“Got into an altercation at the Nashville Margaritaville” wouldn’t crack the 100 most surprising facts about Rex and Rob Ryan.

After the fight, did they put their cowboy hats back on and ride off on their motorcycles together?

I remember a friend who played with him at Shattuck Saint-Mary’s said that whenever practice was done, they would all leave and go somewhere together, while Crosby stayed at the rink and played for another 3-4 hours.

Crosby has been in the public eye in Canada for about 14 years now. If he has any real interests in anything other than hockey I don’t know if it’s ever been mentioned. If he’s passionate about anything or is even aware of the world around him it’s never gotten much time.

Goddamn Crosby is boring as a sports villain. If you’re going to say he made it up, come back with something better. Say you asked him how your ass tastes. Say you invited over for the BBQ you’re having after game 5. Anything.

Those people are the Goose Gossage of the hockey world.

As silly as it sounds, this type of story makes me more interested in this series. As a jaded Canadian who has no dog in this fight and stopped paying attention to the playoffs weeks ago, hearing about the legit bad blood between two high end players piques my interest. Maybe it’s a media creation but regardless, I’ll…

You can always tell the uptight pricks when they start complaining about Subban’s “attention seeking behavior” or some such nonsense. God forbid a likable superstar provide us with some harmless entertainment while clearly having a small joke, all while not breaking omerta about what’s actually said on the ice.

Is there a way that the NHL can re-think how they use the instant replay like they did on that was disallowed? I get that if the attacking team retains possession and scores as a result of the offside that should be reviewable but if the defending team gains possession of the puck it shouldn’t be reviewable or at…

lol go fuck yourself.

Hot Take (that I believe to be accurate): that’s not what happened here. For the vast majority of the Preds first 14 playoff games, they were the better team than their opposition in most every visible way (including the great goaltending). This team has not been at all like a Kiprusoff-led Flames or Giguere-led Ducks…

Say what you will about the NBA playoffs but at least they’re going to result in a finals matchup that will feature great teams.

Warm Sticky Bun Take: It is a(n) (un)fortunate quirk of hockey that a hot goaltender can mean a deep run into the playoffs.

Ironically most predators in Nashville lose interest after graduation.

Not sure why Nashville wouldn’t try to get their top line out against someone else with last change? I think bending over backwards to line match on the fly is overrated, but trying to get favorable matchups off a draw isn’t going to screw up your ice time balance. And if you’ve got an O-zone draw where the Johansen…

“I play the game hard, and obviously he doesn’t like that.”

(jumps out of time traveling Yugo in a town square in Montreal in the 1950s) THE CONFERENCE FINALS IN 2017 WILL BE PLAYED BY ANAHEIM AND NASHVILLE (hops back in before mass civil unrest erupts in Canada)