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Edit: Cowan is heading to the Memorial Cup finals as the Knights clear Moncton in the semis. Err, I expect them to, at least. Cowan with the empty netter for the 5-2 lead with less than 2 min to go. Not Cowan related but this was a nasty bit of business

MLHS transcript/notes: https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2025/05/26/craig-berube-on-brendan-shanahans-exit-from-the-leafs-organization/

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-talked-about-marner-trade-with-golden-knights/

Fingers crossed Noah Chadwick just aces the first couple of months of the AHL this coming season and acquits himself well in an injury fill-in situation.

Or lose again and get mad, and come home to do the thing.

I would temper this with the note that Cowan takes long-ass shifts (like Marner back in London days), and while he is generally in the mix and pushing the play into the right areas, he is enjoying the benefits of playing with very strong shooters on special teams (Halttunen, and Barkey to a...

Oettinger pulled after 2 goals against on 2 shots against in an elimination game. Casey DeSmith is promptly scored on after.

5v5 ixGF (individual expected goals for) from hockeyviz 5v5GFGF/60ixGFixGF/60Delta xGF Nylander241.1717.60.866.4 Knies221.2215.40.856.6 Tavares201.1314.10.795.9 McMann16111.40.714.6 Matthews150.9417.91.13-2.9 Marner150.7611.30.573.7 Robertson131.0580.655 Domi80.536.40.421.6...

Rewatch the whole season and you'll find examples of pretty much every player on every team sometimes backchecking and sometimes not, and bailing out on hits. Except for Chris Tanev. And you can disagree with my contention that he goes to the net as much as you'd like. This is Willy. This is...