Miscellaneous NHL Discussion CXII: 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Which Were In

[mja]

I wonder if after all these years the flyers still believe this.

I see no signs of self-reflection on the part of the 'brain' trust.

 

[Striiker]

I see no signs of self-reflection on the part of the 'brain' trust.

I think it’s 50/50.

Either they don’t realize it’s a problem or they do realize it but they’re just too stupid to fix it.

Either way, if Ghost wins a cup he should just bring it outside the Flyers offices and silently stand there until they force him to leave.

 

[Curufinwe]

Staal only had 5 points in the first 3 series/13 games, but has 7 points in the Finals

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[FLYguy3911]

Not a great look for the people who said for years the Canes aren’t good enough to win a Cup. Hurr durr their ECF record.

Winning a Cup with four 1st round picks the next 3 years (and two 2nds) would be objectively HILARIOUS. Vegas has a single top 2 round pick in the next 3 classes….and I’m not saying how they’ve gone about things hasn’t worked too. But Carolina and Tulsky run circles around the league.

Has anyone mentioned that their AHL team is in the Finals too?

 

[pit]

Either way, if Ghost wins a cup he should just bring it outside the Flyers offices and silently stand there until they force him to leave.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Has anyone mentioned that their AHL team is in the Finals too?

If it's inane AHL bullshit, I've got you covered.

I'm almost certainly the only one here who cares about this, but this is the first time since 2008 and only the second time this century that an AHL team has made the CCF the same year their parent club made the SCF (Hurricanes/Wolves). Which is funny because the Wolves very publicly feuded with and broke away from the Canes for a year because they had one down year where Carolina wanted them to prioritize prospect ice time.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Marner has scored in one period since closing out Anaheim.

On Sunday it will be one month since that game

Toronto was right!!!?????

 

[scumpup]

It's amazing what the Hurricanes have accomplished with minimal luck. Just a lot of great decisions. Every FO in the league should take notes.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I also found it frustrating how Ghost was particularly crucified in his last year (I think Sanheim was too?) playing in a system that was very hostile to dmen. The only system more hostile and more isolating for blueliners than AV's was Eakins'. No shit the guy struggled without support chained to a bad dman, and no shit the guy immediately began doing better when he had it again.

 

[GKJ]

Toronto was right!!!?????

So goals on non-concussed goaltenders since May 14.

Maybe longer given how Dostal was going

 

[Tripod]

Watching The Fan Hockey Show right now and Friedman is going on and on how good Ghost is.."he is really, really good"....and talking about his head fakes as huge to throwing Vegas off.

Then the hosts say how they had Rod on early in the year and the PP was struggling and Rod said "well we don't have Ghost playing yet".

Must be nice for Ghost to actually be appreciated by his coach.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I also found it frustrating how Ghost was particularly crucified in his last year (I think Sanheim was too?) playing in a system that was very hostile to dmen. The only system more hostile and more isolating for blueliners than AV's was Eakins'. No shit the guy struggled without support chained to a bad dman, and no shit the guy immediately began doing better when he had it again.

Then they fired AV months after giving away Ghost. Same thing with Frost who Torts hated.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Watching The Fan Hockey Show right now and Friedman is going on and on how good Ghost is.."he is really, really good"....and talking about his head fakes as huge to throwing Vegas off.

Then the hosts say how they had Rod on early in the year and the PP was struggling and Rod said "well we don't have Ghost playing yet".

Must be nice for Ghost to actually be appreciated by his coach.

How soon until the Canes and Ghost win the cup and the Flyers media goes on a spree to say he lucked into it and that he actually still sucks and the Flyers were right to trade him away and that you should still hate him?

 

[Strawberry Fields]

It's easy as pie to replace a player like Ghost, which is why Yandle, TDA, and Drysdale all really solidified the Flyers' backend since they gave him away.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Watching The Fan Hockey Show right now and Friedman is going on and on how good Ghost is.."he is really, really good"....and talking about his head fakes as huge to throwing Vegas off.

Then the hosts say how they had Rod on early in the year and the PP was struggling and Rod said "well we don't have Ghost playing yet".

Must be nice for Ghost to actually be appreciated by his coach.

anything that paints the Flyers as the shit Org. they are is good press..

 

[ponder719]

It's easy as pie to replace a player like Ghost, which is why Yandle, TDA, and Drysdale all really solidified the Flyers' backend since they gave him away.

Damn near everyone's backends solidified out of fear of the next turnover.

 

[Taijuan Fedotov]

Watching The Fan Hockey Show right now and Friedman is going on and on how good Ghost is.."he is really, really good"....and talking about his head fakes as huge to throwing Vegas off.

Then the hosts say how they had Rod on early in the year and the PP was struggling and Rod said "well we don't have Ghost playing yet".

Must be nice for Ghost to actually be appreciated by his coach.

Interesting how using a player to their strengths gives them the best chance at maximizing their impact.

 

[Cootsfanclub]

It's easy as pie to replace a player like Ghost, which is why Yandle, TDA, and Drysdale all really solidified the Flyers' backend since they gave him away.

Yandle broke an all time NHL record here. Everyone else learned from that, it can't be devalued.

 

[kudymen]

Not a great look for the people who said for years the Canes aren’t good enough to win a Cup. Hurr durr their ECF record.

Winning a Cup with four 1st round picks the next 3 years (and two 2nds) would be objectively HILARIOUS. Vegas has a single top 2 round pick in the next 3 classes….and I’m not saying how they’ve gone about things hasn’t worked too. But Carolina and Tulsky run circles around the league.

Has anyone mentioned that their AHL team is in the Finals too?

Yeah but can you imagine how few fans would they have in the stadium in my imaginary scenario?

 

[Magua]

Yeah but can you imagine how few fans would they have in the stadium in my imaginary scenario?

 

[mja]

How soon until the Canes and Ghost win the cup and the Flyers media goes on a spree to say he lucked into it and that he actually still sucks and the Flyers were right to trade him away and that you should still hate him?

On the contrary, they’ll claim that Ghost needed / benefited from what happened so that he could mature into the team player he is today.

 

[TCTC]

Could Jordan Staal actually win the Conn Smythe trophy? He has scored a goal or two in every Stanley Cup final game so far this year.

It's probably either Staal or Marner. Two players nobody will have expected to even be in the conversation for that trophy.

 

[Magua]

Who could’ve expected a 100 point player joining a contender to have a stellar playoffs? One for the ages.

 

[Flyer lurker]

Toronto was right!!!?????

Jeremy Bracco for MVP in 26-27!!!

 

[kudymen]

Who could’ve expected a 100 point player joining a contender to have a stellar playoffs? One for the ages.

Sometimes you just have to bow down to the knowledge of all the Fletchers of the world