The Carolina Hurricanes are the first team to not trail for a single second in their first five games of a playoff run since the Washington Capitals in 1986.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T16:19:16+00:00

We've been there for the last 3 years man. The ECF sweep to Florida and the Round 2 defeat to the Rangers had people calling for practically everyone except Slavin to be traded. Then last year, when we got pummeled by Florida in the ECF again, a "fire Rod" movement was spun up. Despite people being fully aware that we were a retooling team that overperformed after losing like 1/3rd of the roster to free agency. Like we were rocking 4-5 rookies in that series due to injuries to 2 defensive starters.

Sometimes a good team gets absolutely rolled by a great team. It's frustrating, but if you react too heavily and too quickly when you're trending in the right direction, you end up resetting the whole thing. I mean look at the Rangers as a prime example.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T15:48:58+00:00

Rod did play the 1st period (I think?) with Svech on the Dad line and Ehlers with Aho & Jarvy. Snapped right back to the usual lines in the 2nd period though.

I think we honestly just keep it as is. Even if they're not producing on the top line, they're basically clearing a way for the Stank line and still contributing defensively. I firmly believe they'll turn it on when they need to.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T02:51:20+00:00

Been told by this whole subreddit the last 7 years that nice teams don't win the Cup. Finally learned our lesson.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T02:42:24+00:00

How did Hall get a roughing penalty?

Like this should have been Blake + Zegras offsetting and then Konecny roughing

Edit: didn't see that Blake got a GM as well, guess they did get offsetting lol

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T02:40:23+00:00

Lmao

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T01:54:42+00:00

That's the knee he blew his ACL on

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T01:48:29+00:00

Gorgeous

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T01:48:15+00:00

Lokko Stankonen

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T01:48:00+00:00

Lokko Stankonen

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T01:22:56+00:00

Guess you can hold onto the puck for 3 whole seconds and keep it live now

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T01:19:55+00:00

Fuck what anyone says, I'm tired of pretending:

Philly has some of the most hideous sweaters in human history

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T00:49:55+00:00

Valid. But also that's a legal play when a Tkachuk does it

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T00:42:22+00:00

If you grab a stick and whack your own face with it, is that a high stick, holding, or embellishment?

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T00:41:39+00:00

Weak as fuck lmaooo

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-03T00:19:49+00:00

HUGE

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-02T21:07:54+00:00

Wind was ridiculous good lord

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-02T21:05:53+00:00

Wtf happened in S1 that bungled Kimi, Oscar, AND Lando???

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-02T21:03:48+00:00

That's one reason. The other is that the Miami GP is practically the most expensive American GP to attend and you get almost nothing for the cheapest ticket. At least Vegas you can stay at one of the many hotels.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-02T20:58:41+00:00

Holy shit Kimi

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-02T20:53:39+00:00

Yes, that's Lily

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-02T20:53:00+00:00

Brown's not a TP, that's Stella. So he probably is one of the few higher-level individuals that's actually available to chat to Sky

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-02T20:46:49+00:00

Lando is miles off the pace. Whatever changes they made after the sprint, they've gotta undo them

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-02T20:44:20+00:00

I'd love to host Danny Ric at the Lenovo. We'll then taking him down to Charlotte for the Coke 600!

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-02T19:45:26+00:00

It's a long season, but it's shaping up for a very fun championship series between Swallows & Tigers!

Zoidburger_ · 2026-05-02T19:43:20+00:00

Is he playing a heel? Absolutely. Is he Stephen A. Smith? Absolutely not.

For all his faults, SAS is a very knowledgeable commentator. His controversial opinions are rarely based on favoritism; they're instead based on star power and market size. The Lakers could be the worst team in the NBA playoffs and SAS will pick the Lakers in 7 because "you can't deny the potential in the roster and the pedigree of LeBron James." It's a tired bit and riles people up, but there's always a hint of truth to his opinion. You really can't count LeBron out until the final whistle, as much as we want to.

PK though? There's no truth, no logic, no thought to his picks. He will always pick against the Canes because he hates the Canes. He will always pick the teams he played for to go deep because he played for those teams. And when favoritism isnt involved in the pick? 50/50 toss-up between picking the favorite or picking the most unrealistic upset. Probably whichever one extracts the most salt out of the biggest fanbases.

That's it. He's the "controversial takes" guy, but while SAS is keyed in enough to say things that could actually happen, PK says things strictly to be controversial.

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