GDT: 1/11/14 - 1:00PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ Philadelphia

[Voidskipper]

Good win

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

Lindback with over .90% sv. WHAT IS THIS?

he has done that 5 times this year in his 14 starts but the other 9?

Lol. This doesnt fix his issues giving up 3 goals is still bull.

He needs to have a couple games where he gives up 1 or less goals. Otherwise I will continue to think he sucks.

Now is a good win he played very well for himself. He was seeing the puck well he was in position most of the game. He wasnt flopping around stupidly etc..

Is a good bounce back game for him will say goalies greatest strength is short term memory loss lol.

 

[The Macho King]

Now we'll hear about how the refs screwed them and blah blah blah should've won blah blah blah.

They couldn't beat us with Lindback in net and our D playing one of their worst games all season. Lindback is 2-0 against the Flyers this season.

Lindback. 2-0. LOL.

 

[dbieon12]

Now we'll hear about how the refs screwed them and blah blah blah should've won blah blah blah.

They couldn't beat us with Lindback in net and our D playing one of their worst games all season. Lindback is 2-0 against the Flyers this season.

Lindback. 2-0. LOL.

And no Stamkos.

While on the subject of Stamkos, I'd like to say he should be barred from winning the Hart ever unless he has 100+ points. This team proves that his contribution, while an improvement, is not needed for success - therefore he can not be that valuable! We should just trade him now!

 

[Steve Yzerman]

Good game. Not bad from Lindback.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Didn't think I would live to see the day Carle is +6 in a game. Pretty amazing stat although I don't normally pay attention at all to that stat.

Lindbäck was good enough today, meaning that he didn't cost us the game. Can't complain about Flyers' goals other than maybe the Simmonds goal but not going to nitpick tonight.

That second period was a pretty wild rollercoaster ride. I didn't enjoy it too much but my friend sure did as he had no stake in this game.

Solid win although we didn't play very good defense. The offense got it done this game and it seems we're starting to score goals more now. I hope everyone continues to produce after Stamkos gets back. If they do, we're going to be a pretty good team.

 

[zeykshade]

So probably going to be without Hedman and Salo for sometime now. Good to see that hockey gods know how to back up the truck of manure and just let it flow on a team.

 

[FDfranklin]

So probably going to be without Hedman and Salo for sometime now. Good to see that hockey gods know how to back up the truck of manure and just let it flow on a team.

Are we sure about Hedman?

 

[FinnLightning26]

Are we sure about Hedman?

Didn't look too bad although he's had his concussion issues. Hopefully they just took it safe and he doesn't have any effects from that hit.

 

[jg39]

Lindback had some luck today, but he kept the team in it when it was needed. He provided competent backup goaltending today, and deserves credit because he was 35/38. His defense earned some of the credit, but the rebound control improved and the flopping wasn't unbearable today.

 

[HoseEmDown]

he has done that 5 times this year in his 14 starts but the other 9?

Lol. This doesnt fix his issues giving up 3 goals is still bull.

He needs to have a couple games where he gives up 1 or less goals. Otherwise I will continue to think he sucks.

Now is a good win he played very well for himself. He was seeing the puck well he was in position most of the game. He wasnt flopping around stupidly etc..

Is a good bounce back game for him will say goalies greatest strength is short term memory loss lol.

I've been saying this the past week but Lindback isn't the type of goalie who's going to get 40 save shutouts. He does enough to get us wins, but you need to expect them to score a couple on him.

This was a good game for him, played against a red hot team and held his own. Was put in some bad situations and made some big saves.

 

[The Macho King]

Upon closer look... that actually looks pretty dirty.

 

[gn2007]

Sucks palat point streak ended. But we got the w and lindback above .900 save percentage

 

[gn2007]

That should warrent a suspension

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

https://twitter.com/erlendssonTBO

Victor Hedman said he feels fine after hit from Hartnell, was obviously frustrated with the hit given his concussion issues

Thank you!

 

[zeykshade]

https://twitter.com/erlendssonTBOThank you!

Hope to hell he doesn't wake up with symptoms tomorrow. Would suck major balls to lose him and Salo in the same game.

 

[zeykshade]

Everyone cheer for the Hawks tonight at 7pm on NHL Network.

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

Everyone cheer for the Hawks tonight at 7pm on NHL Network.

and for san jose to continue the boston loss streak 10:30!!

 

[Tompa8989*]

Can someone explain how Tampa Bay can suck on paper but play this good WITHOUT their best player?
I mean, look at the roster...This team looks non-existent offensively on paper.

 

[zeykshade]

Can someone explain how Tampa Bay can suck on paper but play this good WITHOUT their best player?
I mean, look at the roster...This team looks non-existent offensively on paper.

Coaching and Leadership. Combine that with a goalie (Bishop) coming into his own.

 

[The Macho King]

Can someone explain how Tampa Bay can suck on paper but play this good WITHOUT their best player?
I mean, look at the roster...This team looks non-existent offensively on paper.

Also, just because you haven't heard of some of these young guys doesn't mean they're not good. Excellent drafting and development has been crucial.

 

[Tompa8989*]

Also, just because you haven't heard of some of these young guys doesn't mean they're not good. Excellent drafting and development has been crucial.

Yeah they are obivously good players but there are no stars except St. Louis and Stamkos and 50% of that is on the injury list. But i guess you get scoring from every line?

 

[The Macho King]

Yeah they are obivously good players but there are no stars except St. Louis and Stamkos and 50% of that is on the injury list. But i guess you get scoring from every line?

Very balanced scoring. Everyone stepped up.

When Stamkos goes down we knew it had to be scoring by committee, and that's what we got.

 

[zeykshade]

Yeah they are obivously good players but there are no stars except St. Louis and Stamkos and 50% of that is on the injury list. But i guess you get scoring from every line?

Filppula should, imo, be considered borderline star. The guy has been the perfect replacement for Vinny. In fact, I'd call him a better 2nd Line Center than Vinny really. He's much more responsible defensively than Vinny ever was and he's producing offensively as well. It's not as flashy or creative as Vinny, but it works. Killorn / Flip / Purcell has really stepped up well and makes it really hard for teams to focus solely on shutting down our Two Undrafted and one 7th Rounder Top Line.

Not to be forgotten is the effect Kucherov has had on the 3rd line. There aren't too many 3rd lines who can boast that kind of skill. He's seriously world class and anyone here could argue that he could replace any of the top line wingers. He's that good. He and JT Brown are remarkable together and absolutely eat up the left over forwards and D pairs that get trotted out against them. The team is offensively deep. 5man unit on D with fantastic goaltending(from Bishop, not from Lindbackup). They've all bought in to what Cooper is selling. This is a testament to him and the vets on the team, because the rookies have mostly played for him longer than these vets.

Can't wait for Stamkos, Drouin and Namestnikov...not to mention a confident Connolly used correctly.