The Official 2025 NHL Playoffs Thread: Do you get two Conn Smythes if you're a rookie? Asking for a Russian friend

[Cacophony]

I actually had my laptop in there. It's the worst parenting I've ever done but fuck, she falls asleep at 9pm.

1.5 hours is way too long. Gotta get that down to a tight ten minutes like a stand-up act.

Ha! Poor babies. I did my time and now I’m the one who sabotages my own sleep with insomnia

[Cacophony]

Dumb challenge by the Wild

I haven’t watched are the knights up by 3 yet?

[Grand Moff Larkin]

I actually had my laptop in there. It's the worst parenting I've ever done but fuck, she falls asleep at 9pm.

1.5 hours is way too long. Gotta get that down to a tight ten minutes like a stand-up act.

Ha! Poor babies. I did my time and now I’m the one who sabotages my own sleep with insomnia

Look man I wake up to pee multiple times every night, I am absolutely a man in his 40s

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Keefe arguing about the call on a real painful looking high-stick by Mercer on Kotkaniemi

[Alexei Ca$hin]

Markstrom almost stole that game

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Go Wild
Go-ilers
Go bed

[practice]

Post-Game Talk: Leafs Book Their Tickets for Game 7 [MOD WARNING in OP]

[practice]

no idea why Pacioretty ever checked into this series. Lines are super weird and it will induce panic to introduce big changes like sitting McMann who's been terrible or splitting up Matthews and Marner. idk I don't think they played that bad. the first PP which lasted a minute looked great, if none of these so called stars can ever bury the looks they get in elimination games then I guess that's that. I guess the Matthews pass leading to the SH goal and Nylander's non-backcheck is a bit different, those are bad reads/efforts. was thinking how 2/3 of their best chances did not result in a shot on goal, the Matthews 2-on-1 which might as well have been a dump-in and Lorentz deciding to try to wait out Ullmark on the 2-on-0 in the 2nd. nice save on Marner point blank tho.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

In a shocking turn of events, after Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson played a fantastic two periods, original Golden Knights goalie and Vezina Trophy winner Marc-Andre Fleury took over in the third period because Gustavsson was sick. Fleury, who is retiring after this season, had not appeared in a game for two weeks, since he stepped in during overtime of the Wild’s season finale.

Not the way in which I imagined Fleury coming into this series

[Grand Moff Larkin]

no idea why Pacioretty ever checked into this series. Lines are super weird and it will induce panic to introduce big changes like sitting McMann who's been terrible or splitting up Matthews and Marner. idk I don't think they played that bad. the first PP which lasted a minute looked great, if none of these so called stars can ever bury the looks they get in elimination games then I guess that's that. I guess the Matthews pass leading to the SH goal and Nylander's non-backcheck is a bit different, those are bad reads/efforts. was thinking how 2/3 of their best chances did not result in a shot on goal, the Matthews 2-on-1 which might as well have been a dump-in and Lorentz deciding to try to wait out Ullmark on the 2-on-0 in the 2nd. nice save on Marner point blank tho.

I would've pulled my hair out if I were a luxuriously locked Leaves lover on that 2 on 0

[practice]

just noticed they gave Tanev the 2nd start last night, pretty good

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Rest in piss, Habs

[Cacophony]

Rest in piss, Habs

[practice]

2nd goal on Helleybuck last night was one of the worst I have ever seen

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Still surprised the BLOT bombed out that hard

[practice]

0 goals for Kucherov and gave away the puck on the series clinching goal

[sutterfamily]

Jerts in 7
Avs in 5?
Vegas in 6
LA in 7

Habs in 7
Canes in 5
Lightning in 7
Leaves in 6

One exactly right (it was pretty clear NJD was up against it with injuries and that only got worse), the other two pretty horribly wrong.

The Habs insane luck (finally, thankfully) ran into a big, cry-baby-facing wall. My pick on them was purely based on vibes/recent luck and the Caps are clearly the better team.

Did not see the BLOT/PANTH not being a long series, whoops.

I dunno what I was thinking on the Avs in five. I thought Dallas was banged up? Makar's been kinda a non-factor in that series, not helping.

I didn't bold it but I'm pretty sure the Kangs are done. Similar theme here in that I wasn't sure how healthy McDavid and Leon were. GOIL IN SIX!

[sutterfamily]

On the panthers, I also wasn't sure about their health (esp Tkachuck and Barkov) but I guess that's doing a-ok.

[nick]

2nd goal on Helleybuck last night was one of the worst I have ever seen

3.96 GAA, .822% through 5 games. I legitimately have no idea what changes in his (otherwise best goalie on the planet) head once the playoffs start.

[sutterfamily]

0 goals for Kucherov and gave away the puck on the series clinching goal

terrible