2025-26 NHL Season

[Shawn-O]

3 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Spurgeon and Middleton are just an atrocious pairing. Awful.

They miss Brodin something awful 

[cberkas]

2 hours ago, sioux rube said:

Toronto has won the  ‘26 draft lottery and will pick first 

The NHL fixed that draft. How does a team that has never had the 1st overall pick and finishes last not get the 1st.

NHL needs the PWHL rules, once you are out you need to win to improve your odds. 

[Shawn-O]

Fixed lottery you say? 
 

 

[skateshattrick]

13 minutes ago, cberkas said:

The NHL fixed that draft. How does a team that has never had the 1st overall pick and finishes last not get the 1st.

NHL needs the PWHL rules, once you are out you need to win to improve your odds. 

No they need a draft like the NFL based on the worst record. Hockey players don’t tank. The lottery is not fair and makes people lose interest in the draft. Look how popular the NFL draft is. If the NFL was dumb enough to have a lottery it would not be as popular. The NHL and NBA can’t get out of their own way 

[cberkas]

1 minute ago, skateshattrick said:

No they need a draft like the NFL based on the worst record. Hockey players don’t tank. The lottery is not fair and makes people lose interest in the draft. Look how popular the NFL draft is. If the NFL was dumb enough to have a lottery it would not be as popular. The NHL and NBA can’t get out of their own way 

That would be the best way, but they won't do it. How to stop tanking with a draft lottery, increase odds by winning when eliminated.

[cberkas]

McKenna fits the Maple Leaf's, they are soft and so is he

[cberkas]

5-2 Avs

[UNDMOORHEAD]

Just now, cberkas said:

5-2 Avs

I don't think there is any way the Wild can win 4 out of the next 5 games

[Blackheart]

1 hour ago, UNDMOORHEAD said:

I don't think there is any way the Wild can win 4 out of the next 5 games

They have been outclassed in every respect in the first two games.  They definitely looked better tonight but you can't keep putting the Avs on the power play.  Kaprizov with a total bonehead play with a cross check right after the Wild got it to 4-2.

[sioux rube]

9 hours ago, UNDMOORHEAD said:

I don't think there is any way the Wild can win 4 out of the next 5 games

I think they get one at home and that’s it

[Wilbur]

It would've been better to go with Gus in game one off the Dallas series then to throw him in last night and the first two shots go in the net.  Jesper back in for game 3 which is must win #4 now for the Wild. 

[Prison_Mike]

 

[cberkas]

The Maple Leaf's are going to be insufferable until the draft. Oh, hockey gods give them the next two #1 picks just for them to lose them to Philly and Boston 

[SIOUXFAN97]

what's wrong with the non playoff teams...nfl nhl whatever....put your logo in a square white folder and you spin them around and pull em out....

no weighted this...no extra ping pong balls....just throw em in...pull em out one at a time.

 

[cberkas]

Miss the playoffs twice in 11 years and get #1 pick both times

If you finish last you should get 90% odds at #1 if doing a lottery.

If you keep the lottery put in anti-tanking like the PWHL, or just get rid of it.

The NHL needs bad teams to not stay bad, or you have an Arizona situation all over again. 

[sioux rube]

[cberkas]

🤣

[The Sicatoka]

<in a Grain Belt fueled fever dream>

McDavid, Jarry, a first round pick 
for 
Vasi and Hedman

then TBL turns around and trades

Jarry, the first round pick, and Dom James
for
Bob of Florida 

 

Yeah, yeah, I'm crazy. 

[sioux rube]

The NHL informed teams that the salary cap for the 2026-27 season will rise to $104 million, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

The increase aligns with the league's previous projections and is a notable jump from the $95.5-million limit this season.

Teams will have to spend a minimum of $76.9 million to reach the salary-cap floor, while the maximum player salary (20% of a team's payroll) will be $20.8 million, Friedman notes.

As it stands, the highest cap hit in the league next season belongs to Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov, who signed a record-setting $136-million ($17-million annual cap hit) extension last September. 

Although teams across the league will have more flexibility this offseason, the 2026 free-agent class isn't expected to inspire a spending spree. Alex Tuch, Sergei Bobrovsky, and Darren Raddysh are among the most prominent players set to hit the open market this summer

[tnt]

16 hours ago, UNDMOORHEAD said:

I don't think there is any way the Wild can win 4 out of the next 5 games

If they win the next two at home, they win the series.  A tall task, but when momentum starts to roll, it’s hard to stop.  Wedgewood isn’t exactly the cream of the crop, but then again, neither was Darcy Kuemper.

[Shawn-O]

3 hours ago, tnt said:

If they win the next two at home, they win the series.  A tall task, but when momentum starts to roll, it’s hard to stop.  Wedgewood isn’t exactly the cream of the crop, but then again, neither was Darcy Kuemper.

Gonna be difficult when they can’t kill a penalty