HF Habs: Out of Town Thread: 2025 Playoff edition

[zx81]

The McDavid show. What a player!

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

McDavid with his 3rd primary assist of the night.

No one has had so many A1s in the playoffs since Gretzky. Came to 1 away from tying Gretzky's single playoff record (25).

And he's keeping it up this year, although the run might be quite shorter this year, unfortunately for him.

Adds a goal and he's now at 99 points in his last 54 playoff games. A 150pts/82gp pace.

 

[zx81]

Danault on a completely missed shot. 6-5 LA

Ouch

 

[red devil]

Skinner lol

 

[expy]

Skinner is so bad. McDavid going to request a trade if the GM doesn't get a goalie this offseason

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

If im McDavid, i walk

 

[expy]

If im McDavid, i walk

I was flabbergasted that they didn't improve their goaltending situation before these playoffs.

 

[zx81]

Frustrating losses by Edmonton and Montreal. 2 comebacks wasted

 

[The Real Timo]

Danno - Edmundson connection, baby!

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

I was flabbergasted that they didn't improve their goaltending situation before these playoffs.

Its flat out negligent for GMs to ice this goaltending year after year with 2 of the greatest players of this generation

 

[expy]

Its flat out negligent for GMs to ice this goaltending year after year with 2 of the greatest players of this generation

It's like Bergevin wasting Price's prime by not picking up scoring at the deadline.

 

[HuGo Sham]

oilers / kings was bonkers. LA gives up a 3 goal lead with 10 mins left only to win it on a knuckle puck screen on Skinner with 55 ticks left - and f***, is Skinner bad.

 

[The Great Weal]

Kuzmenko playing some great hockey. Sure would be nice to have him instead of Laine.

 

[Shred]

I think it's fair for fans to be asking for progress after 6 years of rebuilding (under Yzerman's watch).

To me, it feels like Yzerman tried to accelerate his timeline in 2022 and 2023 by signing his UFAs, when he should have stayed the course and continue accruing talents at the top end of the draft. Instead they slotted themselves closer to the no-man's land in terms of drafting power. Kasper, Danielson, ASP and MBN all look like they are going to be good NHLers, but I don't get the vibe that they are going to be game-breakers. Another thing is I don't think they got anything valuable in the lower rounds of the draft.

Would the Wings' future be brighter if they had one of Michkov, Carlsson, Fantilli, Celebrini or Demidov in their prospect pool? I think it would.​

Looks like their ceiling will be a New York Islanders type team, without gamebreaking talent, who can aspire to sneak in to the playoffs most years but will never really be contenders. I see a lot of boring hockey in the future in Detroit.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

Skinner is disgusting. If the Oilers don't go with Pickard next game, they're insane.

 

[ahmedou]

 

[Guy Larose]

Lol....

Contrast that with the culture Hughes' rebuild has set.

Suzuki & leadership group goes on a tear after GM "rewards" then by not trading away assets...

RedWings leadership instead blames GM for not adding help to "give us a spark on the ice".

That right there reflects the difference between a burgeoning culture of excellence and a rebuild that has failed to get the culture pieces right.

Culture? Nah, I was told by HF last year that culture wasn't a thing and we were just coping.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Skinner!!!!!

 

[nhlfan9191]

Skinner is disgusting. If the Oilers don't go with Pickard next game, they're insane.

Edmonton should’ve got rid of Stuart Skinner 2-3 years ago.

 

[ahmedou]

 

[ahmedou]

 

[sampollock]

Jets win Game 2. That's a tall order for St Louis to come back and win 4 out of 5 against that stacked Jets team.

I'd love to see the Jets go far. Their fan base and management team deserves a good long playoff run.

jets missing 2 guys as well

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Edmonton should’ve got rid of Stuart Skinner 2-3 years ago.

I'm afraid we'll fall into the same hometown kid trap when it'll be time to ditch Monty.

 

[sampollock]

The McDavid show. What a player!

he is now nosrtils lol

go EDM

 

[Leto]

I'm afraid we'll fall into the same hometown kid trap when it'll be time to ditch Monty.

I expect Matheson will be the litmus test for Hughes about how he will deal with hometown kids.

The timeline seems clear to me, Monty's contract runs out in 3 years and he will be ~31 y.o. By then, Fowler will be 23 y.o and with another year left to his ELC and Dobes will be 26 y.o and should be on his new contract. I expect we should have clarity on those two by then.​