GDT: 1/11/18 - 7:30PM EDT - Calgary vs Tampa Bay

[TheDaysOf 04]

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[LightningStrikes]

Go !

 

[Stormbreaker]

Last game before the bye week end it with another W!

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Taking on my hometown team. Stick to the game plan and avoid having my friends and family gloat.

Game Plan:

Just finish them off quickly. Don’t even give them a chance to fight.

 

[TampaBayLightning]

A much-needed break for Vassy during the bye.

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

Let's go !!!

Please don't suck!

 

[Ulysses31]

A much-needed break for Vassy during the bye.

vassy starting confirmed?

 

[The Macho King]

vassy starting confirmed?

I think he means after this game we have our bye.

 

[RDTBay4]

vassy starting confirmed?

According to the official TBL website, Vasilevskiy is starting. Budaj and Girardi out

 

[These Are The Days]

Just win baby!

 

[BoltSTH]

Just hope there are no reviews of 'did the puck cross the line' ,else they will bitch for 12+ years

 

[Sky04]

Vlad should be stapled to the wing, he can take faceoffs but his games is just better from the wing. Gourde has shown more the past 15 games at C then Vlad has ever.

 

[The Macho King]

Vlad should be stapled to the wing, he can take faceoffs but his games is just better from the wing. Gourde has shown more the past 15 games at C then Vlad has ever.

Eh - third line has looked fine since it got put together. Swapping assignments between the two is a simple fix. Vlad does have some size, which is helpful in the Dzone.

 

[Sky04]

Eh - third line has looked fine since it got put together. Swapping assignments between the two is a simple fix. Vlad does have some size, which is helpful in the Dzone.

Hasn't this line only played together 1 game..?

He barely has a size advantage over Gourde who's much stronger, I think Gourde's awareness and grit just makes him a better player up the middle but yeah it's an easy swap if they don't like it.

 

[The Macho King]

Hasn't this line only played together 1 game..?

He barely has a size advantage over Gourde who's much stronger, I think Gourde's awareness and grit just makes him a better player up the middle but yeah it's an easy swap if they don't like it.

Two games I think. Detroit and the last one.

 

[Stammertime91]

Electricity > fire

 

[Master P]

Just hope there are no reviews of 'did the puck cross the line' ,else they will ***** for 12+ years

My favorite part about the outrage over that play is that everyone forgets that the puck was kicked, so even if it had fully crossed the line then it would have still been no goal.

 

[Steazy Doo]

My favorite part about the outrage over that play is that everyone forgets that the puck was kicked, so even if it had fully crossed the line then it would have still been no goal.

It wasn't kicked lel

 

[Master P]

It wasn't kicked lel

I see the nhl has gotten to you to.

 

[Brie]

Let's go for a win before bye week shall we.





Seem as if we'll see the same lineup as last game.

 

[These Are The Days]

I have zero sympathy for the no goal. Flames fans are absolutely pissed that their potential Cup winning goal didn't come in controversial fashion in the same vein as Brett Hull. In the overhead view you cannot clearly see a puck across the goal line and into the white of the ice. And it's not like the no goal cost them the Cup. The game simply remained tied. Then they had something like 7 minutes left of the 3rd period to win. Then there was an entire overtime... and then another overtime (which we won in 33 seconds) and THEN a game 7. Give me a f***ing break that the refs cost you a Cup when you had nearly 4 1/2 periods to make up for a tie game. I feel terrible for how things went down but the right decision was made. If the situation was reversed I could not bring myself to rationalize that way. If you can't win game 7 you don't deserve to win.

Was it in? Hell it might've actually been. But if you can't prove it definitively in both views then it's inconclusive. DO NOT award a Cup winning goal that's not fully conclusive.

 

[VinikToWinIt]

I have zero sympathy for the no goal. Flames fans are absolutely pissed that their potential Cup winning goal didn't come in controversial fashion in the same vein as Brett Hull. In the overhead view you cannot clearly see a puck across the goal line and into the white of the ice. And it's not like the no goal cost them the Cup. The game simply remained tied. Then they had something like 7 minutes left of the 3rd period to win. Then there was an entire overtime... and then another overtime (which we won in 33 seconds) and THEN a game 7. Give me a ****ing break that the refs cost you a Cup when you had nearly 4 1/2 periods to make up for a tie game.

Was it in? Hell it might've actually been. But if you can't prove it definitively in both views then it's inconclusive. DO NOT award a Cup winning goal that's not fully conclusive.

Plus, the refs called it correctly. If it's not conclusive, you can't overturn it.


Well... Unless it's an offside review to call back a Lightning goal.

 

[The Gongshow]

Calgary fans still salty about the cup loss, Sustr in the lineup, last game before the bye week....

 

[These Are The Days]

Plus, the refs called it correctly. If it's not conclusive, you can't overturn it.


Well... Unless it's an offside review to call back a Lightning goal.

Well it wasn't ruled a goal on the ice anyway and few thought a goal was scored. I don't think even Gelinas realized just how close the play really was. The officials went back for further review and it wasn't until then that controversy started. Like I said it might've actually been in because Lady Sunny once spent two days still framing the sequence on the overhead view and adjusted colors and contrasts. She finally got it and showed me and said, "It's in, see?" and it looked to be barely over the line but even the puck still had the funny angle going on. In hindsight I think there's a good chance the refs got the call wrong but the consequence was that game was still tied. Lady Sunny stayed up til 3 AM working on it and was not gonna stop until she found that damn puck. But the NHL doesn't have that kind of time to spare. It's simply too hard to rule that a goal when it's a potential Cup winning goal. It's a tough break for Flames fans but the game was not truly lost for Calgary until Marty St. Louis later scored in almost half an hour of game time. And the Cup was not lost until the 2nd period of game 7.

I'm not one to throw up my hands and say "shit happens" but I'd be a lot more sympathetic if almost 4 1/2 more periods weren't played after the fact.

 

[These Are The Days]

Calgary fans still salty about the cup loss, Sustr in the lineup, last game before the bye week....

I have a bad feeling about this