HF Habs: Out of Town Thread: 2025 Playoff edition

[Habssince89]

Edmonton advances, Vegas eliminated...you love to see it

 

[JianYang]

Oilers dispose of Vegas. That kind of seemed inevitable as you watched it.

I think leafs will respond in game 6 and come out with a big game. Its going 7 and it should be fascinating to see how it goes.

It shouldn't have been this hard against this high mileage Florida team... but that's Toronto for you.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

They’ll never say it on the mains but the Leafs fans are absolutely cooking Matthews on their board

Oilers fans were pretty shy on the main board tonight... not a lot of talking!

Vegas had nothing up front. Eichel's face was so red at the end of the game, he looked like he was about to drop dead. He played more than any defencemen. Wonder what they'll do next.

 

[Habssince89]

There's some part of me that thinks the leafs at least force 7 games

 

[ahmedou]

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[Shred]

He was a great, great blueliner.

Pretty random but I googled him and the rabbit hole came up with this Pronger interview that was a surprisingly enjoyable read. Looks like he’s a huge nerd, for hockey player standards at least.

Dan Patrick:Outtakes: Chris Pronger (uncut)

 

[Hullois]

It's so easy to see that the way taranna built their team is the wrong way to go. Really happy to know that our management team is good enough to see it

 

[Shred]

Watching Eichel play... What was Buffalo thinking man. He's such a complete player, better defensively than Suzuki and not at all scared of physical play. Way stronger than he looks too.

Buffalo needed a better neck expert

 

[LaP]

I can't imagine how it must feel to lose 1-0 in OT against Skinner of all goalies on a goal by f***ing Kapari Kapanen rofl what a mess.

 

[MikeS24]

YES

Oilers win it!

2 SO in a row for Skinner, wtf is this dude lmao

We call him, Jekyll and Hyde

His game 1/2/3 stats are atrocious. Ball hockey level

Games 4/5/6/7 are elite

 

[ahmedou]

Jeff Skinner: 0 goal allowed in 127 minutes

 

[CzarDemidov]

Incredible player, one of the only defencemen ever who could completely take over a game by himself that wasn’t an offensive superstar

The Oilers final run is one of my fondest hockey memories. I watched every game. Pronger was absolutely brilliant.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Jeff Skinner: 0 goal allowed in 127 minutes

Jeff Skinner

0 goals allowed in 1000 career games

 

[Archijerej]

Remember the time when Price saved Suzuki's life from getting the puck in the head when he made an absolutely fantastic save, while Nick was protecting what was pretty much an empty net? I think it was against Philly.

Yeah, Carey was something else. We had some very poorly constructed teams and he still gave us a chance.

 

[nhlfan9191]

I don't see Price as a money goalie. He was always good because that's what he was, but he never played red hot like Roy in 93' or Dryden in 71'.

Price was elite, but I saw him more like a Brodeur in the playoffs.

Look at the number of hall of famers Dryden and Roy played with. Price had Shea Weber for a couple of playoff runs but nothing else. Dryden said something years ago that really stuck with me and that was “I was a good goalie that played on great teams and Price is a great goalie that plays on good teams.” He was being generous with the “good teams” part as half of his career, you couldn’t even call the teams Price played for good. They were average to flat out bad.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Hopefully this is the end of our board clamoring for Mitch Marner. Dude is anti clutch. The 4 nations was just him being dragged by actual clutch superstars on his line.

 

[Canadienna]

Remember the time when Price saved Suzuki's life from getting the puck in the head when he made an absolutely fantastic save, while Nick was protecting what was pretty much an empty net? I think it was against Philly.

Yeah, Carey was something else. We had some very poorly constructed teams and he still gave us a chance.

Could have been so bad.

 

[Toene]

Look at the number of hall of famers Dryden and Roy played with. Price had Shea Weber for a couple of playoff runs but nothing else. Dryden said something years ago that really stuck with me and that was “I was a good goalie that played on great teams and Price is a great goalie that plays on good teams.” He was being generous with the “good teams” part as half of his career, you couldn’t even call the teams Price played for good. They were average to flat out bad.

Price was so good he could obtain the win if you gave him 3 goals per game. It rarely happened, unfortunately. Desharnais, Pleky and Danault couldnt get it done.

 

[salbutera]

I don't see Price as a money goalie. He was always good because that's what he was, but he never played red hot like Roy in 93' or Dryden in 71'.

Price was elite, but I saw him more like a Brodeur in the playoffs.

Between 2013-2021 no goalie w 20GP+ in the playoffs had a better sv %. That qualifies as “money goalie” IMO

 

[Quatre Vingt Treize]

Brutal game by Leafs. Wow. I was not expecting that at all. Thought it would be more like game 3. Lol

Hard to believe Leafs would fall like this. Just 5 days ago they we up 2-0 in games and 3-1 in Game 3.

 

[Quatre Vingt Treize]

NHL is the only pro sport where the game is radically different in the playoffs. There’s less space and time. Some players never adapt.

Schedule more condensed, playing the same team every other night for two weeks . Refs let more go.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Remember the time when Price saved Suzuki's life from getting the puck in the head when he made an absolutely fantastic save, while Nick was protecting what was pretty much an empty net? I think it was against Philly.

Yeah, Carey was something else. We had some very poorly constructed teams and he still gave us a chance.

Yeah that was some superhero type of shit. Price in his older vet years had that aura.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Atta boy PK

 

[hvac412]

I remember Tony Marinara saying Marner is better than Rantanen. Even Pierre McGuire vehemently disagreed with him on that one.

if the leafs get eliminated Marner can forget about a monster contract.

 

[Adam Michaels]