On TSN there's an article about how Gregor said Wilson apologized in the moment and said it wasn't as bad as it looked. Here's the article:
https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/washington-capitals-tom-wilson-suspended-six-games-for-high-sticking-leafs-noah-gregor-1.2093887

Shocking that his hometown Bruins weren't the favourites. Feels like a spot where he would have a definitive role as early as next year

Wilson got 6 games for the high stick.

Think if it were anyone else it'd be 2 or 3 at most, but it looks like the DOPS might actually be putting more weight on "repeat offender".

WSH vs. CAR

Goaltending is optional

Ovechkin with 6 goals in 4 games gonna revitalize the talk of record breaking. A good final stretch could give him the outside chance at the record next season. I don’t know that anybody is expecting him to put up 40 goals, but since he’s done it -12- times…

When you factor in how obviously the rest of the lineup is trying to find him and sacrificing their own scoring opportunities its only a matter of time before he gets it.

Is there anyone who's betting against him at this point. He'll play for another 4 seasons at 10goals per if he has to.

I mean, Ovechkin's body will break eventually, he can't just play hockey forever, however, it does seem very likely Ovi will find 50 goals in his next 2 seasons under his current contract

At the risk of ending up like Leafs fans last year, I would much rather Carolina face Philly in the first round by finishing second in the Metro, instead of playing Tampa by finishing first in the Metro.

Tampa's powerplay is as deadly as ever, and their personnel and strategy dismantles Carolina's hyper-aggressive penalty kill unlike any other team in the league, and they're really, really good at getting conveniently timed powerplays against the Hurricanes.

Jake neighbors currently leading all forwards and defense in ice-time todays game -(first intermission). Is really hard to get more minutes than Parayko as a winger. 6 game scoring streak. Nice late season run for a 21 year old.

I must be slow, but can you explain this to me? As didn't the Leafs win last year vs Tampa?

"We want Florida"

Even though it's not really a thing and they were also chanting "We want Boston"

But wouldn't Carolina end up facing the winner of NYR vs Philly in this case?

It's the "We want Florida" stuff, where Toronto fans were open about wanting to face a perceived "lesser" opponent before getting soundly defeated by them, though to @LeafsFanForSomeReason 's point, that does seem to have been overblown by the media.

In the same way, I perceive the Flyers as a lesser opponent than the Lightning, and I would look foolish if the Flyers eliminated the Hurricanes in the playoffs after saying I would prefer Carolina to face them.

No... The Rangers would be playing TBL and CAR would be playing PHI in the first round

Nashville may very well be a dark horse this playoffs

Since that concert cancellation they have just been on fire

Jack Hughes has been very mediocre at 5v5 this season

NCAA field is set

Top-4
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Denver
- Michigan State

Likely 2 seeds
- Maine
- North Dakota
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin

Likely 3 seeds
- Quinnipiac
- Michigan
- Omaha
- Cornell

Last 4
- Western Michigan
- UMass
- RIT
- Michigan Tech

(Colorado College was last team out)

My hometown team.

This was so heartbreaking; they were so close to finally getting back into the tourney.

They were great in second half…just lost out to UMass by a hair.

Honestly would love to see a KHL like playoff format as it would just cause chaos for Round 2 lul

Forgive me for not googling it myself. Whats the KHL format?

Jack Hughes has also been hurt about 3 times this year and is likely not at 100%

Thanks for the explanation

And TBF, the media blows everything out of perspective



Got it... It's the falling victim to being overconfident vs lesser team going all in

Due to all the foreign teams dropping out of the league, they changed the format this season. If I remember correctly, after the first round they mash the conferences together and re-seed from there. Something like that.

Filip Forsberg should be top 5 in Hart voting, imo. He doesn't have the points to compete w/ MacK, Kuch, and Pasta, but he's absolutely carried that team offensively - much like Taylor Hall in 2017-18. He scores big goals Without him, Nashville is probably a bottom 5 team.