Random NHL comments/thoughts

[VegasTiger]

Wow

[Mr.TaterSalad]

What a **** series Vegas vs. Colorado was. I thought this was going to be a fun series to watch. I thought this would be a dog fight and instead the curse of the President's trophy comes through again. Also, how does a jackass and jerk like Tortterella keep getting head coaching jobs yet Babcock is blacklisted for being an asshole?

Edited Wednesday at 03:48 AM by Mr.TaterSalad

[VegasTiger]

I'm quite happy with the win. But mostly I'm VERY happy whenever the Aves lose.

[GalagaGuy]

Crazy to see the Avalanche get swept by a team that had less wins than the Red Wings.  

[lordstanley]

 

Included on that is the 131-point 1996 Wings and the 124-point 2006 Wings.

[Hongbit]

8 hours ago, GalagaGuy said:

Crazy to see the Avalanche get swept by a team that had less wins than the Red Wings.  

Crazier that fricking Torts is the coach of that team.  I’m floored that his act still actually plays after all these years. 

[lordstanley]

1 hour ago, Hongbit said:

Crazier that fricking Torts is the coach of that team.  I’m floored that his act still actually plays after all these years. 

22 year gap between SCF appearances. But now has a chance to be the only coach other than Scotty Bowman to have won Cups with two different teams in the post-Original Six era. 

[slothfacekilla]

Injuries really boned the Avs it seems like.  I hate to see Carter Hart succeed.

[Hongbit]

On 5/14/2026 at 2:01 PM, Hongbit said:

Honestly; I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a playoff with two teams that look so dominant.  It’s like nobody else has a chance.  Can’t fault Minnesota for losing to that wagon.   (Watch both lose in the conference finals now that I said that 😆)

Carolina is on notice! 

[Shinzaki]

Montreal didn't have a shot on goal in the third period until there were 3 minutes left.

Carolina has to be frustrating to play

[lordstanley]

Carolina played the best game I've seen of this year's playoffs. Of course there were many I didn't watch. 

[slothfacekilla]

It is really crazy how Montreal's offense can just disappear for huge stretches of games.  Still can't believe they beat Tampa in game seven only putting 9 shots on goal the whole night lol.

[Shinzaki]

https://www.reddit.com/r/DetroitRedWings/s/d1UuH9qvWc

RIP Claude Lemieux

[buddha]

holy cow.

[lordstanley]

1 minute ago, buddha said:

holy cow.

My exact words in three tweets I sent before coming on this thread to post. 

[slothfacekilla]

Man that came out of nowhere, he was just at the Habs game.  Crazy.

[Motor City Sonics]

38 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DetroitRedWings/s/d1UuH9qvWc

RIP Claude Lemieux

The enemy we needed.    The events of 3-26-97 gelled this team.  That was the night they won the Stanley Cup,  everything after that was for show.     

I couldn't stand him as a player - cheap shot artist, but I'm shook about this one.   This sucks.  

[GalagaGuy]

TMZ is reporting it was suicide and they are almost always right about such things.  

[lordstanley]

10 minutes ago, GalagaGuy said:

TMZ is reporting it was suicide and they are almost always right about such things.  

And Darren McCarty's tweet implies the same.

https://x.com/DarrenMcCarty4/status/2060059172507439254?s=20

[Motor City Sonics]

13 minutes ago, GalagaGuy said:

TMZ is reporting it was suicide and they are almost always right about such things.  

CTE comes to mind.   

[oblong]

That’s horrible news. His son found him?  Despite the public bluster I always got the impression he was well regarded among the players.  I remember reading in a book when McCarty opened up with his struggles that Claude slated up to him and said he’s fought it too and would be willing to talk and help him. 

[lordstanley]

 

 

By the way, I heard today that Mo Seider's was one of Lemieux's clients as an agent.

[KnoxP]

4 hours ago, lordstanley said:

And Darren McCarty's tweet implies the same.

https://x.com/DarrenMcCarty4/status/2060059172507439254?s=20

Hated him as a player of course, but only because that’s all I saw. Over the years I heard more and he sounds like he was a pretty  decent guy off ice, as evidenced by McCarty and Yzerman. Regardless suicide death is sad. Prayers for those near him who will suffer his loss and possibly feel some sense of “missing the signs”. 😟

[Jason_R]

1 hour ago, lordstanley said:

 

 

By the way, I heard today that Mo Seider's was one of Lemieux's clients as an agent.

Yes and Kris Draper has interacted with him as Seider’s agent. Seems that Lemieux never apologized. (See article below.) As I recall, after the hit, Lemieux made some crack along the lines of Draper should thank Lemieux for making him famous.

Not that it was my place to forgive him, but I never did. Maybe there is another side to him that none of us will ever know. Anyway, I feel terrible for his wife and kids. RIP. 
 

https://thehockeynews.com/news/news/kris-draper-doesnt-expect-an-apology-from-claude-lemieux-two-decades-later

[buddha]

i would have bet good money that lemieux would have outlived darren mccarty...