After taking a day off to watch the Jets lose, NM is back to inform you that the Canucks are still not in the NHL Playoffs. Fuckers. Edmonton has the opportunity to get back to the Western Final tonight and the Leafs look to find a way to win again after 2 losses in the sun of Florida.

The Canucks made a decision today.

Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the team has hired Adam Foote as the 22nd Head Coach in franchise history. pic.twitter.com/dJTDh8XoHb

— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) May 14, 2025

I am not a fan of this decision. First off, he was brought in by Tocchet and may be stuck in the "system works" philosophy. Secondly, the optics of Foote coaching an NHL team, while his son is in court, just strikes me as another tone deaf choice by Aquilini and management.

Kent - I suppose we should have seen this coming. I mean, is there any other franchise that does lateral movement like the Canucks? Imagine watching this team last season and thinking to yourself "You know what, we may have had the main guy that was responsible leave us, so why don't we just promote one and that will definitely give us a better result?" Oh, and I agree 100% with Westy on his second point. Again, not at all surprising that this team would find a way to look worse. Calling it now: playoffs next year will be an absolute shock for this team, and start working on your Goodbye, Quinn letters.

jimmi - Dang it! I was hoping the Nucks brain trust - the smooth brain trust? Anyhow was hoping they might revert to the noughties and just let the players coach themselves - country club style - the envy of NHLPA members everywhere. Instead they hire (promote?) Doctor Defense to take the league's 3rd best PK and push all it way up to #1 in the league! Ambitious plan. We'll see how many 0-0 games the Nucks can win in the SO next season. And more importantly, our beleaguered billionaire owner saves a few million on salaries with this 'tone-deaf' hiring that Westy was singing about - in his thrash metal voice of doom.

LAST NIGHT'S ACTION

DALLAS STARS 3 WINNIPEG JETS 1 (Stars lead series 3-1)

A sea of Granlunds, Dallas is not. But one Granlund was enough to push the Jets to the brink of elimination as her scored all three Dallas goals. The Jets look slow against this juggernaut of a Stars team.

Maybe the Canucks might want to change country allegiances away from Sweden....

TONIGHT'S ACTION

PANTHERS (3A) at MAPLE LEAFS (1A)

Eastern Conference Second Round, Game 5

7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN

Best-of-7 series tied 2-2

Panthers projected lineup

Jesper Boqvist -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Brad Marchand

A.J. Greer -- Tomas Nosek -- Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones

Nate Schmidt -- Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Jaycob Megna, Uvis Balinskis, Mackie Samoskevich, Nico Sturm

Injured: Evan Rodrigues (undisclosed)

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner

Max Pacioretty -- John Tavares -- William Nylander

Bobby McMann -- Max Domi -- Pontus Holmberg

Steven Lorentz -- Scott Laughton -- Calle Jarnkrok

Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo

Jake McCabe -- Chris Tanev

Simon Benoit -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Joseph Woll

Matt Murray

Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Philippe Myers, Nicholas Robertson, David Kampf, Ryan Reaves, Artur Akhtyamov, Dennis Hildeby

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (undisclosed)

Status report

Ekman-Larsson will play after missing practice Tuesday because of an illness. ... Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube said there will make some game-time lineup decisions that are not injury-related. ... Kampf, a forward who has not played since April 2, did not participate in Toronto's optional morning skate, which suggests he might enter the lineup.

OILERS (3P) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (1P)

Western Conference Second Round, Game 5

9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC

Edmonton leads best-of-7 series 3-1

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman

Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kasperi Kapanen

Evander Kane -- Adam Henrique -- Connor Brown

Trent Frederic -- Mattias Janmark -- Corey Perry

Brett Kulak – Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse – Troy Stecher

Jake Walman – John Klingberg

Stuart Skinner

Olivier Rodrigue

Scratched: Viktor Arvidsson, Joshua Brown, Cam Dineen, Ty Emberson, Max Jones, Derek Ryan, Jeff Skinner

Injured: Mattias Ekholm (undisclosed), Calvin Pickard (lower body)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Brett Howden -- Jack Eichel -- Victor Olofsson

Pavel Dorofeyev --Tomas Hertl – Nicolas Roy

Ivan Barbashev -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith

Tanner Pearson -- Cole Schwindt -- Keegan Kolesar

Noah Hanifin – Shea Theodore

Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud

Ben Hutton – Kaedan Korczak

Adin Hill

Akira Schmid

Scratched: Alexander Holtz, Ilya Samsonov

Injured: Brayden McNabb (undisclosed), Alex Pietrangelo (undisclosed), Brandon Saad (undisclosed), Mark Stone (undisclosed)

Status report

The Oilers will dress the same lineup they used in a 3-0 win in Game 4. … Stone will be a game-time decision; if the forward plays, the lines would shuffle with Schwindt scratched. ... Defensemen Pietrangelo and McNabb are also game-time decisions; if each plays, Pietrangelo likely will pair with Hague, McNabb will join Theodore and Hutton and Korczak will not play.

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

So, Westy had started putting this together, but got called away, leaving me to tie up the loose ends. You're welcome. So instead of some horrifying John Tesh song, here's CLUTCH with their breakthrough hit "A Shogun Named Marcus" from the "Transnational Speedway League: Anthems, Anecdotes and Undeniable Truths" album on Earache Records.

Enjoy the game, fuck fascism!