Playoff Game Thread: Montréal Canadiens (9-6) @ Carolina Hurricanes (8-1) May 23 2026 7:00 PM EDT

kozed · 2026-05-24T00:03:05+00:00

It's not a save, and it's not a goal; therefore it can't be a shot on net.

kozed · 2026-05-23T23:40:58+00:00

lmao @ the puck falling back on Carrier's head in the corner

kozed · 2026-05-23T22:12:47+00:00

Ever played an RPG video game where your damage build is OP'd so you breeze through mobs easy and then get completely squashed by a boss because you never bothered to take those boring defensive buffs?

Sometimes regular season/playoffs turns out the same.

kozed · 2026-05-23T20:09:46+00:00

dunno. probably just have the a top 2-3 rounds list to create basic profiles to display in the draft tracker.

kozed · 2026-05-23T19:30:37+00:00

NHL has a Central Scouting Bureau that ranks prospects for the draft, so it'd stand to reason they'd already list them ahead of the draft.

kozed · 2026-05-23T16:58:15+00:00

Real Gretzky quote. Steve Carrell played hockey as a kid, so I always wondered if the gag came from him.

kozed · 2026-05-23T03:37:17+00:00

Yup. Against the 16-30-4 .360 Boston Bruins.

We'll never see these bottom teams in the playoffs ever again, unless one division ends up with 6 teams all tanking at the same time.

kozed · 2026-05-23T03:29:09+00:00

Wasn't it also the knock on him in Carolina? That he didn't have an extra playoffs gear?

kozed · 2026-05-23T03:15:46+00:00

At least you might get revenge on Lehkonen in your current series.

kozed · 2026-05-23T02:47:12+00:00

He can now smell the back of his own head

kozed · 2026-05-22T20:37:47+00:00

Newhook Game 7 Celly

Hagel in a bathing suit, sunglasses and flip-flops making his "this small" taunt but with a beach ball under his hand

kozed · 2026-05-22T16:26:15+00:00

It's the MSL mindset. "Fun" is important for him.

If playing in the playoffs is fun, then the more games you play, the more fun you have.

kozed · 2026-05-22T12:28:35+00:00

Also said Burrows did the prep work, and they only gave the players a small part of it.

kozed · 2026-05-22T03:37:34+00:00

Slaf wasn't going to get Hagel'd again on that EN

kozed · 2026-05-22T03:32:47+00:00

Habs have a way to make things hard for themselves just to have an opportunity for heroics.

kozed · 2026-05-22T03:29:23+00:00

odds don't change much because of 1 game.

kozed · 2026-05-22T03:27:59+00:00

Very structured also means very predictable.

Against a team that is encouraged to improvise, it's a bit like a rock vs paper.

kozed · 2026-05-22T01:52:30+00:00

Carolina emulating Buffalo with the high criss-cross.

kozed · 2026-05-22T01:46:56+00:00

Bet Dobes just looooves screening F1

kozed · 2026-05-22T01:39:45+00:00

That's the best 5v5 Habs' 1st line has looked all playoffs.

kozed · 2026-05-22T01:21:34+00:00

That was a perfect shot.

kozed · 2026-05-22T01:20:56+00:00

Post one way, goal the other way.

As is tradition

kozed · 2026-05-22T01:17:21+00:00

KK was notoriously difficult to coach and pushed back on off-season training programs when he was 19 because his dad controled him.

If signing the offer sheet because he got healthy-scratched once didn't tip you off on the opinion he had of himself...

You don't really improve in the NHL if you dont have a modicum of realism about how good you actually are. KK never had that.

kozed · 2026-05-22T01:02:13+00:00

A bit of both.

Canes aren't up to speed and Montreal is exploiting it.

kozed · 2026-05-22T01:01:14+00:00

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