We're in! Detroit loses 5-4 to Minnesota.

Discuss Montreal's playoff situation here.

Thought I would start a 2026 NHL Draft thread... It really looks strong to me. Not as strong at Center or goal, but 3 rounds of solid talent. Many D are very good value RH and LH

Early Highlight Players w/ potential no particular order
Novak
Katolicky
Vanhatolo
Suvanto
Pilparinen
Smits
Alalauri
Fyodoroiv
Shaikhlislamov
Gashilov

The Good -

Division winners!
Fifty wins?!?!?
Five on five this was a paddling delivered to the Hawks.
Dahlin new career high in points.
Thompson with his third 40-goal season.
Luu was excellent.
The PK did some heavy lifting in the face of the stripes, including the long 5-on-3 PK.
Tuch. That's all.
Norris line getting things going.
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Thought this would be a fun exercise, especially since I'm on a conference call for an hour that's utterly useless so this is a welcome distraction.

All non-playoff teams are not equal; for some, missing this season was devastating and for others, meh, not a big deal.

Criteria: entirely subjective. I made my rankings based on the "totality of circumstances" w...

Pacific Discussion thread - Part III:
Pillow fight is getting real (Who's hot, who's not)

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