2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread: Carolina's tries revolutionary new strategy: Never lose games

[practice]

It would be hard to draw up a mor le excruciating final 2 mins for SNES fans, down to the late obviously no chance but still there's a chance faceoff with 2 seconds on the clock

[practice]

At about 2:30 left Stu makes one his famous zone entries controls the puck through the centre of the ice basically into the far corner then skates back along the wall to the point then does an imitation Quinn Hughes kinda stop and change direction to his forehand kinda sloppy/tired but no one was checking him close anyway, so he has a bit of time to think, then he fires a pass at Batherson who is skating up the wall basically to the area Stu occupies and he has to make a real skill take and touch to even keep the play alive. Then it's 30 seconds of crazy hard work by exhausted SNES that end in nothing. Then they don't put a player out for the 6 on 5

[practice]

Josh Doan is so good, shame his dad ran a scam consultancy to steal Auston Matthews signing bonus while on MLSE payroll

[practice]

Oilers kinda got crushed

[Alexei Ca$hin]

So did Vegas

[sutterfamily]

SNES Canes second period is predictably a shit show. I don't understand not even giving Taylor Hall a fine for a direct head hit that concussed the Sens best player. It wasn't a five-alarm hit or anything but it's still a headshot.

[Cacophony]

Greig is a real piece of garbage.

[sutterfamily]

What's the record for most 5-on-3's in a series without scoring a goal. Gotta be close to this?

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Greig is a real piece of garbage.

Easily my second most loathed SNE after Brady

[Grand Moff Larkin]

What's the record for most 5-on-3's in a series without scoring a goal. Gotta be close to this?

How much of this was Sando being out vs. some missing element in the unit?

[practice]

Well at least cousins laid a pretty good hit on that dman

[practice]

So did Vegas

Shots were 32-12

[sutterfamily]

How much of this was Sando being out vs. some missing element in the unit?

Uhh, I mean they missed Sanderson today obviously (and Zub after game 1, a healthy Chabot, a healthy Kleven, etc) but I don't think that was the thing. Feels like the missing element - they had chances to:

- tie game 1
- win game 2
- tie game 3
- win game 4

and nobody could convert. Canes second line was so good, first line was pretty bad except for those two empty netters today.

Tkachuk was pretty bad most of the series. Stutzle was trying to do too much, made some very bad plays.

The power play was SO bad + credit to Canes PK. I'm literally glad I don't have to watch another one!

Not sure what the answer(s) is/are but they were not up to the Canes standard. I dunno - try not to finish in the WC next year? Some kind of trade for a goal-scorer? (I have a hare-brained maybe idea that they should try to trade Brady to Dallas for Robertson)

[sutterfamily]

At the very least, it was good to know that Ullmark can absolutely be the goalie they need.

[sutterfamily]

At least I got to take out the pain on the ice - my team swept our bear league finals 2 games to 0 for the championship

[Alexei Ca$hin]

I didn't even watch the game today. Such a disappointment

[sutterfamily]

Greig is a real piece of garbage.

Easily my second most loathed SNE after Brady

Pretty impressive for Brady to top the Riddler, considering that Grieg is unquestionably the much dirtier player.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

The difference is that Brady is obnoxious to look at even when he’s not doing something dirty.

[Alexei Ca$hin]

What was that great Daryl Sutter quote?

A waste of 8 days

[practice]

surprised at the call on the Ducks GWG