2025-2026 NHL Season • Page 51

His home will be in the new ballroom

 

Ugh this game just went to absolute shit in the second half of the of the 2nd period and never got better. Were up 3-2 and were dominating the offensive zone before one defensive miscue ended up allowing Montreal to tie it and then everything unraveled. I just don't see this team winning another in Montreal on Saturday to force a game 7. I'd love to be wrong though.

 

Holy shit Mitch

 

Marner leaving Toronto and instantly putting up a Conn Smythe run is insanely funny

 

Eichel almost did the same to Buffalo

 

rip ducks I was hoping the turnstile love could carry them to the finals

my hope now is avs vs canes for the final

 

Lack of experience really showed in the pivotal moments. Mistake sfter mistake. A lot of it from some of the vets too. I wouldn’t be upset if John Carlson decided not to re-sign here. Gudas is also likely gone so we can finally have a real captain.

 

I forget whether it was the first or second period last night but John Carlson had one of the worst neutral zone giveaways I’ve ever seen last night

 

definitely a tough end for the Ducks, but that team has a bright future. I can see them and San Jose being the "new guard" in that conference within the next 2-3 years.

 

I hope they do so people will stop saying “you can’t rebuild, look at Buffalo!!!”

 

lol

 

i don't see either of these teams doing well against carolina but we'll see. Neither team seems to know how to play defense lol

 

As someone who sat next to some extremely smug Habs fans this past season…this pleases me lol

 

This series is going 7! Sabres need their best home game of the playoffs on Monday night.

 

Carolina has had a cake walk to the ECF and could be rusty after a 12 day break haha.

Sabres defense was fine tonight but Lyon almost cost them the game.

 

I feel like the “rust” for Carolina will last one period and then they’ll dominate either team.

 

i laugh at anyone who claims carolina has had a cakewalk to the ECF. Flyers and Sens were both top 5 teams in the league post olympic break lol

Vegas and Colorado both had much easier paths imo

 

Late to this, but yeah, the talk about how easy the Canes path is so overblown. Sens were one of the hottest teams entering the playoffs and people thought it’d be a good series.

And like said above, other teams have had just as easy of paths. It happens.

(I agree the playoff format is dumb though).

 

That game ruled so hard

 

Canes in 6

 

Tage Thompson must be devastated he missed his shot at another trip to the White House

 

While losing in overtime in game 7 hurts, this team started the season 11-14-4 and were well on their way to extending their playoff drought to 15 years. If you told me on December 8th that this team would then go 39-9-5 the rest of the season, win the division, win their first playoff series since 2007, and take round 2 to game 7 overtime (after being down 2-0 in the game) I would have said "sign me up". What a ride this season was. One day it'll be our time.

 

I guess that's at least some silver lining in another heartbreaking playoff loss in Buffalo Sports history.