Annnnd no surprise the Leafs still suck, first goal 26 seconds by Pittsburgh,also murdered by their PK. I can't be any more dissapointed.

Condolences to Leafs nation. ;_;
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Here's a look at how all the teams are doing ~quarter way through the season:

After those great games....holy crap that was a bad game, 3 penalties that should have been called but werent.....resulted in goals for the Devils

Sugeeeeii, a hockey section

Hi HarunaRinaChan!

Do you watch hockey too? What's your favourite team?

@Lexian

Yep, i root for the ottawa senators even though im not from ottawa at all haha

Halfway through a season already and it has been interesting...

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/nhl-a-look-at-what-6-canadian-teams-must-do-to-make-the-playoffs-1.2206353?hootPostID=181c6169f680f674196cdcf52a53a73b
Ayyyyy!

I find it amusing that the almost all of the comments are about the Leafs/Oilers. Leaf blowers need an oil change~

TBH, I thought it was going to be talking about the All Star Weekend... I actually didn't watch it, but kinda laughed when I saw the highlights from the draft, where Ovechkin wanted to be last in the draft so he could get the car. What REALLY got me though (and stings like a *****) was that they traded Kessel for Seguin from the draft.

Even though I had a really good laugh at that, holy hell is the pain still real.

Anyways, going back to what you were saying Lexian, it is really no surprise that the Leafs and Oilers are usually struggling. Oilers, from what I noticed have usually been on the bottom ranks, whereas the Leafs always nosedive when it is crunch time. 

I wish the Leaf fanbase could just open their eyes and just not attend their games, because at this point in time, it's not really a hindsight thing anymore, I feel like it's something that WILL happen (I believe the nosediving has happened for the past couple of years?). If this were to happen (as in not attending their games), it'll REALLY force management to hire new scouting people etc. to ACTUALLY make a good team with chemistry. Throwing Jerseys on the ice is just stupid, not only does it demoralize the players (thus making them play worse), the "fans" just wasted a $200+ Jersey. 

Oh well... I guess when you are the richest Hockey team in the League, management and the owners just really don't care about the Stanley Cup (what's that again?) when they always generate revenues, regardless of where they play.

HarunaRinaChan wrote:@Lexian

Yep, i root for the ottawa senators even though im not from ottawa at all haha

thats funny, cause im from Ottawa but I like Vancouver and Montreal better 
btw, how sad were u when Alfredsson left?
just wondering

Leafs and Oilers struggling is nothing new but definitely agree that the Leafs need a
drastic change as on paper, the team isn't bad enough to be in freefall like they are currently.  They just can't seem to cope when all the teams start ramping up for playoffs halfway through the season and then implode. I don't really follow them but from things I do read, it sounds like they need to address the attitude in the locker.

Oilers on the other hand is another story.  When does rebuilding stop?  They have been drafting in the top three to five picks for the last few years. There comes a time when "rebuilding for the future" but the future has to arrive.

Being a Tampa fan, after years of watching a struggling team, I can understand the frustrations with being a current Leafs or Oilers fan. I'm just glad the new owner and GM are proving to be delivering on what they promised - steady development and rebuild into a contender for years to come.

That feel when none of the teams you're cheering for are winning strings of games.
Is it time for me to be a dirty bandwagon rider? Blues, I'm looking at you~

Edit 'cause I dont feel like making another post:
Welp, I guess we've joined the ranks of Edmonton and Toronto now. Except we are, stereotypically, much cheaper.

A Kane "shirsey" with the tag still attached.

edmonton and toronto? interesting....

wow, Ottawa's only beating Toronto by 1 point...
but they have 3 less games
good lead i guess .upwalk.

I know people can get upset with their teams performance but throwing a jersey onto the ice never made sense to me. They aren't cheap and I would think mass boycotts in attendance would do more - at least management would lose money and realise that they need to do something. 

But then again, everyone has their own way of venting their frustrations.

I'm actually more interested these days to see if the Wild can sky-rocket into a playoff position. They've been doing extremely well lately.

Montreal's just killing it

2nd in the league  .clap.

Trade deadline came and went... which teams would you guys say got better?

Why Montreal? NOOOOOO!!! 

ugh they lost AGAIN!

Going back to what kFDzero asked, I'm gonna have to say the Wild.
It seems like anything they do these days is just adding fuel to an already hot fire. God, the Central is so exciting and stressful at the same time lol.

It's been a very close season for all divisions, other than Anaheim running away in the Pacific.

Must say, Carey Price was unbelievable again in todays game against Tampa. Even from me being a Tampa fan, he stood so tall for his team that they could have won if Bishop was playing averagely (thank goodness for me he played well today) even with the 36-19 SA (can you tell that I don't have much faith in goaltending for Tampa).

Ok boys and girls, the home stretch is now truly upon us.  Good luck to all teams either chasing for a playoff spot or better seeding (unless  your playing against Tampa of course .common. ).

I guess good luck should also go to those chasing for the McDavid award - not that I'm for deliberately tanking but....

Aaaand stretch completed!
Here are the teams in the playoffs (in no particular order since some first round matchups are still TBD)
EAST
MTL
TB
OTT
NYI
NYR
PIT
DET
WSH

WEST
ANA
STL
CHI
NSH
MIN
CGY
WPG
VAN

Should be some entertaining games all around. Plus, there'll be a new champion this year!

I'm still surprised- Ottawa made it to the playoffs. I'm not really a big Ottawa fan, but im still pretty happy. 

All my fav teams are in the playoffs too! Gonna be exciting! (and maybe a canadian team will win this year)

I'm very excited this year...
Some good matchups and I can't believe the amount of quality teams this year - not that you can base playoffs with regular season performance but what else are we to go by - especially with most top placed teams riding wins heading in.

Good luck to all and may the best team win.

I'm just glad the Kings didn't make it. Good riddance of that bandwagon.