GDT: 10/13/15 - 7:30PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ Detroit

[The Gongshow]

Whens TKO gonna get going?

 

[Sky04]

Gotta feel bad for Bishop, Detroit was peppering him with shots in the slot all day because of the lazy defense. Still ended up making incredible saves though.

 

[DFC]

Also TKO is completely off.

They are. Kucherov wasn't really moving his feet until late in the 3rd.

 

[Obviously]

I wonder if Stamkos drives his own car or just sits shotgun until someone drives him to the location

 

[Sky04]

They are. Kucherov wasn't really moving his feet until late in the 3rd.

I'd be down to try

Drouin-Johnson-Callahan
Palat-Stamkos-Kucherov

 

[FinnLightning26]

Pretty bad effort. I'll understand it though with the back to back and third game in four nights on the road. Lets get back on track Thursday!

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

It's only game 4 of the season so I'm not going to get too hung up over this loss. It sucks, but movin on. We got a looong season.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

no 82-0
Season is a failure

 

[Leonardo87]

If Don Meehan is still talking about a number anywhere near $12m, Steve Yzerman should laugh and hang up.

I'm with you man. I am ready to jump in with the pitchforks. The guys on his line are not the issue, they get demoted, then after that goal against was scored, get promoted and then contribute to a goal to give us a chance. Then on the same shift almost tie it. Cooper needs to figure things out, and this has nothing to do with just one player.

Also might be time to consider breaking up TKO.

 

[Coopers Gum]

blow it up.

 

[The Gongshow]

no 82-0
Season is a failure

Tampas a bust confirmed

 

[DFC]

So much wrong with this loss. I'm absolutely sick.

Why does winning a gritty game take the required science of splitting an atom? No energy, no effort, no forecheck.

For 40 minutes we skate at the most leisurely pace into 3 and 4 Red Wings waiting at the blue line and they play keep away. In the event of actually having the puck, we continuously cycle the puck around the 700 players parked in front of Jimmy Howard.

I don't blame Stamkos for this one. Everyone on offense was flat out bad and the PP wasn't any better. We get about 1:10 of unit 1 and unit 2 just kills the rest of it for the Red Wings.

A loss was inevitable. My disgust is that we clearly learned nothing from our 7 game series.

I blame Stamkos as much as anyone. For a guy who's supposed to be our best player, he was awfully pedestrian. The more money you're asking for, the less acceptable that gets. He was easily the worst player on his line tonight, and that just can't happen. At least not with the regularity it's been happening in the last year.

I'm more worried about Kuch though. Wondering if he's out of shape or something. He's been really, really quiet by his standards.

 

[JedYzerman]

Tampas a bust confirmed

Move the team to Toronto they need 2 teams there! Who would want hockey in FL anyways!

 

[Stormbreaker]

Missed the 3rd, sucks to lose but got to move on to Thursday now.

 

[DFC]

I'm with you man. I am ready to jump in with the pitchforks. The guys on his line are not the issue, they get demoted, then after that goal against was scored, get promoted and then contribute to a goal to give us a chance. Then on the same shift almost tie it. Cooper needs to figure things out, and this has nothing to do with just one player.

Also might be time to consider breaking up TKO.

Maybe temporarily, yeah. Until Kucherov can figure out how to be the guy he was last year. He's floating an awful lot right now.

 

[Sky04]

Maybe temporarily, yeah. Until Kucherov can figure out how to be the guy he was last year. He's floating an awful lot right now.

Getting outmuscled too, I think it's more his skating than strength, he's a step slower.

 

[Sky04]

Best player goes to Bishop or Hedman once again.

 

[Hoek]

Holy overreactions, Batman! This was pretty much a schedule loss, IMO. Our only chance was to jump out to an early lead and we didn't do it.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Best player goes to Bishop or Hedman once again.

Callahan gets my vote.

 

[Leonardo87]

Maybe temporarily, yeah. Until Kucherov can figure out how to be the guy he was last year. He's floating an awful lot right now.

Don't put him with Stamkos now or we will have a line that will basically be sitting ducks in a pond during hunting season, lol.

 

[Todd1a]

Holy overreactions, Batman! This was pretty much a schedule loss, IMO. Our only chance was to jump out to an early lead and we didn't do it.

I can't stand the nhl when they make back to back road games!

 

[Leonardo87]

Callahan gets my vote.

Drouin was really good also, and Coop ****ing benches him.

 

[DFC]

Getting outmuscled too, I think it's more his skating than strength, he's a step slower.

Agreed. That's why my first thought is "conditioning." You never really know what's going on behind the scenes, but he's not the same guy right now. Palat and TJ look fine to me.

 

[TheMule93]

Tampa couldn't buy a face-off win tonight. Awful.

They won more faceoffs than Detroit, per NHL.com

 

[Leonardo87]

Agreed. That's why my first thought is "conditioning." You never really know what's going on behind the scenes, but he's not the same guy right now. Palat and TJ look fine to me.

Meh Palat was shaky dude, He had too many fanned passes and struggled to get the puck out of their zone.