tomh009

The Rocket now have the dreaded five-goal lead at 5-0, as Roy (PP) and Kapanen have joined the scoring parade. With less than 10 minutes remaining this should be enough to secure them a berth in the semis, against Charlotte.

Marchand on how he plays ... from 2018, but at least I had not seen this before:

TR played a solid game yesterday, outshooting Florida 30-20 (for the first time in the series) to take a 3-2 lead in the ECHL semifinal series. They can book a trip to the finals--against Toledo--with a win in Florida on Tuesday night.

I went back to read the RC article (admittedly in English). Your quote is correct, but it doesn't include the context that the underperformance was specific to this one game, not to the season or the playoffs. From the same article:

I think the chatter about Mailloux's behaviour has mostly died down, maybe because of the significantly more serious allegations in the Hockey Canada players' trial. But I do agree that other teams would still try to leverage that in order to get a better deal.

At least that X/Twitter post was very late!

I think his ceiling is a middle-pairing D-man, with power play capabilities. PK? Maybe he can also grow do that.

Lack of consistency is not at all unexpected with young players. Even experienced teams go through slumps and streaks, but this tendency is exacerbated by lack of experience. And, ultimately, it doesn't matter (or at least shouldn't matter) whether you slump early and streak late, or the reverse: what matters is the end result.

Either a veteran or Luke Cavallin, who has been outstanding in the ECHL (best save percentage of alll ECHL starters in both regular season and playoffs).

And the club (Lausanne HC) announced it three weeks ago already. https://lausannehc.ch/2025/05/06/connor-hughes-est-de-retour-au-lausanne-hockey-club/

That’s essentially what I said. He has improved but we don’t know yet whether he’s ready.

He has things to improve on, no question. But so do most NHL rookies. The question is how severe those gaps are, and whether they would be severe enough to prevent him from cracking the NHL lineup. Pascal Vincent has noted his defensive improvement multiple times this year.

Granlund doesn't looks so terrible in the playoffs, either. And I expect we'd have a better chance getting him than Bennett. Anyway, I expect each one of them is somewhere on Hughes's priority list. We'll find out within a month or so what happens.

Sounds like Buffalo.

Higher ceiling but also a lower floor.

Leafs have now confirmed that Shanahan's contract will not be renewed.

So, apparently NYI has asked for (and received) permission from the Leafs to talk to Shanahan. What would this mean to the Islanders' future roadmap?

It's because Rocket selected to start the series in Rochester and then play three in a row at home.

Arguably the Leafs should be closer to contender status, if they only could change the character of the team (which Bennett or Marchand might be able to help with). So, Bennett (or especially Marchand) might find that find more attractive.

Well, then there is Man U, who has more skill than success ... the Leafs aren't unique in that, either.

$13.5M might be almost enough to get the BOTH Bennett and Marchand ... adding those to and deducting Marner sure would change the nature of the team.

I would personally further narrow that down to Nylander and Tavares.

Cavallin faced another 32 shots this afternoon but made 31 saves in a 2-1 win, so the Lions take a 2-0 series lead with them when they return to T-R. Things looked grim at the end of the first when Nijhoff took an elbowing major plus a game misconduct but the Lions killed it off--and Ducharme scored the winning SHG with about a minute left in the penalty. Credit to ESPN South Florida for the audio broadcast! 😊

Cavallin now has the best save percentage at .945 of all the ECHL playoff starters. 👍 He also led all goalies that started at least half the games in the regular season at .929. He's been an excellent signing by John Sedgwick.

I’d be less concerned about the AAV than the term.