The Official 2024 Stanley Cup Playoff Discussion Thread

[Messiah]

Dylan Larkin with his first career hat trick. Congrats to him and my fantasy team.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!

 

[Bobby Barrows]

So happy for Matt Boldy, scoring his first NHL goal in his debut; 9th player to do so.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Nine starters were missing for Minnesota Wild, and even without Kirill Kaprizov, they just defeated the Capitals 3-2 in shoot out. Dean Evason is the real deal, and this team frankly should absolutely be the favorites to win the Stanley Cup.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Holy shit, Evander Kane is getting waived.

 

[Deezy]

Good stuff, now address the problems of racism in minor hockey.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Rocky Wirtz needs to sell the team and fuck off to whatever hole he crawled out of. Absolutely terrible way of addressing genuine concerns about the direction of your organization by minimizing what happened in 2010 and trying to avoid the topic entirely. That answer just proved he never actually gave a shit about Kyle Beach.

 

[Rosie]

Rocky Wirtz needs to sell the team and fuck off to whatever hole he crawled out of. Absolutely terrible way of addressing genuine concerns about the direction of your organization by minimizing what happened in 2010 and trying to avoid the topic entirely. That answer just proved he never actually gave a shit about Kyle Beach.

FUCK HIM

 

[Rosie]

fuck Marchand

 

[Doom]

Sidney Crosby nets 500th career goal, joins Mario Lemieux as only Pittsburgh Penguins to reach feat​

ESPN

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby scored his 500th career goal Tuesday night, the second player in franchise history to do so.

Crosby broke a 1-1 tie with the Philadelphia Flyers 16:34 into the first period, scoring on the power play with an assist from Evgeni Malkin. The Penguins won in overtime, 5-4.

Perhaps it was fitting that Malkin was represented in Crosby's goal, as the two superstars have been at the forefront of a franchise resurgence, leading the Penguins to three Stanley Cup titles since the two entered the league.

As the goal horn sounded around the PPG Paints Arena, the entire Penguins team joined Crosby in celebration along the sideboards next to Flyers goaltender Carter Hart.

The goal was Crosby's 14th of the season, and not long after the tally, the Penguins tweeted out a video from owner Mario Lemieux, the only other player in franchise history to get to 500. Lemieux, who led the Penguins to two Stanley Cup titles in the 1990s, finished his career with 690 goals.

"I've been able to witness most of them," Lemieux said of Crosby's tallies. "And I'm sure there will be plenty more in the future."

Crosby, who led the Penguins to a 4-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday, played a shift at the end of the game with an open net on the other end of the ice, but never got a shot off, setting the stage for the feat on home ice against one of the franchise's fiercest rivals.

The goal was Crosby's 50th against the Flyers, and it helped the Penguins secure an eighth-straight victory. The midseason rally, after a topsy-turvy start to the campaign, has the Penguins in first place in the Metropolitan Division.

Crosby, 34, the No. 1 overall pick in 2005, has only played for the Penguins in his career, and though he's battled injuries this season, he appears at the top of his game. Tuesday was his 38th game of the season, and with an assist later in the third period, he now has 45 points and is averaging nearly 20 minutes time on the ice.

His career high in goals came in the 2009-10 season, when he finished with 51, and he's topped 30 goals nine times.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

WILD UP 1-0 BABYYYYY

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Fucking looooool

 

[Bobby Barrows]

WHAT THE FUCK!?

 

[Canadian Dragon]

WHAT THE FUCK!?

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Why the fuck are we trading for Fleury? The guy is more or less washed.