Bench *everyone.* Time to fortify that top 10 spot.
Are we allowed to start a bunch of local high school kids for the rest of the season?
Number333
With our loss to the Penguins, we are finally mathematically eliminated having played **76/82 games** in the ’25/26 NHL Season.
The dream for the 3peat is officially dead though many of us have known it for some time. I remember that my mentality going into the year was fight to be .500 until the new year and then go on a run with Tkachuk healthy.
Unfortunately, too many factors worked against us.
**1) Injuries.** Oh my god man. I guess this is somewhat inevitable when you play a full extra season’s worth of hockey in the playoffs by making the Stanley Cup for 3 years straight. Barkov missing the whole year. Tkachuk missing the first few months. Nosek/Gadjo in our depth immediately going out. Kulikov in the first week. That was ALL bad enough. and then as the year went on, the ***injuries just didn’t stop.*** Marchand was INCREDIBLE to start the year and genuinely carrying our offense for stretches and he got nicked up and missed time which is inevitable for a 37-year old. Seth Jones got hurt on a freak injury in the Winter Classic and missed tons of games. It was just too much to overcome.
**2) An insanely competitive Eastern Conference.** This is pure BS lmao. The East had all of the rebuilding teams make a massive leap and there was no truly BAD team to beat up on this year. Through the first 30 games or so, there was barely any separation. Several teams with 90pts+ will miss the playoffs this year. Meanwhile, in the Western Conference, the bloody Sharks with 79pts (we have 77pts) are the 2nd Wildcard. Edmonton is gonna win the Pacific and they barely have more regulation wins than us. Just a ridiculous disparity this season.
**3) Sergei Bobrovsky having a career worst year.** I’m sorry y’all. I know nobody likes to blame the goalie. But… it’s statistically factually accurate. Sure, we ABSOLUTELY at times were trotting out insanely suspect defensive pairings. Jeff Petry was a mistake. Donovan Sebrango should not be who we’re asked to rely on as emergency depth. But there were times during games this year that Bob just would let in WAY too many damn goals on a pathetically low number of shots. The stats reflect that. Tarasov also flashed at times and would get let-down by the support but in a year with so much against us, we needed Bob to be out of this world and he just wasn’t.
Lick our wounds, heal up, have a hopefully great draft and offseason and we’ll be right back in the mix next season.
pontiacspeed1717
Other fan bases celebrating while we’re just happy to have a stress free summer for once. The players probably would love the rest too
emidipolo
Putrid-Aerie8599
Its the habs turn!!
Kino900
Can’t wait till next season.
SirStanleyCPanther
I’m not upset
The 3 deep Cup runs were amazing and ANY fanbase would kill to have what we just had, but it does take a physical toll on our guys.
Despite catastrophic injuries, our boys played tough all year!!!
Heads held up!!!
We now rest until it’s Time To Hunt next year!!!
BigHotdog2009
We’re so popular we got our own post in the hockey sub
Effective-Bear9714
Don’t know why everyone on every other sub is going nuts, you’ll be an absolute titan again next year.
DataDump_
Not upset at all. Watching playoff games without the stress of caring that much about who wins will be pretty nice.
Will be rooting for Buffalo and against Tampa Bay
MattSm00th
Damn can’t wait until next season when the team is fully healthy
JeremiahHix
Panthers can earn 12 more points though. Current wildcard last place is 88. Am I missing something? 77+12 is 89. I know they’re not making it but still
romesthe59
Lmao ⚡️
Aliendream99
The boys needed a true offseason after going to the cup three years in a row. It’s ok, I don’t think too many of us are disappointed. Looking forward to a healthy recouped group of true contenders.
masterofbeast
it was a good run, i hope we start a new one next year.
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🎶The tank is on 🎶
To the tune of “the heat is on”
Knew this was coming since December when the team had no chemistry, grit, and managed to pull defeat from the jaws of victory
Oilers and Canes fans falling to their knees not realizing we’ll be The Undertaker meme this time next year.
r/nhl and r/hockey right now
https://preview.redd.it/0mr8zrreu9tg1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a508762aa7eb6d91fff77b7959e95f114950c629
so rent free
Wait but I knew that month ago? What’s new?
Bench *everyone.* Time to fortify that top 10 spot.
Are we allowed to start a bunch of local high school kids for the rest of the season?
With our loss to the Penguins, we are finally mathematically eliminated having played **76/82 games** in the ’25/26 NHL Season.
The dream for the 3peat is officially dead though many of us have known it for some time. I remember that my mentality going into the year was fight to be .500 until the new year and then go on a run with Tkachuk healthy.
Unfortunately, too many factors worked against us.
**1) Injuries.** Oh my god man. I guess this is somewhat inevitable when you play a full extra season’s worth of hockey in the playoffs by making the Stanley Cup for 3 years straight. Barkov missing the whole year. Tkachuk missing the first few months. Nosek/Gadjo in our depth immediately going out. Kulikov in the first week. That was ALL bad enough. and then as the year went on, the ***injuries just didn’t stop.*** Marchand was INCREDIBLE to start the year and genuinely carrying our offense for stretches and he got nicked up and missed time which is inevitable for a 37-year old. Seth Jones got hurt on a freak injury in the Winter Classic and missed tons of games. It was just too much to overcome.
**2) An insanely competitive Eastern Conference.** This is pure BS lmao. The East had all of the rebuilding teams make a massive leap and there was no truly BAD team to beat up on this year. Through the first 30 games or so, there was barely any separation. Several teams with 90pts+ will miss the playoffs this year. Meanwhile, in the Western Conference, the bloody Sharks with 79pts (we have 77pts) are the 2nd Wildcard. Edmonton is gonna win the Pacific and they barely have more regulation wins than us. Just a ridiculous disparity this season.
**3) Sergei Bobrovsky having a career worst year.** I’m sorry y’all. I know nobody likes to blame the goalie. But… it’s statistically factually accurate. Sure, we ABSOLUTELY at times were trotting out insanely suspect defensive pairings. Jeff Petry was a mistake. Donovan Sebrango should not be who we’re asked to rely on as emergency depth. But there were times during games this year that Bob just would let in WAY too many damn goals on a pathetically low number of shots. The stats reflect that. Tarasov also flashed at times and would get let-down by the support but in a year with so much against us, we needed Bob to be out of this world and he just wasn’t.
Lick our wounds, heal up, have a hopefully great draft and offseason and we’ll be right back in the mix next season.
Other fan bases celebrating while we’re just happy to have a stress free summer for once. The players probably would love the rest too
Its the habs turn!!
Can’t wait till next season.
I’m not upset
The 3 deep Cup runs were amazing and ANY fanbase would kill to have what we just had, but it does take a physical toll on our guys.
Despite catastrophic injuries, our boys played tough all year!!!
Heads held up!!!
We now rest until it’s Time To Hunt next year!!!
We’re so popular we got our own post in the hockey sub
Don’t know why everyone on every other sub is going nuts, you’ll be an absolute titan again next year.
Not upset at all. Watching playoff games without the stress of caring that much about who wins will be pretty nice.
Will be rooting for Buffalo and against Tampa Bay
Damn can’t wait until next season when the team is fully healthy
Panthers can earn 12 more points though. Current wildcard last place is 88. Am I missing something? 77+12 is 89. I know they’re not making it but still
Lmao ⚡️
The boys needed a true offseason after going to the cup three years in a row. It’s ok, I don’t think too many of us are disappointed. Looking forward to a healthy recouped group of true contenders.
it was a good run, i hope we start a new one next year.
💔
Bummed but happy for my wallet lol
“It is finished.”