GDT: 1/29/15 - 7:30PM EDT - Detroit VS Tampa Bay

[AlphaCatalyst]

Victory!

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

I've got a feelin!

Woooooo Hoooooo!

 

[ArmchairGoalie]

That Ben Bishop sure sucks!!!!

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[berlin]

Woohoo!! We win, and what a great effort, we need to see this every game.

Yea we do, no more taking games off, elite teams don't do that as often as we have this season.

 

[Brie]

1/2 on the PP made me very happy (though the last one was cut short)

And congrats to Paquette on his first hatty.

 

[dechire]

Solid win. Great game by Bishop and the young guys. Can't complain about a thing except that one painful PP.

 

[zeykshade]

Pretty damned dominant performance. PP Goal + PK stellar with a Dump Trick from The Dumptruck. Loved Connolly taking Quincey down and Garrison taking zero **** from Abdelkader was good too. Don't have to fight all the time, just have to make people answer for transgressions and get each others' backs.

I had misgivings about this game because I truly thought that the Wings were a better team than us. Mrazek was pretty poor tonight, two short side goals from Dumptruck tonight, leaky goal on Stamkos one timer(can't really fault him for that though). McCollum did well in relief in the 3rd although score effects definitely helped out the Wings in that regard.

Solid 4 point win.

 

[The Gongshow]

The boys looked good tonight, Bishop with a solid game. Also i'm not a huge fan of the Detroit play-by-play announcers, Miss hearing Chiefs drunken mumbles.

Stammer looked good tonight. Games he scores he plays well, games he doesn't... well he doesn't care and doesn't show up.

 

[Coopers Gum]

What the hell would you guys do without me? Xeno and DFC is not enough Canada for this board. Angel is a faker anyway.

They're too embarrassed about being from Canada.

 

[xteesy]

Well that was fun to watch

Can't really say there was much to complain about besides of a handful of minor mistakes (but that's normal for any team).

 

[DFC]

Yea we do, no more taking games off, elite teams don't do that as often as we have this season.

I don't think it's as simple as taking games off. We're a great home team and a terrible road team. We need to figure out how to overcome that.

Nowhere is this more evident than on the PK. Here's a stat for you:

Home PK: 89.3% (1st)
Road PK: 75.6% (25th)

 

[Yzlamic Preacher*]

They're too embarrassed about being from Canada.

We don't feel embarrassed. Our free health care takes care of that.

 

[Look Up]

He lives down there. Like Sarasota or something.

I heard he lives on Longboat Key.

 

[VinikToWinIt]

HUGE win! Missed the third, but man was our shooting on tonight. Unreal snipes by Paquette and Barbs! I'm happy for the young guys. Also, anyone else get the vibe that Paquette could be a real playoff warrior down the road? It seems that he's got the physicality and drive.

 

[Cigar City]

"I'm in love with the coco" becoming a Coop interview tradition.

 

[Obviously]

"I'm in love with the coco" becoming a Coop interview tradition.

A tribute to Ryan Malone

 

[Bolto]

One of our better games this year.

 

[Brie]

This is a great way to round of a great win.

[NHL]738022[/NHL]

 

[Cigar City]

A tribute to Ryan Malone

Bahahahhaha

10/10 would read again

 

[Werewolf]

That Ben Bishop sure sucks!!!!

Trade his sorry a$$...terrible - big Ben is a bottom 10 goaltender in this league!!!! About time we get rid of Stamkos...he didn't score a hat trick Trade him!!!! Drouin is a dissappointment...we could have used Jones tonight. Fire Yzerman...!!!!

 

[berlin]

I don't think it's as simple as taking games off. We're a great home team and a terrible road team. We need to figure out how to overcome that.

Nowhere is this more evident than on the PK. Here's a stat for you:

Home PK: 89.3% (1st)
Road PK: 75.6% (25th)

Agreed but the one thing most of our loses have in common is being out worked by the other team. If you don't go balls out on every shift your often going to lose.

 

[The Macho King]

One of our better games this year.

A big part of why it looked so good is how bad Mrazek was. The first period goals weren't necessarily bad, but pretty much all three in the second were seriously misplayed. If that game is 2-1 going into the third with ~15 shots on goal at that point, we probably have a different opinion of it.

 

[Coopers Gum]

We don't feel embarrassed. Our free health care takes care of that.

I can't hear you over this beast breaking the sound barrier:

A big part of why it looked so good is how bad Mrazek was. The first period goals weren't necessarily bad, but pretty much all three in the second were seriously misplayed. If that game is 2-1 going into the third with ~15 shots on goal at that point, we probably have a different opinion of it.

Yep. This. Mrazek wasn't exactly stellar tonight. Most of the goals that went in on him tonight were snipes, but they were save-able. But it was still a good showing tonight by the Bolts.

Oh, and put Stamkos on the circle, and what happens? Oh, a power play goal. Weird how that works.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

I wonder if Marchands words sparked Paquette at all. He brushed it off, but I think I guy like Paquette feels he always has something to prove.