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

[sutterfamily]

Teams have traded 2-goal leads here, was 3-1 Isles and now 5-3 PNES. C'mon make it three.

[sutterfamily]

6-3..

[sutterfamily]

Okay, at 7-3 with 12 mins left I feel at least ok that this will end in regulation

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Hopefully the PNES blew their load tonight and have empty balls tomorrow night

[Cacophony]

Hopefully the PNES blew their load tonight and have empty balls tomorrow night

[sutterfamily]

Surprised the Leafs shitcanned Treliving so soon. It was 100% the right move, unfortunate for the rest of us. Glad for user practice, tho.

[linseman]

they should really consider changing that slogan:

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Surprised the Leafs shitcanned Treliving so soon. It was 100% the right move, unfortunate for the rest of us. Glad for user practice, tho.

Does it matter? Unless they lose out or get lottery luck, they won't have a first-rounder the next two years, they don't have a good prospect pool, free agency this summer is dire, and the only other "bad" team in their division this year is the Panthers, who will get Barkov back next year. I can see the Leaves improving a bit next year -- better goaltending, healthier Matthews, etc. -- but I don't see how they're going to acquire two top-pair D anytime soon.

[sutterfamily]

You're probably right, my feeling as well that there's only so much better they can get with current system. BUT they have a better shot of doing it with a better GM. Plus I dunno if I'd leave a terrible guy in charge over a couple of years just because you think you'll be bad. There's a non-zero chance they have to trade Matthews or something, too - you probably don't want a guy you don't trust in charge of that?

[sutterfamily]

I wonder if Linus Ullmark will feel like playing tonight

[Grand Moff Larkin]

I’m not disagreeing that canning Tree was the right idea, I just don’t know what a good GM will be able to fix.

Trading Matthews seems like a real possibility. After what happened with Marner, they can’t afford to let it play out in the week before he’s a UFA.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Names on Scott Wheeler's 2027 draft list

Brock England
Jaxon Jacobson
Brock Cripps
Bosse Meijer (funnier if you are aware of the Midwest store Meijer)
Kohyn Eshkawkogan
Gunner Conboy
Wiggo Forsberg
Jamie Glance
Trevor Daley Jr.

[sutterfamily]

Gunner Conboy, excellent

[sutterfamily]

Today's rooting interests

DAL vs BOS: Stars (I feel like they have lost to every single eastern team the last couple of week, maybe they are due?)
WAS vs PHI: Caps (unlikely)
BUF vs NYI: Sabres (plz?)
CAR vs CBJ: Canes (You're supposed to be good, Canes)
PIT vs DET: [Redacted to avoid inter-board conflict]

[nick]

I don't read a lot of Leafs articles on The Athletic, but Mirtle's piece this morning was damning about the mess the entire management is, and has been, for the past three years. I threw it up in the Secret Stash: MLSE has made a massive mess of the Maple Leafs after three dysfunctional years

[Alexei Ca$hin]

Lol

[Grand Moff Larkin]

I thought the Wings being down 3-0 after the first was bad

Thanks SNES

[Alexei Ca$hin]

RIP SNES

It was a good run

[sutterfamily]

If all the other scores hold up they'll get out of it still alive but... ugh.

[sutterfamily]

I wonder if Linus Ullmark will feel like playing tonight

Narrator: He didn't