Where does Tampa go from here?
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txpd
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? Not every good captain is a star player but some of the best current and best all time captains have been stars.
txpd
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Tampa tweaks the lineup. Keeps the coach. The team stumbles coming out of the gate next season which saves them from another President's Trophy and they can replace the coach.
Linnie The Pooh
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Regardless if the player is a superstar or not a superstar to earn a C on the jersey in my opinion they must first have to be a leader in the dressing room before puck even drops. They have to be that guy who stands up to give a speech when they drop 5 games in a row. They have to be that guy to talk with the young stud player who may not be coming out of the gate right away. That is what a captain is in my book. Not how many Goals or Assists he puts on the score card.
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They don't need to change anything. They have an incredible team, it just wasn't their year.
Brownies
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Lots of their players (hopefully) have learned or were reminded of the intensity required in the playoffs. They must come back stronger, having learned a lesson. I don’t think tweaking too much the team would be good.
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Still more to lose than to gain by changing a lot. Washington should be their example.
One interesting difference of Columbus vs Tampa is the difference in number of impending FAs. Washington won the cup with Carlson an impending UFA and he was a monster that playoffs.
But that's just one factor
One interesting difference of Columbus vs Tampa is the difference in number of impending FAs. Washington won the cup with Carlson an impending UFA and he was a monster that playoffs.
But that's just one factor
Lose your two softest forwards and pick up two big, gritty and good skating forwards. They currently have the ingredients for a great regular season team, but not enough size and grit up front to ever break through in the playoffs.
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As I’m watching this playoffs I’m seeing all the top teams lose. Stanley Cup Playoffs are really a tournament where anything can happen. Lightning just need to get in and hope it goes there way. Definitely need to play more inspired than last series though. That ain’t gonna cut it any year.
Washington was towards the very top in height and weight last year. Tampa was the smallest in both categories.
discobob
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They have the players to run a more defensively responsible system, they just need a coach that get buyin from the team....
There’s more than one way to build a Cup team. Maybe add a couple of bigger players. But skilled teams have won in the past.
When the Bruins won with size and toughness a lot of teams tried to copy them. But then it swings the other way. Lots of ways to win. You just need good players playing as a team.
Dont show everything in the regular season.....Play conservatively ,save your strength and try to pick your battles ....
Skill is fantastic, but it's obvious to me that being the smallest team in the league is the glitch when the playoffs come. Tampa's roster of big defensemen and extremely small forwards is not the right recipe.
Cats2TheCup
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If I'm Tampa, I trade stars for McDavid. McDavid goes to an organization that can build a playoff team and Edmonton gets enough stars to make the playoffs. Win/win.
txpd
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The Capitals are a skilled team. They just also are very big. As long as Washington is a contender they are built to beat Tampa and that is something the Lightning have to concern themselves with. That said, the mental approach to the game. The pressure of the choke is their biggest pot hole in the road.
txpd
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You do realize that the Caps choke rep in just the Ovechkin era was ten years long. That's the hard part. Staying the course thru one try after another. Not just one good choke.
