#nhl 2021 playoffs

[himbeaux-on-ice]

debating putting together a "games i am looking for" (ie past nhl games i am seeking a full broadcast recording of but have not yet found) list, and linking it somewhere on the blog like people do with their amazon wishlists or w/e, just on the off chance someone stumbles across it who happens to go "oh yeah i have that one on my hard drive actually, here ya go" which feels like a fantasy but i mean. weirder things have happened on the internet lol

#still kicking myself for not downloading the 2017 heritage classic while nhlgames still had it lol #there are a couple games that form gaps or points of interest in various researches that are like. my white whale(s) #and every time i find some new archive or channel i check for them just in case #lost media: random nhl game from 2016 #is there any decent archival access to be had with like the nhltv memberships etc or is it not worth it. i've always wondered #nhlgames only really has like fall 2018 through end of playoffs 2021 and i always worry about them losing a whole year again #like they used to have access to back through 2017 but then some shit reset or rolled over and that's gone now #been slowly starting to scrape some ones people had up on youtube off into my hard drive this week

[darkherolovercroissant]

Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche for winning the Stanley cup!!!

#nhl #hockey #stanley cup playoffs #stanley cup final #colorado avalanche #tampa bay lightning #2021-2022 Stanley cup champs! #let’s go avs #I may not be a Avs fan but I wanted you guys to win so badly!

[iwantahockeyhimbo]

y’all a year ago yesterday the isles played their game 6 against tampa and i (technically) predicted chara’s trade to the team via one of my favorite posts ever

#new york islanders #zdeno chara #hockey #scp 2021 #2021 playoffs #nhl

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#andrei vasilevskiy #athlete #sports #nhl #hockey #tampa bay lightning #🏒 #suit #tie #style #sharp #handsome #sexy #suave #fashion #nhl playoffs #champion #stanley cup 2021 #watch

[midnightsoldier187]

Auston Matthews first of many goals in these playoff that's right first of many

And of course Mitch got the primary assist its a tale as old as time.

Captain Johnny T got in assist as well 🥰

#nhl #toronto maple leafs #leafs #mitch marner #auston matthews #john tavares #auston x mitch #go leafs go #stanley cup 2021 #stanley cup playoffs

[goatisbetheres]

Lots of big things happened Wednesday in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 7-0 romp over the New York Islanders. There were records and milestones, especially for core players Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin. But not Sidney Crosby.

Amazingly, Crosby had no points in the game. But don’t think he felt anything but thrilled, especially for his longtime teammates. The relationship between Crosby, Malkin and Letang is as strong as ever.

“I don’t know. It feels like it did before Christmas,” Crosby cracked Thursday after practice at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.

Yeah, they can joke like that. The three are in their mid-30s and in their 18th season together, a North American sports record for a trio of teammates with the same team. They passed the New York Yankees’ Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera, who spent 17 consecutive seasons together.

There have been times when it looked as if the Penguins’ three core players might be broken up, but Letang and Malkin re-signed after the 2021-22 season. Crosby has this and one more season left on his contract.

“It feels like it’s pretty good after this long,” Crosby said of the relationship among the three. “If it can get stronger, great, but I feel like it’s been pretty good. We’ve spent a lot of time together over the years, been through a lot, and it’s pretty strong at this point for what we’ve gone though.”

They have won three Stanley Cups together — the highs — and have had first-round playoff flameouts and, last season, a seat outside the playoffs – the lows. They have been there for each other during injury and medical challenges. They have been there for each other for major individual accomplishments.

All three got misty the night the Penguins held a pregame ceremony for Crosby’s 1,000th game.

Wednesday, Letang became the first defenseman in NHL history to record five assists in one period and tied a record for defensemen with six assists overall. Malkin scored twice to pass his childhood idol, Sergei Fedorov, for second place all-time in the league among Russian-born players with 484 goals.

Crosby was happy simply to be a part of the game and witness those things.

“It’s just cool,” he said of Letang’s record. “Whether you’ve played with someone for a long time or just to witness that … There’s a lot of years that have gone into the NHL, over 100. For that never to have been done and be part of that is cool.”

And on Malkin: “He probably doesn’t get the credit that he deserves for what he’s done over his career. Just to be able to be in that company now, and to pass Fedorov, someone he idolized growing up and we all loved watching, but especially being a Russian-born player … He’s a competitive guy. He’s shown that year after year. Happy to see him move up the list.”

Valtteri Puustinen also scored his first NHL goal Thursday. Crosby has always had a soft spot for those moments among his many teammates over the years. Plus Malkin and Letang’s moments that night. Crosby loves those.

“A game like that. A game where (goaltender Tristan Jarry last month) scores. Things like that are pretty cool,” he said.

