Playoff News: Post-disaster assessments begin
Before we get to NHL news and notes, a few Islanders links: Enjoy this highlight reel for Vezina finalist Ilya Sorokin. Offseason analysis from Andrew Gross: The management. [Newsday] Elsewhere Depending on how things go with three series at 3-2, the entire first round of the NHL playoffs could be completed Friday night.
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These seasons go by in a blur. | Getty Images Before we get to NHL news and notes, a few Islanders links: Enjoy this highlight reel for Vezina finalist Ilya Sorokin . Offseason analysis from Andrew Gross: The management.
[ Newsday ] Elsewhere Depending on how things go with three series at 3-2, the entire first round of the NHL playoffs could be completed Friday night. The Canadiens, Sabres and Knights have the Lightning, Bruins and Mammoth on the ropes, respectively. No matter how those series go, they won’t prompt the postseason reckoning that has no begun for the disappointing Oilers, the stuck-between-era Penguins, and the Sisyphusian Stars, who once again entered the playoffs with a top-contending squad hobbled by injuries.
To the post-mortems: The Oilers lost to the Ducks, a team that can’t play defense and thus should not be able to knock off anyone in the postseason. How has it come to this for Edmonton, with the Connor McDoomsday Clock ticking? [ Athletic | TSN ] The Penguins, eliminated by the Flyers, had a surprising season but with nothing to show for it, stuck in their nostalgia-and-rebuild-resistance mode.