GDT: 11/14/15 - 7:00PM EDT - Florida VS Tampa Bay
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LightningStrikes
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!!!I wrote about this 3 weeks ago (I think in our first game vs. Detroit), and SFY touched on it before the Calgary game, which Cooper seemed to incorporate into the Calgary game strategy (and worked well in the first and for the latter half of the third), but we MUST continue to shoot from everywhere.
Since the start of the season, our team expected the magic to continue and make the perfect play every single shift. This just will NOT happen when the other team is giving us their best shot. Every single game we are facing an opponent who knows what we are capable of, and therefore, they are playing tight and defensively sound. If we try to play a finesse game and focus on making the perfect play, we will struggle to make the playoffs.
I HOPE Cooper is able to hammer the game plan home and not lose sight of what is crystal clear to any rationale hockey mind: We MUST make a conscious effort to play FAST, a north to south game, and get as many pucks to the net as possible. As is evidenced by the Kucherov to Johnson goal, when we play fast (right up to the line of recklessly fast), other teams cannot keep up with us. And it is in these moments that space is created and allows us to obtain those prime opportunities we desire. Also, when we get pucks to the net and create traffic out front, only good things happen.
Hope we see this sort of strategy and effort tonight.
Finally: Along with others, I have been clamoring for the Kucherov-Stamkos-Drouin combination since last season. It was a pleasant suprise to see it in the second period. I hope Cooper returns to it. I guarantee that if this combination is given a few games to work on chemistry, it will be one of the MOST dangerous lines in hockey - even more potent that TKO last season. Unfortunately, it makes too much sense for Cooper to stick with it.
Since the start of the season, our team expected the magic to continue and make the perfect play every single shift. This just will NOT happen when the other team is giving us their best shot. Every single game we are facing an opponent who knows what we are capable of, and therefore, they are playing tight and defensively sound. If we try to play a finesse game and focus on making the perfect play, we will struggle to make the playoffs.
I HOPE Cooper is able to hammer the game plan home and not lose sight of what is crystal clear to any rationale hockey mind: We MUST make a conscious effort to play FAST, a north to south game, and get as many pucks to the net as possible. As is evidenced by the Kucherov to Johnson goal, when we play fast (right up to the line of recklessly fast), other teams cannot keep up with us. And it is in these moments that space is created and allows us to obtain those prime opportunities we desire. Also, when we get pucks to the net and create traffic out front, only good things happen.
Hope we see this sort of strategy and effort tonight.
Finally: Along with others, I have been clamoring for the Kucherov-Stamkos-Drouin combination since last season. It was a pleasant suprise to see it in the second period. I hope Cooper returns to it. I guarantee that if this combination is given a few games to work on chemistry, it will be one of the MOST dangerous lines in hockey - even more potent that TKO last season. Unfortunately, it makes too much sense for Cooper to stick with it.
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I would go with 17-91-86 and 27-9-24
We seperated TKO have gotten a little better. Now totally seperate them to maximize both lines. Drouin gets top 6 time and everyone here is happy, lol.
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LightningStrikes
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Can't wait for Point to make the NHL so he can also play 10 minutes per game because he's the youngest. Maybe then Drouin can finally leave the bottom 6.
edit: Actually I think it's my fault. I changed my user title from #FreeDrouin last week and now he's in need of being freed again. Sorry Jo.
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LightningStrikes
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We have to be honest, last season we mostly played a good 1st period, the worst possible 2nd period and then we turned the game around in the last 5-10 minutes in the 3rd. We were never really a team that dominated more than a few full games here and there. Now "the bounces don't go our way" and suddenly Cooper and the team is acting all surprised.
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^ He has ? I mean he started out well but he's sucked as badly as everyone else lately. That quote would have made sense last month but it doesn't work now. Then again I often think Cooper is a month behind on his decisions.
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Lol Cooper
P.S. I'm back from hiding. Let's hope Giraffe can build on that epic performance from Thursday.
P.S. I'm back from hiding. Let's hope Giraffe can build on that epic performance from Thursday.
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