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Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 2:46 pm
by sutterfamily
Heh, I saw it pop up and thought of you. Do those guys hate on Detroit fairly regularly?

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 2:52 pm
by Grand Moff Larkin
Lazerus absolutely, Gentille sometimes, McIndoe when the narrative tells him to.

Even when the Wings were doing well they all doubted it, which to be fair proved accurate, but I also wasn’t counting them in the playoffs until they clinched.

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 5:14 pm
by Alexei Ca$hin
Chabot on the ice doing contact drills 12 days after surgery for broken forearm?

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:39 am
by Cacophony
Ron Francis still had a job?!

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 2:12 pm
by sutterfamily
Alexei Ca$hin wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2026 5:14 pm Chabot on the ice doing contact drills 12 days after surgery for broken forearm?
He's... playing tonight? Does he have magic bone-juice?

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 2:12 pm
by sutterfamily
Maybe they kept Melnyk's liverboy tied up in the CTC basement

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 2:13 pm
by sutterfamily
(context: his injury was listed as 4-8 weeks but it happened 2 weeks ago... for those of you not religiously following the SNES)

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 2:23 pm
by Alexei Ca$hin
This cannot be a good idea

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 2:38 pm
by sutterfamily
Yeah, feels weird. Like, the Panthers are playing an exhibition level roster and are missing:

Tkachuk
Barkov
Rodrigues
Reinhart
Marchand
Jones
Kulikov
Ekblad
Lundell
Mikkola

Still lots of guys who can hack a wrist, tho. Why not let him heal longer until it's do-or-die?

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:25 pm
by sutterfamily
Isles are outshooting the Leaves 22-3 in the first period

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:25 pm
by Grand Moff Larkin
Must be nice to play a team that is explicitly tanking so they maintain their draft pick

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:26 pm
by Grand Moff Larkin
As it turns out, that applies to both Florida and Toronto

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:28 pm
by sutterfamily
Don't the wings also play the Panth?

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:33 pm
by Grand Moff Larkin
The last game of the year, when I’m sure they will be eliminated

Tkachuk was definitely in for the games last month

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:35 pm
by sutterfamily
Yeah, I mean I remember him being in last week! At this point of the game, 5 mins left in the first, it was 5-0 Florida.

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 8:57 pm
by Grand Moff Larkin
Just explained the playoff scenario to my son

He’s hoping that the Wings win out and Ottawa gets four OT losses

I do not see that happening

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 9:16 pm
by sutterfamily
Afraid to type anything but an OT loss TONIGHT would be absolutely devastating at this point. I can see them losing in reg against the Isles on Saturday, especially with the new coach bump in full effect. If they can't beat NJD and TOR in their last two games then they deserve whatever happens tho

Buffalo's maybe doing their part at least.

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 9:18 pm
by sutterfamily
Shots in long island are 44 to 13, somehow the Leafs are still in the game.

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 9:21 pm
by Grand Moff Larkin
sutterfamily wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2026 9:16 pm Afraid to type anything but an OT loss TONIGHT would be absolutely devastating at this point. I can see them losing in reg against the Isles on Saturday, especially with the new coach bump in full effect. If they can't beat NJD and TOR in their last two games then they deserve whatever happens tho

Buffalo's maybe doing their part at least.
I probably should’ve looked at Ottawa’s last four games, they are not losing two of those

Re: Das 2025-2026 NHL Regular Season Thread: If Connor McDavid were a real team player, he’d sign for the league minimum

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 9:22 pm
by Grand Moff Larkin
3-1

:bryz: