# NHL Playoffs 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** hockey-nhl\ **Created:** [April 18, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160 "2025-04-18T03:06:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/141 "2025-05-21T03:25:52Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Are you really sure you aren’t a Leafs fan? No, I’m the opposite. I’m a **disgruntled former** Leafs fan. > [@keeganst94](#): > > I’ve literally never heard a Leaf fan say they expect the Leafs to win a cup that year in my life. I have. It was some old fart interviewed on TV who seemed to be part of a multi-generational family of perennial season seat holders, and he said he was sure that this was the year the Leafs would finally win the Cup. I think it was about ten years ago. [_Narrator: They didn’t._] I doubt he was the only one. The truth is that attending a live Leafs home game is pretty magical and one can really get swept up in the spirit of the thing. The trouble is, when the team lets you down again and again – sometimes embarrassingly badly – it make it all the worse. So no, I’m done. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/142 "2025-05-22T03:05:30Z")
Stars score 5 goals in the third period and beat the Oilers 6-3. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/143 "2025-05-22T03:40:02Z")
Heheh, I was in band practice for most of the game. When I got out, we were still down 3-1. By the time I got home, we were in the lead. Twas a thing of beauty. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/144 "2025-05-22T03:55:51Z")
Skinner couldn’t be blamed for the loss, but at times he didn’t look like an NHL goalie - handling the puck like a grenade and getting totally disoriented on the 4th goal. The Oiler’s strengths and weaknesses (PK) were on full display this game. I expect a tighter, smarter game 2. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/145 "2025-05-22T04:52:15Z")
> [@K364](#): > > I expect a tighter, smarter game 2. Heck, this is one of those games where the score doesn’t really seem to reflect how tight most of the game was. The Oilers seemed to have this game under control for two periods. Without three power plays in the late second/early third, it’s unlikely that the Stars would have been able to pull out of it. The only thing that makes me think that the Oilers might be a bit unhinged and the Stars may have gotten under their skin was the meaningless bunch of roughing both engaged in at the end of the game. But they kept it together and beat us last year, so I imagine it won’t be a long term condition. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/146 "2025-05-22T12:24:13Z")
Goddamn Corey Perry. I loved him when he played in Dallas but he is such a shit disturber. IIRC, last year the Stars didn’t have a power play goal against the Oilers. Not to mention the 7 straight game one losses… The game had lots of ebb and flow as I would expect from 2 good teams. Now, can the Stars hold onto the home ice advantage? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/147 "2025-05-23T01:58:15Z")
The Panthers are again running like a buzzsaw through the 'Canes, 4-0. At this point, it’s questionable whether the Stars, Oilers - anyone - can stop them. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/148 "2025-05-23T04:33:23Z")
> [@keeganst94](#): > > Time to fire Shanahan and trade some major pieces. Congrats on a fine prediction … Shanahan is gone: > **[Maple Leafs part ways with team president Brendan Shanahan](https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-part-ways-with-team-president-brendan-shanahan/)** > > Brendan Shanahan needs a new plan. The same goes for the Toronto Maple Leafs.  But as to why he’s gone, that article reflects exactly my thinking – bolding mine for emphasis on the point I’ve been making for at least 25 years: > The club’s parent company announced Thursday it would not renew Shanahan’s contract as president and alternate governor after more than a decade on the job and just two post-season series victories — **despite an embarrassment of high-priced offensive talent**. You (the general “you”) may argue with me about whether the problem with the Leafs could be properly expressed as institutional complacency, but there sure as hell has been a problem for over half a century, call it what you will. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/149 "2025-05-23T14:09:08Z")
I can’t believe I actually turned off an NHL playoff that wasn’t because I needed to go to bed without distractions. That game wasn’t even close, almost like an Olympic mismatch. I had the Panthers going to the Finals, losing to Vegas. As of now, no one is beating the Panthers. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/150 "2025-05-23T17:31:22Z")
I wonder if people in Toronto are feeling a bit better after watching the Panthers dismantle the Hurricane? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/151 "2025-05-23T21:58:57Z")
I despise MLMs but had to laugh as the Scentsy MLM just dropped the price of their Maple Leafs warmer from $59 (CAD) to $11.80 (CAD) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/152 "2025-05-24T14:04:58Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I wonder if people in Toronto are feeling a bit better after watching the Panthers dismantle the Hurricane? When the team you were outed by gets outed you get some immediate revenge satisfaction, but there is also something to the saying “If you lose it’s best to have lost to the eventual champions”. Watching the Canes get dismantled just makes you think “If the Canes are this bad, how bad were we?” ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/153 "2025-05-24T21:28:57Z")
> **[Sam Reinhart out for Game 3 of Eastern Conference Final](https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/florida-panthers/latest-news/sam-reinhart-out-for-game-3-of-eastern-conference-final)** > > The Florida Panthers will be playing Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final without one of their key players. Sam Reinhart out tonight but I still think this is looking like a Panthers sweep. Hurricanes running into a buzz saw at the worst possible time ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/154 "2025-05-24T21:39:34Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > “If you lose it’s best to have lost to the eventual champions”. This is how I always view it. There’s no shame in losing to the champs. Nobody else could beat them either. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/155 "2025-05-25T02:53:11Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Sam Reinhart out tonight but I still think this is looking like a Panthers sweep. Hurricanes running into a buzz saw at the worst possible time This is shaping up to be the most lopsided playoff series in NHL history. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/156 "2025-05-25T03:00:44Z")
That was a weird Game 3 in the Panthers-Hurricanes game tonight. Hurricanes held their own in the first two periods, but totally fell apart in the third, which seemed to turn into less of a hockey game than a riot – fights breaking out every couple of minutes, and two players sent out on 10-minute misconducts. Monday’s game should be fun. Looking like a Panthers sweep. ETA: Who was the guy who went out with a shoulder injury in this game after crashing into the boards? Apparently one of the Panthers’s best players. Hope he’s OK. One good thing if the Panthers sweep the series is they’ll probably get some good rest while the Western Conference battles it out. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/157 "2025-05-25T03:03:25Z")
I stepped away from the TV when it was 3-1. I came back about 10 minutes later and it was 6-2. The Panthers are a machine. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/158 "2025-05-25T05:11:18Z")
That was a brutal, dangerous game. Luostarinen’s check on Blake was pretty terrible, earning him a misconduct. Since it’s the playoffs, it seems doubtful he’ll get a suspension, but he deserves it. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/159 "2025-05-25T16:19:29Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > One good thing if the Panthers sweep the series is they’ll probably get some good rest while the Western Conference battles it out. This. The series should go at least six games; I wouldn’t be surprised seven. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160/160 "2025-05-25T19:51:50Z")
Oilers strike twice within 36 seconds just before 5:00 left in the first period! 2-0 Oilers in this unusually scheduled afternoon playoff game. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2025/1017160.md?page=9)