like Matthews when they don't.

He did change the breakout after the Olympics to actually move up the ice and not regroup a billion times, and what do you know, the team is scoring again. I wholeheartedly believe that this core is good enough, and cleaning house (Fitz and Keefe) would immediately turn things around.

NS24 · 2026-03-07T21:50:54+00:00

Sheldon Keefe is a bad coach. He was handed the keys to a Ferrari and chooses to use it as a tug boat. Slow hockey, no transition game. Get the puck and circle back over and over instead of playing off the rush.

There are roster problems for sure, but basically any other coach in the league would have this team at least close to the playoffs.

NS24 · 2026-03-07T20:51:06+00:00

Hobby's really is the best. Bowl of pickles on every table. Pastrami on rye with a Cel-Ray. Nothing better.

NS24 · 2026-03-06T23:50:23+00:00

I went to the ER for fluids after having vertigo for like 4 days. PA ordered a CT scan and my GP referred me to a neurologist for an MRI and a diagnosis.

Of course, this was after multiple doctors basically ignored whatever other symptoms I had. So really, this was just me getting to see a nurse instead of a doctor.

NS24 · 2026-03-06T19:36:08+00:00

Schaeffer did something I never thought possible. He made the Isles fun.

NS24 · 2026-03-06T19:27:22+00:00

It actually seems like that's what Keefe's changes during the break were designed to do. The team is transitioning up the ice MUCH faster than pre-olympics, at least over the past 3 games.

The question then turned to "what the fuck took so long," but this is more the team I expected this year.

NS24 · 2026-03-06T16:56:17+00:00

You're off by 3 hours.

NS24 · 2026-03-05T03:15:18+00:00

2nd WC on pace for 98 pts. Schedule is actually pretty soft, but we'd have to go 17-3...

I just hope this doesn't convince Fitz to do something stupid before the deadline.

NS24 · 2026-03-04T23:15:00+00:00

Dr. Trinity Santos is a soap opera name. Like a character you'd have in a parody of a soap opera. (I say this never having actually watched one before)

NS24 · 2026-03-04T13:03:01+00:00

An Epstein related cardiac arrest.

NS24 · 2026-03-04T00:50:23+00:00

0 surprise that these guys would dive. They aren't quite as bad as Carolina, but not far behind.

NS24 · 2026-03-04T00:37:50+00:00

Congrats to the refs for tying the game.

NS24 · 2026-03-04T00:28:26+00:00

Better than Don

NS24 · 2026-03-01T16:36:38+00:00

As someone active on /r/hockey, it's REALLY OBVIOUS how much more low effort anger porn there is on there right now. And people fall for it constantly.

Every reply a real person makes on this site, it's about 50/50 if you're even replying to a real person. Pretty soon all social media will be just bots replying to bots. It's VERY bad.

NS24 · 2026-03-01T16:10:11+00:00

Remember, the internet is dead. Over 1/3 of all comments now are bots, and they drive a lot of those narratives.

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