NHL Season 2025-26 - Page 2

Surrealplaces · #21 Posted **Jul 5, 2025, 12:38 AM**

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TSN saying that a 2 yr x $31 mil makes sense for #97!

That's a good deal for the Oilers. McDavid is worth more than 15.5M/year and it gives the Oilers two extra runs at the cup, and there aren't many teams standing in their way.
Mang is a good pickup, he can be really good at times when playing with the right players.

BlackDog204 · #22 Posted **Jul 5, 2025, 2:44 PM**

Only one comment in regards to Nik Ehlers signing with Carolina? Winnipeg gets no respect, especially with the one zillion posts about Marner lol.

Djeffery · #23 Posted **Jul 5, 2025, 3:26 PM**

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Only one comment in regards to Nik Ehlers signing with Carolina? Winnipeg gets no respect, especially with the one zillion posts about Marner lol.

Maybe the "8 in a row for the Jets" crowd from last winter are out enjoying the 3 weeks of summer lol

BlackDog204 · #24 Posted **Jul 5, 2025, 4:19 PM**

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Maybe the "8 in a row for the Jets" crowd from last winter are out enjoying the 3 weeks of summer lol

8 in a row?

Sorry you lost me.

craner · #25 Posted **Jul 5, 2025, 4:35 PM**

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The 2025-26 NHL season will begin Oct. 7 with dates to be announced later this summer.

Oilers 2025-26 Pre-Season Schedule
Sun, Sep 21 vs. Calgary (split squad)
Sun, Sep 21 @ Calgary (split squad)
Tues, Sep 23 @ Winnipeg
Wed, Sep 24 vs. Seattle
Fri, Sep 26 vs. Winnipeg
Sun, Sep 28 vs. Vancouver
Wed, Oct 1 @ Seattle
Fri, Oct 3 @ Vancouver

I thought they were reducing the number of pre-season games to allow for an 84 game regular season ?
That still seems like a full slate of pre-season games - no ?

Dwils01 · #26 Posted **Jul 5, 2025, 4:54 PM**

The new CBA doesn't take place until the 26-27 season. that's when there will be 84 games and a shorter preseason.

craner · #27 Posted **Jul 5, 2025, 5:02 PM**

^Ahhh I see - Thankyou.

BlackDog204 · #28 Posted **Jul 5, 2025, 5:18 PM**

Considering the fact that the NHL will be adding 2 new teams before 2030 (probably Atlanta and Houston), one would think it would make more sense to expand the playoff format from 16 to 20 teams.

Just have a best of 3 preliminary round, where the #7-10 teams in the Conference play.

Djeffery · #29 Posted **Jul 5, 2025, 9:00 PM**

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8 in a row?

Sorry you lost me.

There were a few very vocal Jets fans who posted basically whatever their winning streak was last year and seemed to be planning the parade, who then went radio silent after a loss.

BlackDog204 · #30 Posted **Jul 6, 2025, 3:57 AM**

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There were a few very vocal Jets fans who posted basically whatever their winning streak was last year and seemed to be planning the parade, who then went radio silent after a loss.

Which is 1/100 of the amount of hype Leaf fans praise on their team every year.

At least our hype was legitimate. We set an NHL record at the beginning of the season for fastest start, and won the Presidents Trophy.

What did the Leafs do, aside from mailing it in on Game 7, for the 30th time.

Ozabald · #31 Posted **Jul 7, 2025, 1:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by BlackDog204

Which is 1/100 of the amount of hype Leaf fans praise on their team every year.

At least our hype was legitimate. We set an NHL record at the beginning of the season for fastest start, and won the Presidents Trophy.

What did the Leafs do, aside from mailing it in on Game 7, for the 30th time.

"We" won the President's Trophy. Who cares? I'm sure it will be an emotional night when the Jets raise a banner for their President's Trophy championship.

BlackDog204 · #32 Posted **Jul 7, 2025, 6:57 PM**

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"We" won the President's Trophy. Who cares? I'm sure it will be an emotional night when the Jets raise a banner for their President's Trophy championship.

Sounds like something a fan of a team who has never come close to winning a Presidents Trophy would say.

Then again, if my team only could win a Stanley Cup when they had a 1 in 6 chance to do so, I would be bitter too.

