Usually it's not til mid August when I reach "don't even want the Pirates on in the background while I'm doing something else" mode, but it's week 2 of May and here we are

Random thought, the Pirates don’t need to do anything with Henry Davis right now. Teams need multiple catchers and usually one or both suck at hitting, just give him ABs in this lost season. His trade value’s nothing and you don’t need to DFA him and sign like Grandal II

I think the Flyers job is one of the best ones available. They're in good shape with the cap & draft picks, plus if all they do is add an average goalie this season, they'll improve by 10 points and that's a free Jack Adams nomination

The main lesson from this Leafs/Panthers series is gonna be, any time you have a chance to concuss the other team's starting goalie early in the series, go ahead and take it?

Funniest outcome in the Leafs series would be Toronto winning Game 6 and all the tickets for Game 7 going on stubhub for like $20, just no one wanting to be there for the inevitable

What if Kasperi Kapanen scored the winner the night after Granlund Night

Hahahaha

The Capitals have basically done everything right for ~3 years, but I do wonder if they don’t build off this success in the next couple years if that does anything to every other team suddenly wanting to do a “Washington style” rebuild on the fly

This is gonna happen

The Leafs sure could use a puck-moving defenseman, though unfortunately Erik Karlsson in Toronto WOULD be a mini apocalypse and won’t happen

(Locker room between periods) Cmon guys we gotta win this one for CHRIS ROONEY

Pretty sure Edzo was just advocating for security to start beating up the fans who were throwing their jerseys on the ice. Just another Game 7 in Toronto

This did happen (minus the $20 part)

I understand the Pirates’ hopelessness as well as anyone but Jesus Christ, the way some national media (and locals) talk about trading Paul Skenes you’d think he’s the first good player ever to play for a bad team in history

All the eulogies for the Maple Leafs are obviously justified because this is the 80th time it’s happened, but I do think we’re downplaying the starting goalie getting intentionally concussed in game 1 with no repercussions and the backup putting up an .886 SV%

Ben Cherington upgrading the Pirates' offense this offseason