2022 Stanley Cup playoffs thread

The Canadiens won the draft lottery
Devils move up to second
Draft is in Montreal in July

 

I won’t say the fix is in, like previous years, because Montreal was the worst team and deserves to draft first.

 

Literally don't know the answer to this and don't feel like looking it up, but when was the last time a Stanley Cup finalist from one year went to worst team in the league the next? I know last year's circumstances were uber weird, but it can't be a common occurrence.

 

Devils move up
That NEVER happens
Fitzgerald was talking about trading the pick
Doubt that happens now

 

They need help on the blue line desperately and it just takes too long for an 18-year-old defenseman to develop. I can definitely see them flipping the pick.

 

I don't think Bettman gives a shit about New Jersey, like he does NYR, Mont., Tor. (JR will be along shortly to call me an idiot.)

 

Your conspiracies are idiotic.

 

Kings blow two two-goal leads with some crappy special teams play but score 1:12 into overtime to take a 3-1 lead.

EDIT: The series is 3-2 Kings. I guess I was caught in playoff euphoria.

 

Pretty much everyone on the Wild other than Kaprizov no-shows, and they give up a third-period natural hat trick to Tarasenko to lose a hinge Game 5 at home and will have to win on the road on Thursday night and again in a Game 7 on Saturday. Needless to say the natives are restless here in Minnesota.

 

McDavid started the OT, but the Kings controlled the puck in the Oilers zone the whole time. Oilers finally got it out to center ice, but Kempe took it and brought it right back in before the Oilers could change. A minute-plus shift and McDavid was gassed. Kempe skated right around him, a defenseman, and Smith to score easily on the far side.
Afterward, Kempe said he felt good, still had his legs. He didn't know that McDavid was out the whole time, but he did know that McDavid started OT and was the guy in front of him when he got the puck, so he figured McDavid might be tired.

 

How about for Bertuzzi?

 

There is no justice
/BitterBayAreaFan