GDT: 12/7/23 - 8:00PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ Nashville

[TheDaysOf 04]

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[DistantThunderRep]

How have we played so many more games than everyone else? Like how does Toronto have 5 games in hand?

 

[Master P]

JoJo?

Oh no.

 

[DFC]

Kucherov is a machine.

 

[Tampa22]

Hope we can take the 2 points tonight. Will be a more physical game for us. Could be some fights. Hard road trip and back to back games, let's see if we start with the right direction!

 

[These Are The Days]

How have we played so many more games than everyone else? Like how does Toronto have 5 games in hand?

Light schedule for a lot of teams. The Lightning need to pull it together now before they fall into a pit they can't get out of. You would have hoped for a .500 record with Vasy out but the truth is they played well enough to win more games than they lost

The closed door meetings have historically produced good results for the Lightning. Here's hoping for more

 

[Major4Boarding]

Need at least 6 points this trip

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

I looked at the schedule and couldn't help but notice at the end of the month we have a home back-to-back with the Rangers and Habs.

This has to be an intentional thing the Lightning - or the Habs and/or Rangers - request from the NHL at this point, because this at least the third time I can remember in the last ~10 years or so where the Rangers and Habs came to Tampa at the end of December for a pair of weekend games.

Light schedule for a lot of teams. The Lightning need to pull it together now before they fall into a pit they can't get out of. You would have hoped for a .500 record with Vasy out but the truth is they played well enough to win more games than they lost

The closed door meetings have historically produced good results for the Lightning. Here's hoping for more

That closed door meeting came from a Penguins beat reporter? I don't think that had anything to do with us.

 

[Hoek]

I looked at the schedule and couldn't help but notice at the end of the month we have a home back-to-back with the Rangers and Habs.

This has to be an intentional thing the Lightning - or the Habs and/or Rangers - request from the NHL at this point, because this at least the third time I can remember in the last ~10 years or so where the Rangers and Habs came to Tampa at the end of December for a pair of weekend games.

Definitely. Feels like the Rangers in particular are ALWAYS around come New Year's Eve or so.

 

[OffBy1]

Bold prediction - after tonight's game we will have one player with a positive +/-.

 

[Felonious Python]

I looked at the schedule and couldn't help but notice at the end of the month we have a home back-to-back with the Rangers and Habs.

This has to be an intentional thing the Lightning - or the Habs and/or Rangers - request from the NHL at this point, because this at least the third time I can remember in the last ~10 years or so where the Rangers and Habs came to Tampa at the end of December for a pair of weekend games.



That closed door meeting came from a Penguins beat reporter? I don't think that had anything to do with us.

Since Orlando to Tampa is pretty much a day trip (3-4 hours in the car for the round trip, 3-4 hours for the game), I've always looked at the period between Christmas and New Year's for games. That time of year has always been a bit of a silly season.

Montreal has been a staple matchup for at least as long as Vinik has owned the team. I don't recall NYR always being there, but that feels about right.

 

[StammerHammer]

Amalie is at least 40-50% Habs fan for those games. Kinda frustrating but the crowd is electric.

Montreal has been a staple matchup for at least as long as Vinik has owned the team. I don't recall NYR always being there, but that feels about right.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

The closed door meetings have historically produced good results for the Lightning. Here's hoping for more

Yeah the closed door meeting was for the Pens, not us. The boys just had a closed door beating of ABB.

 

[These Are The Days]

I looked at the schedule and couldn't help but notice at the end of the month we have a home back-to-back with the Rangers and Habs.

This has to be an intentional thing the Lightning - or the Habs and/or Rangers - request from the NHL at this point, because this at least the third time I can remember in the last ~10 years or so where the Rangers and Habs came to Tampa at the end of December for a pair of weekend games.



That closed door meeting came from a Penguins beat reporter? I don't think that had anything to do with us.

Ahh that makes sense.

Yeah the closed door meeting was for the Pens, not us. The boys just had a closed door beating of ABB.

Yeah I didn't realize that. Python giveth and Python taketh away

 

[LightningStrikes]

 

[DaBolts]

GO BOLTS!!!! See you guys later on tonight.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

You mean almost 20 goal pace, Tanner Jeannot?

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

Was that in the game where they lit up McBackup?

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

I could go for a BdN goal tonight.

The D has shriveled as of late.

 

[These Are The Days]

I could go for a BdN goal tonight.

The D has shriveled as of late.

Shrinkage broseph

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Shrinkage broseph

Winter is upon us.

 

[Stammertime91]

Everybody scored their first career goal against us and their first goal in +30 game droughts. Streaks die with us.

 

[DFC]

Everybody scored their first career goal against us and their first goal in +30 game droughts. Streaks die with us.

That was my first thought. Like, why is anyone surprised? Aren't 75% of the first goals scored against us since 2004?

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Just saw that Kuznetsov got healthy scratched in the last Caps game. Guess his game was never quite the same since he got caught with a beak full of blow.

 

[Stammertime91]

Just saw that Kuznetsov got healthy scratched in the last Caps game. Guess his game was never quite the same since he got caught with a beak full of blow.

It's weird cause two seasons ago he was a point per game player. Last year mediocre for him and them. Requests a trade, Ovi record tour, no Backstrom, etc. Capitals are struggling so I'm more inclined to say he probably just doesn't care than the ability is gone.