Hahaha McDavid just took off. Also filly with a brutal period.

Hmm interesting if florida could get panarin, would be sick top-9.

apparently NHL goalies get massively hyped up to face VGK

only reason I say that is VGK are 0-4 in their last 4 games and have out-played the opposition...except for the opposing goalies repeatedly standing on their heads

Cap space certainly has value, but there is an interesting irony that cap space is especially valuable because GMs keep giving laughably bad contracts to people that make cap space valuable.

Well thought we were gonna get two points all game vs Devils. Settle for one. Price was off for all-star suspension. Niemi ain't bad...anyways we got to get em today at two pm...oilers. Idk what I'm typing can't see **** on phone without glasses. F it. Go habs. Speed and heart baby.

Jesper kid kot played like a man yesterday. NHL rookie, long season. Real grind. He had a long break...rested up. Prolly had a chance to get some groupies ass. Realized he is gonna be a boss. (I like to make up my own narratives lol). Kid can shoot. Hit a ton of posts all year. Just a little off, rushing things. Last night he brought it. Held nothing back.

Kotkaniemi impressive again with 3rd period goal to tie. Drouin with the speed 3 on 3 to win it. Go habs. Speed and heart baby.

how the Oilers are only 3 points out of a playoff spot is baffling

There's this guy who plays for them, McSomething, he's pretty good.

Jeff Carter "left the game tonight with an LBI", so maybe on the move

or he's actually injured


in other news, Alex Edler definitely did get injured

Lovin' the Muzz so far. Just what we needed. After the hit dumboRichie took a penalty going at Muzzin. 6 secs then remained in the 2nd. 3 secs later Muzzin slaps in his 1st as a Leaf.

After watching Hainsey aids up their 1st pairing, Muzzin is looking like Chris Pronger

Leafs sign Matthews to 5 year, 11.6 million AAV contract. Looks pretty good for the buds if Matthews keeps on at anything remotely resembling his current scoring pace. Now question is if they can convince Marner to stick around for less than that. Will be tough with the year he is having. If they have a decent playoff could probably sell him on at least a small "home town keep young contending team together" discount.

half the Pats, Edelman, Kraft, etc. on the ice now.

Does this every really happen? Usually playoff success is followed by GMs throwing as much money as possible at everyone on the team.

Big Bobby Mack saying that Marner & his camp think he's worth the same amount as Matthews, but then again that's basically a thing you have to leak on a day like today


bet he gets signed soon at 60/6 or something

Marner is going to get a bridge deal

Only one real hometown discount I can think of:

Watched Ducks sad performance v Leafs...thought maybe we'd idk fall into trap. gallagher then kotkaniemi...2-0...gogogo

How is Carlyle still employed?

Bob Murray died years ago but no one noticed

Tavares took 2 million less per year to sign with the Leafs. It happens, although it is rare.

Dubas smart in getting this done now. Doesn't want another MeLander situation. Marner will sign for slightly less and probably similar term. Then it's "get to work" time. Yippykaiyeah

by "get to work" do you mean "win a round in the playoffs"?

Matthews will go to Arizona as a UFA at 26, nice for them

the west is so terribly wild

(rough playoff odds)

VGK got off to a brutal start and looked to be seriously struggling, but now they're a virtual lock for the playoffs

same deal for the Stars, wasn't long ago the team president or whatever was calling out their best players bc it looked like they were gonna miss out, and now...

think the Wild were struggling for a while too, but now they're favs to make it

Blues are the Blues (meh)

Avs dun fell apart

these teams all suck, but 6/10 times they playoff

kind of crazy that the 'Hawks got off the mat like they did
as long as they avoid a top-5 pick i'll be happy
(especially after the Coyotes gave them one for no reason)