He didn't bother me tonight although the Bolts gave him a lot of help through the first 2 periods. Bolts couldn't score to save themselves. Stammer all alone in front, Hedman's easy goal miss, Paul hit a post, Kuch had all flex and no puck on an attempt, and then a disastrous PP late in the 3rd. This team is one of the top scoring teams, top power plays in the league, and they got only 2 goals, 1 from the AHL callup Chaffee
How? Stamkos is shit 5on5 and 4 or 5 guys belong in the A? How's that Coops fault?
Agreed. This isn't coaching. They respond to Coop every time his ass is on the line. They could give a damn about playoff position
Easy there. We got two Cups out of them so they hardly went to waste. This is how it goes. I'm sure you saw that post earlier about the last Feb29 game. You can't lose those kinds of guys and think that you are the same team regardless of your core talent. And then, of course, our core goalie is still here, but he isn't
Lol, rebuild. You do realize the cap is going up considerably as the years continue, and Tampa is capable of adding better depth through both trade and ufa signings. Vasy is up and down this year, he had a great ~15 game stretch before the break, these last ~10 not so much. He wasn't even bad tonight really. The ineptitude with all the stupid penalties and many missed scoring opportunities.
Who decides the Captain? Who decides play with 7D? Who decides still play Sheary? Who decides play Vassy? Who motivate this team? Who brings Blashill? Maybe I'm wrong, but my answer is Cooper.
Not really. 2 of our 4 OT wins have started with Stammer winning possession right away off the draw. Once vs NJ and twice in the OT vs Boston
Cooper is the easy move. That doesn't mean it is the wrong one. There are substantive problems irrespective of coaching, but he is definitely part of the problem if only because his message has to be stale at this point.
Who cares who's captain? Makes zero difference to on ice play.
Would make zero difference to one ice play.
His backup is even worse.
they're grown men not children, this is a cop out.
Yes, after he scored he had a turnover that led directly to a goal and then took a penalty that led to a goal. He was definitely noticeable.
This. The other team seems to convert a much higher percentage of their high danger chances. Pretty much every game.
It started at the Kraken ED, should've let Anthony Cirelli go and kept Gourde. Woof!
The captain is the one who show the pride, the one who talks and show desperation. You see Stamkos face and looks like we are first. For me is important and is the one who need to put the teammates on the back.