However, enough smack total. I'm sure the Leafs will one day win the cup. It's only been 58 years.

WarrenC12 · #33 Posted **Jul 7, 2025, 7:51 PM**

The Canucks won back to back President's Trophies. They are meaningless.

Djeffery · #34 Posted **Jul 7, 2025, 9:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by BlackDog204

Which is 1/100 of the amount of hype Leaf fans praise on their team every year.

At least our hype was legitimate. We set an NHL record at the beginning of the season for fastest start, and won the Presidents Trophy.

What did the Leafs do, aside from mailing it in on Game 7, for the 30th time.

The point is, most of the time on here, fans of the other teams at least come on and have something to say if their team lays an egg. Winnipeg fans come on to brag about the good and crickets for the bad. Other than of course, complaining that Winnipeg doesn't get talked about enough by fans of other teams. Winnipeg's President Cup victory sure did them good when it counted, didn't it? One game fewer in the playoffs than the Leafs lol.

Xelebes · #35 Posted **Jul 8, 2025, 12:41 AM**

The President's Trophy probably should be considered an entirely different challenge than winning the Stanley Cup. It's no longer a matter of luck that the winner of the President's Trophy doesn't go on to win the Stanley Cup. To win one, you basically have to give up hope that you will win the Stanley Cup, largely as a result of how you have the players playing. You work all the players in the regular season, not leaving players in reserve. You have thirty two teams in the league so at a certain point you have to make choices.

BlackDog204 · #36 Posted **Jul 8, 2025, 1:56 AM**

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The point is, most of the time on here, fans of the other teams at least come on and have something to say if their team lays an egg. Winnipeg fans come on to brag about the good and crickets for the bad. Other than of course, complaining that Winnipeg doesn't get talked about enough by fans of other teams. Winnipeg's President Cup victory sure did them good when it counted, didn't it? One game fewer in the playoffs than the Leafs lol.

What kind of Canadian NHL fan would I be, if I didn't trash the Leafs?

BlackDog204 · #37 Posted **Jul 8, 2025, 2:05 AM**

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The President's Trophy probably should be considered an entirely different challenge than winning the Stanley Cup. It's no longer a matter of luck that the winner of the President's Trophy doesn't go on to win the Stanley Cup. To win one, you basically have to give up hope that you will win the Stanley Cup, largely as a result of how you have the players playing. You work all the players in the regular season, not leaving players in reserve. You have thirty two teams in the league so at a certain point you have to make choices.

Statistically, this is not true. Presidents Trophy winners have a greater chance than any other position of winning the Stanley Cup. 8 of the last 40 years, a Presidents Trophy winner goes on to win the cup.

However, with each passing year, it becomes more and more difficult to win both awards. In 1986, there were 21 teams. Today, there are 32 teams. The NHL is notorious for upsets in the playoffs. In 7 of the last 10 years, the Presidents Trophy winners have lost the second round.

Another factor in play, is small market Canadian teams like the Jets and Oilers are at a massive disadvantage at the trade deadline, as most players have the teams on their "no trade list." So realistically, teams in Florida, Texas, and Las Vegas have the advantage of luring top talent with 6 weeks to go in the season.

Word has it that there was a deal made by Winnipeg to trade away Ehlers, for a skilled #2C (something that the team desperately needed), only to have the player refuse to remove Winnipeg from his "NMC/NTC" This is precisely why Canada has not won a Stanley Cup in 32 years. Most players do not want to come to Canada.

Xelebes · #38 Posted **Jul 8, 2025, 3:27 AM**

When I look at President Trophy winners, I usually interpret it as hey, you have a good team now and with some modifications you can make it to the Finals in the following years. That's what happened with Ottawa, Vancouver, Tampa and Florida off the top of my head.

Djeffery · #39 Posted **Jul 8, 2025, 11:01 AM**

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What kind of Canadian NHL fan would I be, if I didn't trash the Leafs?

I never said that was a problem. They provide lots of fodder for it and us Leafs fans don't avoid trashing them either

WarrenC12 · #40 Posted **Jul 8, 2025, 3:17 PM**

The problem is that the Playoffs are played and reffed differently than the regular season. The skill and consistency required to win the President's Trophy is arguably higher than the Cup, but that's blasphemy.