The too early Stanley Cup 2026 Playoff Thread

[donlever]

Were the post season to commence today:

EAST

Sabres host Bruins - close but Sabres - 6 maybe
Tampa hosts Habs - close but Tampa - 6 maybe
Canes host Jackets - upset special? - Canes in 7
Islanders host Penguins - coin flip - Pens in 6

Columbus could get bumped still...Ottawa or the Wings most likely to do so.

WEST

Avs host Preds - cake walk - 5 games max
Stars host Wild - 50/50 - someone is gonna be bummed - Stars 7
Ducks host Mammoth - why Verbeek brought in vets - Ducks in 7
Oilers host Knights - why Torts was hired - Vegas in 7

Vegas could still get caught. By LA would be most likely. Preds still have Kings, Seattle, Sharks, Jets and Blues in striking range for 2nd WC.

[Megaterio Llamas]

Let's hope it's a good one.

You might want to clean up that typo in the title there, Donald.

[donlever]

Thanks brutha

[theman]

Meh, wake me up for the 2035 Stanley Cup thread.

[Carl Yagro]

I hope all of us are still wake-able by then...

[rats19]

Yah pretty good chance I’ll miss that one…

[Carl Yagro]

Don't say that, brother Rats. We're all gonna watch it together.

4-3

[rats19]

Ohh I’d love to hank….

[Topper]

Sabres - take the humiliation of the expansion brother winning to II

[donlever]

Attrition commences.

Tkachuk hurt.

Dobson out 2 weeks.

Playoffs not even started and road bumps already for 2 of the 3 Canadian teams to qualify.

[theman]

Not going to ‘cheer’ for any of these teams but I do have soft spots in my cold heart for: Sabres and Canes in the East and Avs and Mammoth in the West.

Teams I want out in the first round: Oilers and Wild (draft pick), don’t really care either way about all the other teams.

[donlever]

I could live with Dallas winning as an example to our merry group of donkeys (TFg's) with respect to how to manage (and own) a franchise the right way.....

[Meds]

I could live with Dallas winning as an example to our merry group of donkeys (TFg's) with respect to how to manage (and own) a franchise the right way.....

I think that rationale applies to everyone in the playoffs outside of Edmonton.

[Cornuck]

I could live with Dallas winning as an example to our merry group of donkeys (TFg's) with respect to how to manage (and own) a franchise the right way.....

Like it would sink in....

[Topper]

The Sandman takes it in a convertatble from YVR to Tyler Meyer's place in Kelowna and the Benn's place in Victoria.