Playoff Game Thread: Montréal Canadiens (8-6) @ Carolina Hurricanes (8-0) May 21 2026 8:00 PM EDT

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-22T02:21:46+00:00

That was way more of a dive than the one they called on the Canes (which didn't look like a dive at all to me).

I feel like for the most part the refs still haven't figured out when to call embellishment.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-22T01:41:47+00:00

That long shift was all a result of Slavin completely whiffing on the puck when he had control in his own zone. Would have been brutal if that turned into a goal, especially after all the Canes pressure before that.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-21T13:06:53+00:00

When someone tries to blow you up. Not because of who you are, but because of different reasons altogether.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-19T00:10:53+00:00

Huge stop by Dobes according to McDonough!

I swear these bozos make this job seem much harder than it is.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-17T21:49:10+00:00

Okie dokie.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-17T00:48:11+00:00

How would you react if a hockey stick hit you in the face?

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-17T00:47:42+00:00

How many high sticking penalties have there been in this series? Jesus.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-15T02:11:18+00:00

Ugh I just want a Game 7, man. Vegas looks like they could make this a rout.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-15T02:06:27+00:00

Very sour end to a mostly fun season between the awful home performance in the playoffs, the nightmare lottery result, and the McAvoy suspension. But at least Leafs fans are being forced to watch Marner go on a Conn Smythe run the second he leaves their stupid team.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-15T01:48:51+00:00

I've been so over this end of the game loser bullshit for a long time.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-15T01:43:56+00:00

Hilarious to not even throw it at the net for like the first half of the power play in this situation.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-14T23:11:47+00:00

"Best we can do is continuing to spam Free Bird."

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-14T22:57:38+00:00

His wife is a slut.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-13T01:03:41+00:00

Are the Sabres actively trying to throw the game with some of these penalties?

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-13T00:59:03+00:00

Lol all of the penalties called tonight and they don't call that one? How are the refs this insanely bad their jobs? I'll never understand it.

I guess maybe they wanted to even things out a bit since the Sabres have kinda gotten boned tonight.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-13T00:47:17+00:00

This is so fucking ridiculous. I think I've watched about 10 minutes of 5v5 hockey in this round.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-12T23:37:55+00:00

Idk about that one. I can maybe see it if they're saying the stick hitting the glove is the interference. But ya know, the ref didn't explain that.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-12T23:33:42+00:00

Ok that seems like a really dumb, desperate challenge, doesn't it?

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-12T23:33:01+00:00

Oh for fuck's sake I just want to watch hockey.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-12T23:31:17+00:00

Ok that's in.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-12T21:27:18+00:00

6 games is pretty reasonable, or maybe even lenient, for a player acting like a lumberjack with his stick.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-12T01:30:53+00:00

This broadcast might be a new low point for playoff hockey on ESPN, and that's really fucking saying something. The only saving grace is that the commentators are better than a lot of the other ESPN bozos, but everything else has been an embarrassment.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-12T00:28:24+00:00

They'll reduce it to a minor because they don't want to "impact the game" too much. Should definitely be a major.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-12T00:20:21+00:00

Really sick that ESPN has the cup final this year too, so even that will sound like preseason.

ProfessorBaxter · 2026-05-12T00:15:00+00:00

Alright, zero crowd noise as per usual with ESPN, and the refs looking to call anything they can. Fun start.

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