GDT: 2/25/19 - 7:30PM EDT - Los Angeles vs Tampa Bay

[These Are The Days]

@DistantThunderRep oh yeah I forgot. You can eat now

 

[DistantThunderRep]

@DistantThunderRep oh yeah I forgot. You can eat now

Way ahead of you.

 

[Sky04]

Hey guys, missed the game - looks like we won in a shootout and all hope is lost.

 

[These Are The Days]

Hey guys, missed the game - looks like we won in a shootout and all hope is lost.

Oh you should've seen it. The other team was trying to win too. I don't think we can take it

 

[Bolt 45]

Is it just me or have we been facing a lot more backup goalies than normal this year?

 

[Master P]

It’s two points but not the Lightning best effort. Whatever.

I just hope the handling mishap didn’t take Vassy out of his zone....

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say no.

 

[BoltzManConstant]

So was Vasy trying something different tonight with his puck handling? I don't watch this stuff close enough to really know, but felt like he was spending a lot more time out of the net trying to set up the offense than he usually does -- and then he had that flub.

I remember after he set the shutout record, in the postgame interview he was responding to a question about what he had picked up from Ben Bishop, and he started to say something about learning how to play the puck from Bish, but then stopped himself and moved on to a different question. Putting these two pieces together, it seems like it's a piece of Bish's game that he's _trying_ to incorporate into his own, but it's very much a work in progress.

In truth, if he wants to try some new stuff out in real games, then right now this is the perfect time.

 

[DFC]

So was Vasy trying something different tonight with his puck handling? I don't watch this stuff close enough to really know, but felt like he was spending a lot more time out of the net trying to set up the offense than he usually does -- and then he had that flub.

I remember after he set the shutout record, in the postgame interview he was responding to a question about what he had picked up from Ben Bishop, and he started to say something about learning how to play the puck from Bish, but then stopped himself and moved on to a different question. Putting these two pieces together, it seems like it's a piece of Bish's game that he's _trying_ to incorporate into his own, but it's very much a work in progress.

In truth, if he wants to try some new stuff out in real games, then right now this is the perfect time.

I think we toyed with the Kings a bit, tried to get away with a lot, and that extends to Vasy. It almost blew up in our face, but it didn't.

Point scored a goal and still didn't have a great game.

 

[PaulGG]

Was a Kings game 7 playoffs and we were just cruising.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

"Nothing Special"

 

[Maelmoor]

In 1997-1998 season we had 17 wins all season (82 games), 151 GF, 269 GA, Paul Ysebaert was our best scorer with 40 points in 82 games, puts things in perspective!

 

[gn2007]

In 1997-1998 season we had 17 wins all season (82 games), 151 GF, 269 GA, Paul Ysebaert was our best scorer with 40 points in 82 games, puts things in perspective!

Puppa tried his best but teams were too much

 

[God King Fudge]

Why? I cant watch, so I gotta get the deets here

Other people already covered it but I felt like he was going way out of his way to like counter Rick with "Us too guys look we did a good thing" any time Rick talked about Tampa. It was embarrassing.

 

[LightningStrikes]

 

[VinikToWinIt]

I think another contributing factor to the underwhelming performance last night was the irregular schedule.

Teams get so into the groove of Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday, repeat. We just went from Thursday to Monday - I'm sure that will mess with routine. Similar to how teams coming off a bye week always suck.

 

[T REX]

The Lightning (48-11-4) became the fourth team in NHL history to reach the 100-point mark in 63 games or fewer, joining the Montreal Canadiens (1976-77, 1977-78) and Boston Bruins (1971-72).

I'm sure it was already posted...the other three won a cup.

CUP OR BUST!!!!

 

[DFC]

I think another contributing factor to the underwhelming performance last night was the irregular schedule.

Teams get so into the groove of Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday, repeat. We just went from Thursday to Monday - I'm sure that will mess with routine. Similar to how teams coming off a bye week always suck.

I think it was more we scored two goals and coasted. We always do that. Even so, we hit 5-7 points. The game was a couple of inches from being a blowout while we floated around doing nothing. I'll take that kind of win, this time of year, any day.

 

[Rschmitz]

This team better get it's act together fast or they may actually lose a game between now and the end of the season.