The 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs averaged 2.2M viewers across ESPN networks, up 127% from 2025 and 19% from 2024.
It marks the most-watched postseason in NHL history.
Playoff format paired with a very fortunate run on bad play from FLA/TB/NYR (all teams who have owned CAR in the playoffs).. perfect storm for them. Easy path never hurts.
I’m not a fan of either. I don’t find Larry David or Jerry Seinfeld funny.
Friends, King Of Queens, The Office are much funnier in my personal opinion.
Carolina is in for a rude awakening when they face a REAL team for the first time this post season in Vegas.
Mediocre Ottawa, overmatched Philly and worn out Montreal. Can't get much easier than that.
ALT Carolina Hurricanes players line up on the ice near their net beside a Stanley Cup Champions wordmark showing a 16-3 playoff record, the fewest losses by a champion since the 1988 Oilers.
Have to laugh at all the dopey Hurricane fans who can't understand my prediction Vegas will roll the Canes. Their logic is Vegas has a worse record. BUT did that help the Avs? They had even a better record.
Not that difficult to figure out. Vegas underachieved in the RS
The Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup Champs. 20 years after their first. Game 6 was what they do. Suffocating defense and relentless work ethic. Congrats to Carolina. What a hockey team. Who wins Conn Smythe? Staal hall or Blake. Staal MVP of finals but I think Blake should