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# FTB: NHL Playoffs second round starts early thanks to Habs losing
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/nhl-stnaley-cup-playoffs-news-round-two-starts-early-toronto-maple-leafs/
- Published: 2020-08-24T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-08-24T09:00:00.000Z
- Description: The playoffs have reached the second round and there’s already new stories.
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

It was a nice weather weekend in Toronto, and if you took some time off of hockey you may be surprised to learn that the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is already underway.

It wasn’t supposed to start until tonight, but the league was faced with a possible Saturday night without any games on TV because the Habs are terrible and were wiped out by the Flyers, so everything was accelerated and now we already have three games played in the second round. The Stars, the Bruins (UGH!), and the Golden Knights all won their first games. The Islanders and Flyers are the odd teams out as their series won’t start until tonight.

#### Tonight’s Games

**Islanders @ Flyers**  
7:00 p.m. CBC, Sportsnet, TVAS, NBCSN  
You all know who I am cheering for.

**Stars @ Avalanche; Stars lead series 1-0**  
Remember when the Stars owner was publicly calling out Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin for not getting the wins done? How things change.

#### Other News

The Vegas-Fleury fiasco is unofficially the most pointless and dumb controversy of these playoffs so far. The interesting part is how no one actually has sympathy for Fleury over this debacle, and, if anything he generally looks worse.

> Reminder from this Sin Bin article: Walsh deleted his Halak tweet too, it's all part of the playbook —> [https://t.co/5o4wcsd6po](https://t.co/5o4wcsd6po?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)[https://t.co/hHhegqqF33](https://t.co/hHhegqqF33?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Sheng Peng (@Sheng\_Peng) [August 23, 2020](https://twitter.com/Sheng%5FPeng/status/1297571971882868738?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Brad Marchand is still Brad Marchand.

The Capitals fired Head Coach Todd Reirden on Sunday after their disappointing quick exit from the playoffs at the hands of the Islanders. Rierden was the 19th head coach of the team, part of a long line of rookie coaches.

> Will be interesting to see what direction Capitals go with their next coach.  
>  
> Capitals head coaches in Alex Ovechkin era:  
>  
> Glen Hanlon: 1st NHL job  
> Bruce Boudreau: 1st NHL job  
> Dale Hunter: 1st NHL job  
> Adam Oates: 1st NHL job  
> Barry Trotz: 2nd NHL job  
> Todd Reirden: 1st NHL job
> 
> — Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) [August 23, 2020](https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1297556423048667138?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

There’s a lot of names out there available to fill that vacant Head Coach position, including one we know of here in Toronto.

> Could see Mike Babcock getting a real look here. [https://t.co/eWRe6BCZz4](https://t.co/eWRe6BCZz4?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Craig Custance (@CraigCustance) [August 23, 2020](https://twitter.com/CraigCustance/status/1297567359360794624?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[Is this the Start of a Canucks Golden Era or just a Mirage? - Nucks Misconduct](https://www.nucksmisconduct.com/2020/8/23/21397420/is-this-the-start-of-a-canucks-golden-era-or-just-a-mirage?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
After the huge upset of the Blues, where will this young core take the Canucks this year and beyond?

[Memories of Dundee Rockets who put the city on the ice hockey map - The Courier](https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/nostalgia/1485022/memories-of-dundee-rockets-who-put-the-city-on-the-ice-hockey-map/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Dundee Rockets ruled the ice hockey world in the 1980s and won three Grand Slams and were the first British team to participate in the European Cup.