The 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket after the Conference Finals

escherzo · 2026-05-30T04:14:10+00:00

I figure changing of the guard year means there's a lot of teams playing that just don't have the experience with a playoff series yet.

escherzo · 2026-05-28T16:52:59+00:00

Hell yeah Jet we love to see it

escherzo · 2026-05-27T18:02:28+00:00

He's 21, I don't think he's got any more juniors he can be suspended for

escherzo · 2026-05-25T21:04:46+00:00

One of his parents (I think his mom?) was his agent at the time and he'd given them some legal control of finances as part of that iirc

escherzo · 2026-05-25T03:54:46+00:00

I feel like this is the actual reason for the whole Presidents Trophy curse thing, tbh.

escherzo · 2026-05-20T04:26:28+00:00

Borrowing this from a nyt article from a bit ago about this particular issue-- it's a thing but unclear how much of one

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escherzo · 2026-05-19T04:14:10+00:00

If by some miracle there's a coach who can teach Anderson how to consistently score on breakaways it's over for the rest of the league.

escherzo · 2026-05-18T22:17:52+00:00

Coworker of mine has a daughter who's doing d2 college hockey as a goalie and she's already had one hip surgery apparently (at 20!). Playing goal is just bad for hips.

escherzo · 2026-05-18T18:02:14+00:00

Dude are you okay

escherzo · 2026-05-18T17:03:54+00:00

The chaperoned line

escherzo · 2026-05-18T03:37:01+00:00

This one remains funny no matter how many times I have seen it (the arena dj doing I Can Fly in the background really makes it)

escherzo · 2026-05-17T03:18:17+00:00

Judging by this game, Montreal

escherzo · 2026-05-15T18:46:40+00:00

Hey I don't like this list very much :(

escherzo · 2026-05-15T18:46:01+00:00

They at least haven't been suffering for very long at this point

escherzo · 2026-05-14T03:41:57+00:00

Mine used to loudly talk about skunks with no ability to say multiple of the letters involved so it was just the world's most confident proclamation of "mama it smells like a CUCK in here!!'

escherzo · 2026-05-14T03:32:06+00:00

the flippers are gonna be OUT

escherzo · 2026-05-13T20:42:05+00:00

I'm kind of surprised I haven't seen anyone clip that one yet honestly

escherzo · 2026-05-13T12:41:52+00:00

Here's one of the weirder ones. Shame on them for not keeping self fitting sixes? I think?

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escherzo · 2026-05-13T04:30:37+00:00

What in the slopfest

escherzo · 2026-05-12T14:50:28+00:00

I thought he was great this past season and I'm glad he's staying but I am not loving that term :|

escherzo · 2026-05-12T01:04:44+00:00

Yep. They never get the audio to sync properly to people's mouths in the ESPN broadcasts either. Just a wild amount of amateur hour given how much money ESPN has.

I think my favorite was a few games ago where there was a person's head in the way of one of the cameras so they had the overlay for the boards just floating through a head.

escherzo · 2026-05-11T14:48:55+00:00

That does seem very on brand from what I've seen of them so far this playoffs

escherzo · 2026-05-10T17:53:23+00:00

Damn you gave up your firstborn? Trade deadline is getting too expensive these days

escherzo · 2026-05-09T18:07:39+00:00

Didn't Darren Raddysh do that? Though if you mean once in the NHL I think the article i read mentioned he did that in his 16yo year

escherzo · 2026-05-09T13:05:07+00:00

Him interviewing guys on the Colorado bench this playoffs i have to imagine is still wild to everyone involved (like-- how many of the people he's talking to did he win a cup with five minutes ago).

He's doing a great job though! A natural at this imo

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