There are bound to be more moments for Crosby, Malkin and Letang to celebrate together. And moments where they simply share a laugh. All those moments add up.

“We like to keep it pretty light and probably give each other a harder time, and we do more of that than we do compliments,” Crosby said. “That seems to be the way it works out, but obviously we care a lot about each other and like to see each other have success.

“Whether it’s Tanger having a big night like that or Geno moving up the list, you’re always proud to see your teammates accomplish those things like that, and especially guys that you’ve seen do things like that over the years.”

i love my core 🥹

#sidney crosby #evgeni malkin #kris letang #pittsburgh penguins #he loves them so much…

[sergeifyodorov]

hkyblr babygirl of the year tracker

2021-22: cale makar. conn smythe winner. norris winner. perfect rosy cheeked boy. this was when we all decided the avs were Great! and they had a really good cup run so everyone flocked to the standout (cale)

2022-23: matthew tkachuk. hart nominee. conn smythe failure. traded in the summer and basically drove the entirety of the panthers to their playoff spot (after which he and bobrovsky took em to the cup final). further accelerated by the inexplicable arrival of mainstream mattdrai (possibly due to the penguins' downfall and the lessening popularity of sidgeno).

2023-24: currently a very close race.

POTENTIAL CANDIDATES

connor mcdavid. currently in Girl Failure mode (although short trends suggest he might be So Back) as the oilers are burning down (or maybe So Back)

quinn hughes. currently in Beloved Child Of God mode (named captain. new girlfriend. unreasonably high on-ice shooting percentage)

marc-andre fleury. already beloved, but this kind of is his swan song year. used it to stand up to the nhl's bullshit

jeremy swayman (accusations of homosexuality + mustache)

mitch marner (always on this list let's be honest)

#connor mcdavid #mitch marner #quinn hughes #cale makar #matthew tkachuk #marc andre fleury #jeremy swayman #we should put nikita kucherov on this list. do we not want to fuck with the creepy eyes or

[zackcollins]

I will never understand the need for pressers for the losing team RIGHT after the trauma of an elimination playoff game. Can't it wait a day or two so the players feel more like functioning members of society and can more coherently answer the questions???

#like????? #leave them be and let them grieve #they deserve the fucking peace and quiet #so give it to them heathens #anyways #stanley cup playoffs 2021 2022 #stanley cup playoff 2022 #stanley cup playoffs #hockey #nhl #playoffs #not baseball #not mash #robin talks

[himbeaux-on-ice]

“so oli how do you feel about the jays playing the mariners in the wild card”

[small muffled scream] [grits teeth] ijusthopebothteamshavefun 😬

#‘if the Mets beat the padres then they’ll face the dodgers in the-‘ WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME #is this going to be my 2021 nhl playoffs of baseball postseasons #why must I suffer #mlb

[yaoistri]

tagged to do this by @kimissteeringwheel !!

pairing/ship list!

here’s the rules:

1. list your top 7 ships

2. put them in order of your love for them; 7 to 1, 1 being your favourite

3. name their fandom

4. supply photos for said people

7. tyson jost & jt compher, hockey rpf

sadly there is very minimal interaction between these two anymore, but they came into the NHL as rookies in 2017 and immediately became BEST friends playing together on the worst team in the league. they lived together and did everything together until tyson was traded away from colorado in 2022. jt has also now been traded away just recently.

6. erik johnson and gabe landeskog, hockey rpf

it’s 2011 and the youngest captain in nhl history gets drafted onto a team with a former number 1 prospect who has just been traded away from his initial team after injuring himself badly, and the two become tight instantly. LOTS of twitter banter occurs, and they play together for 11 years before winning a cup together! sadly, gabe has been out for a year after badly injuring himself during the 2022 playoffs, and ej just got traded away to buffalo, MEANING that the last game they ever played together was the game they won the cup….. sooo damn tragic and poetic

5. darius garland and donovan mitchell (spidaland), basketball rpf

they’ve only had one season together on the cavs, and sadly fell short in the playoffs, but they’re one of the best guard pairings in the nba for a reason, because they literally have soooooo much chemistry. also they’re ALWAYS touching each other????? like my camera roll is so full of pictures of them hugging

4. sebastian vettel and kimi räikkönen (simi), f1 rpf

they invented grumpy/sunshine. you can’t drive for ferrari and not get shipped with ur teammate i’m sorry it’s the rules! especially when you have a reputation for being as cold as ice but whenever you’re around him you start smiling… kimi ur not slick!

