GDT: 10/13/18 - 7:00PM EDT - Columbus vs Tampa Bay

[DFC]

Looks like Kucherov is out of neutral at least. Good result for the return of TKO.

 

[Master P]

Our PK was also 5 for 5.

PP was 4/5

 

[DistantThunderRep]

I think our issue at the start was our zone entry, once we were able to set up it looked pretty good

Agreed. Also, a big part was them shooting the damn puck. Whether it hit the net or not.

 

[God King Fudge]

Didn't see the whole thing but watched some highlights. Looks like Gourde got away with one on the Paquette goal, but I'll take it.

The energy seemed to be there tonight. I think they need to keep with these lines.

 

[Hoek]

Extend Cooper.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Glad to see the team that lead the league in scoring last year remembered how to do it.

 

[Master P]

Extend Cooper.

 

[T REX]

Home. Nice game. Much better effort. Kuch looked lit. Need more consistency. It is a start.

 

[Steazy Doo]

Extend Cooper.

I leld

 

[Rschmitz]

Taking our frustrations out on Columbus, felt real good to watch.

I have lots of interesting takes on the game, but really need to process them all. Way too many penalties to read into the minutes, Killorn led all forwards by almost a minute due to all of the special teams play as a result. I will say, I really liked the TKO line, and was good to see some of our forwards in roles that the haven't been in in a while, sort of shook off some of the cobwebs. I hope Stamkos adopts his role on the wing. Point and Gourde are going to basically force Stammer to shoot and if he doesn't, that duo is perfectly capable of creating goals without him.

 

[Todd1a]

Kucherov is angry. 5 shots so far I think and no one went in.

I like an angry kucherov

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[The Gongshow]

Guys, I found all our scoring!!

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[Sky04]

Missed the 3rd but Miller had a huge game and has woken up since the last period against Vancouver, that pass to Point was beauty. This is the type of secondary scoring we need, 8-2 win with Stamkos, Kucherov picking up 1 point each.

Is Adam Erne even a factor? He's just not noticeable in any way.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

 

[JoVel]

Is Adam Erne even a factor? He's just not noticeable in any way.

He's just a Paquette-level energy player at best, probably not even that. I'd trade him for a pick if any GM would like to take a bet on his potential anymore and bring up a guy like Andreoff, it's not like that would make our roster worse.

 

[Sky04]

He's just a Paquette-level energy player at best, probably not even that. I'd trade him for a pick if any GM would like to take a bet on his potential anymore and bring up a guy like Andreoff, it's not like that would make our roster worse.

Paquette has actually had some clutch moments for this team and had twice now been an effective 4th line center for us on 2 deep runs. Erne has just never been effective ever.

 

[LightningStrikes]

#ScratchErne #TeamHoneyBadger

 

[DFC]

Yeah, we're in that small window of the season where Paquette looks kind of awesome for his role. Which means we're 2-3 games away from him taking a puck in the face. Or a cross check.

 

[Stammertime91]

Yeah, we're in that small window of the season where Paquette looks kind of awesome for his role. Which means we're 2-3 games away from him taking a puck in the face. Or a cross check.

Or committing a costly penalty late in the game to which we all hate him for

 

[Lightning1995]

I do think it’s time to give someone else a look on the 4th line besides Erne.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Extend Cooper.

I see what you did there.

 

[These Are The Days]

Extend Cooper.

This guy here is at the top of his game

 

[DFC]

Missed the 3rd but Miller had a huge game and has woken up since the last period against Vancouver, that pass to Point was beauty. This is the type of secondary scoring we need, 8-2 win with Stamkos, Kucherov picking up 1 point each.

Is Adam Erne even a factor? He's just not noticeable in any way.

Miller was great in the 3rd too.