Compete Level

Melnyk's burial mask

Wow, that athletic Leafs article. (I posted it in the secret stash)

Rick Bowness absolutely shitting all over the BEEJ in his post-game yesterday was something eh

It could still happen! Though unlikely

So SNES/Canes. I think I'll take it, hope it's a good series! I hope I don't regret saying it out loud, but I like this matchup a lot. And I'm one of those guys that picks the Canes to go to the Final every year Like, tend to agree JUST so I don't have to suffer the risk of extra pain of potentiall...

So SNES/Canes. I think I'll take it, hope it's a good series!

I came up with the dumbest possible result for the draft lottery: Toronto is in line for the fifth pick, but Detroit’s pick moves up, giving St. Louis the 5th pick and Boston the 6th pick. I apologize in advance for this happening. Love to see the Leafs suffer BUT if we it's possible to avoid sendi...

I like the Habs to win that one - BLOT finished the season 12-10-2 and kinda meh. But they are grizzled, I guess, and could play against montreal's relative inexperience.

Also, the Canes are kinda in the same boat goalie-wise: you're hoping they can play average. I think Ullmark's better than Andersen or Bussi but no guarantees you get his best consistently.

I didn't want to jump the gun too early, but SNES getting Carolina and the Metro(sexual) bracket looks to be a great path for them. Agreed that avoiding Tampa and Mtl in the first round would be preferred. Yeah. Like, it's weird to say "I hope they play the literal best team in the conference!...

^ That seems to be the case most years when people do the exercise. I wonder if psychologically though, it would make more teams go for it at the end of regulation in a tie game? Oh, true! you can't just apply the points accrued in the current system that doesn't incentivize the reg win more and sa...

Was going on a "current points system sucks" exploration and figured out what the standings would look like in a 3-2-1 system and was surprised there was less differences than I expected. The two major ones would be Pittsburgh and Los Angeles OUT and Columbus/Nashville in: East ===========...

Grand Moff Larkin wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2026 7:38 pm Congratulations to the Ottawa Senators and their fans, except for Brady Tkachuk and Ridly Grieg who should fall in a well

Wish it could have been at the expense of some other team

Conference finals would be ok

I really hope not. Can I just enjoy a round without maximum hype + overbearing fanbase and media combo?

Also, so good to not have to care about or watch this NJD game. Sanderson, Stutzle, Tkachuk, Chabot all out resting.

I'm feeling good - with all the team went through this year and how well they played pretty much wall-to-wall all season, they gave themselves a shot and earned their way in. I feel like, given the d zone play and structure + good team play, they should* be a tough matchup for anyone. I reallllllly ...

Ottawa moved ahead of Boston with that one, dang. Didn't think they had a shot of tracking them down. Wings are the only team that can knock them out now.

Brady left the game in the second with a weird injury, couldn't tell what happened. Not ideal.

Yeah, LA making the playoffs in the end would be barf

I agree about the Flyers, not so sure the Habs aren't actually good (don't get me wrong, I WANT to agree with you...)

SNES get in guaranteed by going 1-1-1 over last three games, though that's only needed to guarantee even if the teams behind them go 3-0. Magic points number is 3, basically.