3. alain prost and ayrton senna (prosenna), f1 rpf

these two were INSANE. i’m a sucker for a tragic rivalry and they are nothing if not that. the chemistry, the tension, the way alain still talks about ayrton to this day, it all kills me. there’s so much about them we will never know and it drives me up the wall

2. nikola jokic and jamal murray, basketball rpf

these two oh my goddddd. might mansplain a bit here bc this is not a popular pairing at all — they were drafted to the denver nuggets in 2014 and 2016 respectively, nikola being a nobody from serbia who didn’t get picked until the second round, and jamal being a top 10 pick with all eyes on him. these two built this team on their backs, going from one of the worst teams in the league to finally winning the championship together in 2023 after facing a major setback when jamal tore his acl in 2021. the way they have so much trust in each other and have built a chemistry that has made them the best duo in the league is so dear to me :’) the dynamic is also spectacular - massive cynical european of little words and friendly but bratty short canadian who loves to have a laugh. i think the fact that i got to watch them grow together and that there’s like 5 other people in the world that ship them just make them sooo dear to me

1. lewis hamilton and nico rosberg (brocedes), f1 rpf

i literally have no words for these two 😭 i feel like i don’t need to explain that much either, because their story is so tragic and so out of a book that everyone already knows it. the intricacies of the way they destroyed each other will haunt me forever.

ok, passing the trend on! tagging @queergrittys @unsolvedjarin @jrueships if any of u are interested :)

#sports rpf #my ships #brocedes #jokmal #prosenna #simi #spidaland #ejgabe #jt/josty #hockey rpf #basketball rpf #f1 rpf

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#victor hedman #athlete #sports #nhl #hockey #🏒 #tampa bay lightning #three piece suit #suit #tie #vest #style #sharp #handsome #suave #sexy #fashion #champion #nhl playoffs #stanley cup 2021

[dmercer91]

HOOKED AU —

when did her & jack start dating ?

does she have a name?

what does queen ellen think of her?

does she have siblings?

do her (maybe) siblings play hockey?

are they older or younger?

did she play college hockey? (maybe @ wisco which is how she knows caufield?)

is she american or canadian?

does she also play on like the US women’s national team or the Canadian national team

how did she get into hockey?

if she did play NCAA hockey what was her major? (i feel like she’s a STEM girlie)

is she more of a girly girl or more of a tom girl?

I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HER

(also plz make it an AU i love the idea)

thank u anon i love these

- since we established she was drafted in 2020 i think jack starts to pine after her in early 2021 and she finally gives him an ounce of attention in the summer of 2022 when dawson is like he’s not that BAD and i’m sick of hearing him WHINE

they start hooking up during the 22-23 season and that season/summer he starts actually falling, the next season he starts trying to convince her to give him a chance at a serious relationship (the media edit)

she’s completely against it due to professionalism and she was already feeling guilty when she would pull her hits on him

but she falls real hard during that season and it’s what finally pushes her to request her trade and it’s by complete dumb luck that everything before happened to make it so the devs wanted her

they officially start dating after a HEFTY conversation following their first game playing together in which they quite literally slayed so hard the romantic chemistry revived

- she’s technically an y/n however i need a nickname for her and i think she would probably be the type to go by her last name since hockey

- ellen LOVES her

they met after a 22-23 devs/rangers playoff game cause luke wanted her to come over and she’s not gonna say no to luke

ellen sees jack look at her ONE TIMe and is like ok so you’re in love with her that’s cool and he’s like ????? pardon me

and quinn, delirious from his tonsillectomy is like ‘i think they’re fucking’

- she has a little brother who plays minor atom aaa as a goalie!! he always says over facetime that he’ll get good enough so she can never score on him when he’s in the nhl

- i think she deeply hates school, so decided to stay with her womens league / in the press box until her time came

i think they debuted her fairly soon after drafting her either way

- she’s canadian!!! i wanna say she already knew dawson because they played together growing up or they played together during wjc

i feel like she’d be an exception and be allowed in mens wjc since she was projected to be drafted and the tournament is used for scouts

which is why she’s so attached

she also plays on the women’s national team once the rangers are eliminated from contention most years

- she went through a lot of sports as a kid and her parents always tried to push her to do the more fem or generically girl things but when she scored her first ever goal in girls house she decided she wanted this to be her life

- even tho she didn’t i think that she aced chem in high school

her favourite part was making elephant toothpaste and spraying dawson in the face (i’ve apparently decided they grew up together because now thinking of it it’s adorable that they went 18 and 19 in their draft)

- it depends on the day

sometimes she goes to lengths to appear more fem and some days her attitude is very bubbly

other days she’s adam sandler

ASK ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANON I LOVE THEM

(also i probably am)

#hooked au! #probably #jack hughes