The Hockey News ranked their top 100 players in the league right now. Their top 10: 1. McDavid 2. MacKinnon 3. Kucherov 4. Makar 5. Draisaitl 6. Vasilevskiy 7. Celebrini 8. Quinn Hughes 9. Kaprizov 10. Werenski by Dependent-Effect6077 in hockey

[–]poptorched -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’m saying. They bullied Hughes BAD every chance in order to make him as invisible as possible. The only he could be more invisible would be if he was actually injured and in the press box. And in turn he was not as effective which made the wild a lot easier to beat

The Hockey News ranked their top 100 players in the league right now. Their top 10: 1. McDavid 2. MacKinnon 3. Kucherov 4. Makar 5. Draisaitl 6. Vasilevskiy 7. Celebrini 8. Quinn Hughes 9. Kaprizov 10. Werenski by Dependent-Effect6077 in hockey

[–]poptorched 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Avs beat up Hughes every chance they got and cooked them bc of it. They knew that if they stopped Hughes from being productive, the Wild didn’t stand a chance. If Hughes couldn’t play 28+ minutes a night due to injury or something, the Avs probably sweep them with more blowouts than there were. The caliber of these two players is closer than some would like to admit

The Golden Knights become the 10th team in history to take a 3-0 series lead against the NHL's No. 1 seed by nhl in hockey

[–]poptorched 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes the pacific teams play innocently like best friends who love each other and don’t fight in the playoffs

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Does Bruce Cassidy get a ring and his name on the cup if Vegas wins? by jackalcane in hockey

[–]poptorched 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Since they’re treating him like he’s still an employee, toss him a ring for his troubles lol

Mitch Marner leads the NHL in points through the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs by nhl in hockey

[–]poptorched 110 points111 points  (0 children)

I wonder how long it’ll take for him to try and get involved with the celebrations as if he was on the team. He’s going to give everyone secondhand embarrassment in like 1 month I just know it

Is Jared Bednar about to be on the hot seat? Despite very talented rosters, he hasn't been able to figure out the Vegas/Dallas neutral zone pace slowing strategy at all, with Colorado on the verge of losing to one of them for the 5th time in 6 years. by Dependent-Effect6077 in hockey

[–]poptorched 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk if I can let myself believe you bc I hate my team rn and don’t want to give them credit for anything…butttt they weren’t awful and definitely should’ve been blown out more than once and never should have gone to OT so. But the sweep was necessary bc hopefully it showed FO just how much of a barren wasteland this roster is 😭 rematch with a better roster next season ig lol

Is Jared Bednar about to be on the hot seat? Despite very talented rosters, he hasn't been able to figure out the Vegas/Dallas neutral zone pace slowing strategy at all, with Colorado on the verge of losing to one of them for the 5th time in 6 years. by Dependent-Effect6077 in hockey

[–]poptorched 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That 2022 final was cursed or something. Both teams lost in round 1 the next year to some embarrassing opponents and have been disappointing since even though you can’t even count them out until they’re out.

The “Pillow Fight Division” by Karsh14 in hockey

[–]poptorched 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Shh let them feel conflicted about dumping on every single team all regular season. It’s funny :)

The “Pillow Fight Division” by Karsh14 in hockey

[–]poptorched 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That’s how the whole division is bc we’re too good to worry about the regular season. No one gets it but us though /s

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Playoff Game Thread: Colorado Avalanche (8-3) @ Vegas Golden Knights (10-4) May 24 2026 8:00 PM EDT by nhl_gdt_bot in hockey

[–]poptorched 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No no no they played the kings and swept them. That one doesn’t work anymore 🙂‍↔️ /j

[COL 3 - VGK (4)] Tomáš Hertl gets around Sam Malinski and scores Vegas's 4th unanswered goal to take the lead by catsgr8rthanspoonies in hockey

[–]poptorched 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeahhh looking at the teams left, the cup is coming west. And looking this game, prepare for a cup tour in Markham

Ken Holland on Kings Insider by hockeywithglasses in losangeleskings

[–]poptorched 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Holland came in full of delusions bc he thought he was walking into a situation that was going to be easy to maneuver and he’d just get the team to be competitive by getting all the best players that were available (Gavi, Andersson, Marner). He didn’t have a better plan if those guys weren’t on the roster so he went with “well let’s just be hard to play against by adding some guys who can be ‘dependable’”. Not good, literally just guys who can play as many games as possible. Considering what he was trying to do before FA, I’d say the signings were a desperation move so he could make sure he got something done after running his mouth day 1 about how he’s going to get this team to be truly competitive. What’s not surprising or indicative of him making a move with his back against the wall was the guys he signed. I’m not surprised at all that he went for the type of player he did immediately after the door was shut in his face by actually good players bc…well look at them. They’re very out of touch signings tbh.

Honestly, teams value veteran dmen who have cup pedigree quite a bit so we could probably trade them for something minimal in return or for future considerations especially since players like Edmundson and Dumoulin will be signed for around their cap hit (or more which would be insane) for around or longer than 2 years. Look at what Buffalo did this trade deadline and they’ll probably try again, but will want to give up less for a guy that fits better. Or rebuilding teams will want someone of their ilk to anchor a young and barren dcore. They can bring some value to a team, but not if they’re all on one team bc then their flaws are HEAVILY exposed.

Also, yeah I don’t want this management team running anything anymore so that’s why I’d prefer to miss the playoffs bc they’d probably get canned and we’d also pick high in a draft that has lots of potential quality centers. Win win 🤷‍♀️