Tom Havel

@mblairYQR And Montreal deserved to win neither

The Montreal Canadiens have won two Game 7's in the last 16 days. The Toronto Maple Leafs haven't won a Game 7 in 22 years. As you were.

@bmbell71 @TheAthletic @scottcwheeler @TheAthleticNHL

@TheAthletic @scottcwheeler @TheAthleticNHL I don't believe you build a winning hockey club around a winger. Ovechkin being the lone exception. Maybe Patrick Kane.

Should the Maple Leafs select Gavin McKenna No. 1 in the 2026 NHL Draft? “There’s risk in chasing a premium position at the expense of a premium talent,” writes @scottcwheeler.

@NHLMedia @BuffaloSabres They were the better team most of the night. Just like Tampa was. Montreal living by the sword. Dobeš conn smythe at this point

"I won't let this one game define the season we had." Lindy Ruff speaks following the @BuffaloSabres' #Game7 loss. 📺: #NHLTonight on NHL Network has postgame coverage of every game of the #StanleyCup Playoffs

@HockeyPatrol Leafs chose this guy over Marner lol

Sportsnet's Luke Fox revealed a story about Nylander and Berube late in the season, long after Auston Matthews was taken out for the year. Fox noted that Nylander wasn't playing with enough heart for Berube, who paused the drill and implored Nylander to try harder. Well, he didn't take too kindly to that and immediately fired a shot without a pass on the next go, completely spitting in the face of his coach's instructions: “I felt like there was a generational gap. I'll tell you a story. There was a practice at the end of the year when things started to go sideways and Nylander was coasting through the power-play drill, not passing the puck with purpose and not shooting it. Berube yells 'Willy shoot the puck! If you have a look, take a look and shoot!' They start again and he immediately shoots it. Doesn't even do the drill. Berube says 'Willy, stop being such a d-word', you know he tried to have fun but Nylander never took it seriously right?”

@andystrickland Maybe someone other than Dave Jackson.

Thoughts on referee analyst interjecting during #NHL broadcasts?

@botts21 @Eklund No

@Eklund If you mean kicking as in skate went from backward to forward towards the net, then yes it was a kicking motion. By the rules it’s a kicking motion and no goal, but it’s a dumb rule that shouldn’t be open to subjectivity

League should have called for a review. Really really close to a kicking motion. Would’ve been worth looking at.

@LaughlinSXM True, unfortunately

If we’re being honest, U.S. was gonna be up against it with a younger, thinner Roster. That said, a struggling Joseph Woll wasn’t what they were hoping for. Not sure how much an injection of Matthew Tkachuk later this week is gonna help the last line of Defense.

@LaughlinSXM @BBGreatMoments Dan Kelly

@BBGreatMoments Bill Hewitt

Who’s the first sports broadcaster you remember listening to?

@zrc178 @BR_OpenIce @RussoHockey You’re an idiot.

@BR_OpenIce @RussoHockey as a wild fan, thank god

The Minnesota Wild went after Robert Thomas and offered up Danila Yurov and Jesper Wallstedt at the deadline, but the Blues passed 👀 (via @RussoHockey)

@AScaryShark @BR_OpenIce @RussoHockey No they won’t

@BR_OpenIce @RussoHockey Blues will regret this trade because Wallstedt ain't ever leaving the Wild now.

@whoslaffingnow @BR_OpenIce @RussoHockey He doesn’t numbnuts

@BR_OpenIce @RussoHockey I want to interrogate Doug Armstrong to find out exactly why he wants to move RT. The guy is a great player on a phenomenal contract. I’d understand if he was making $12mil or was older/expiring deal… he’s 26 entering year 4 of 8 at $8.1mil AAV.

@jn1776 @BR_OpenIce @RussoHockey 🤣

@BR_OpenIce @RussoHockey Glad they passed. Wally is worth much more

@chrispronger My favorite of your standards

Working hard is important. Ownership is harder. No excuses. No blame. No waiting for someone else to fix it. The best leaders and teams start with the mirror. chrispronger.com

@MarkReardonKFTK Dukes of hazard!

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@jtbourne What’d you say about overthinking? Yeah exactly

Sid not having the C for a Canadian team he’s playing on is insane. Greats always talk about learning from the greats before them. If he’s there, he’s obviously the captain, just give him the letter. Doesn’t matter but sometimes we twist ourselves in knots overthinking stuff.

@RyanHanaWWP No

Can we please go back to 1v8 playoff seeding (with reseeding) so we can stop pretending Dallas and Pittsburgh were comparable 1st round opponents.

@WorldWideWob What the hell are you even talking about

I enjoy watching hockey, but this sport will never gain the mainstream popularity it so desperately desires when people watching on TV cant see/tell when the teams score.

@theblockspot @mollyanne326 Maybe the Wild are the best team

@mollyanne326 I want the best teams playing as late as possible

The 3-seed Wild should not have to play the 2-seed Stars in Round 1… and then the 1-seed Avalanche in Round 2. 82 games should matter. A 104-point season should matter. The Regular Season should matter.

@theblockspot It does matter, win the division if you don’t like it

@CamJanssen25 You said it man… no one fucks with the Jesus

Jesus