GDT: 3/10/18 - 1:00PM EDT - Montréal vs Tampa Bay

[Matt Watson]

Need to somehow get this overtime/shootout success to translate to the playoffs.

No shootouts, no 3 on 3 OT in postseason. Lightning right now have the skills to win the NHL equivalent of pond hockey games but otherwise they look like a middle of the pack team. Eventually and always play down to the level of their opponent. Always.

 

[Cmac66]

Had to listen to it on the radio due to having to work, glad to get the W and to get 100 points. Kept cutting off so had to keep refreshing how did mcdonagh get on?.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Had to listen to it on the radio due to having to work, glad to get the W and to get 100 points. Kept cutting off so had to keep refreshing how did mcdonagh get on?.

He was ok for his first game back from injury. Definitely some rust there. He had a bad pass that caused a goal for Montreal. But he made some nice plays here and there. Will be fun to see him once he gets comfortable.

 

[DFC]

No shootouts, no 3 on 3 OT in postseason. Lightning right now have the skills to win the NHL equivalent of pond hockey games but otherwise they look like a middle of the pack team. Eventually and always play down to the level of their opponent. Always.

If you can't enjoy 9-0-1, you might be a cartoon donkey.

 

[CupsOverCash]

If you can't enjoy 9-0-1, you might be a cartoon donkey.

Yea 9-0-1 Is definitely middle of the pack.

 

[dechire]

Had to listen to it on the radio due to having to work, glad to get the W and to get 100 points. Kept cutting off so had to keep refreshing how did mcdonagh get on?.

Some good, some bad. I'd expect less of the bad once he's less rusty and gets comfortable playing on a new team. For someone who hasn't played in a month I can't complain.

 

[The Macho King]

I was feeling bad for poor little Hudon. Guy was just getting beat up.

 

[Matt Watson]

If you can't enjoy 9-0-1, you might be a cartoon donkey.

In real hockey, it's 3-0-7. Nothing to get too excited about. Excited about McD getting comfortable and looking forward to Palat coming back. We need his forecheck and grit, something this team sorely lacks right now.

 

[DFC]

In real hockey, it's 3-0-7. Nothing to get too excited about. Excited about McD getting comfortable and looking forward to Palat coming back. We need his forecheck and grit, something this team sorely lacks right now.

Our competition isn't some imaginary perfect team. It's other actual NHL teams. We have the best goal differential in the league. The most points in the league. The most wins in the league. Of all teams over 90 points, we've gotten there with the fewest loser points.

These other teams have their ups and downs too. It's not like they're all NHL Globetrotters, dominating 60 minutes per night.

We have some flaws, sure. But when we turn it up, we're right there with the best teams in the league. This is a great time to be a Lightning fan.

 

[The Macho King]

Looks like we may lose Brisebois - being considered for the Carolina job...

 

[CupsOverCash]

In real hockey, it's 3-0-7. Nothing to get too excited about. Excited about McD getting comfortable and looking forward to Palat coming back. We need his forecheck and grit, something this team sorely lacks right now.

Agree with the other points but how do you get to 3-0-7? Sure they haven't played amazing but that's a stretch.

 

[The Macho King]

Agree with the other points but how do you get to 3-0-7? Sure they haven't played amazing but that's a stretch.

Last column is ties not OTL.

Anyway - Andreychuk calls Patrike Laine "Laline".

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

We go 0 to 100, real quick

 

[Werewolf]

In real hockey, it's 3-0-7. Nothing to get too excited about. Excited about McD getting comfortable and looking forward to Palat coming back. We need his forecheck and grit, something this team sorely lacks right now.

Ummm, no. In real hockey it’s 9 - 0 - 1. Let me check the standings quickly. Ok. Yup. I see where you went wrong. Your numbers don’t checkout vs the real standings. Where is this real hockey being played? In your real imaginatory world? You might want to try and check a real calculator instead of your imaginary one.

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[Werewolf]

Come on Coop. You should read these boards once in a while. The line “spark” you suddenly “created” was called out in these forums the moment Miller arrived.

 

[Matt Watson]

Ummm, no. In real hockey it’s 9 - 0 - 1. Let me check the standings quickly. Ok. Yup. I see where you went wrong. Your numbers don’t checkout vs the real standings. Where is this real hockey being played? In your real imaginatory world? You might want to try and check a real calculator instead of your imaginary one.

If you think the video game stuff they play in OT is real hockey than you simply don't know the game.

It's entertaining for the fans, which is why they do it, but there isn't a player, coach or gm in the league who believes what happens in 3 on 3 ot or a shootout makes a damn bit of difference come playoff time.

 

[DFC]

Looks like we may lose Brisebois - being considered for the Carolina job...

He deserves a move up though. Hate to lose him, but it's good to see talent rewarded. You have to wonder how many of our spectacular AHL moves (Gourde?) were more Brisebois than Yzerman.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Last column is ties not OTL.

Anyway - Andreychuk calls Patrike Laine "Laline".

I get it, just think it's kind of a ridiculous way of saying we need to play better.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Far from perfect, but we've been winning. sometimes we've had to comeback, and sometimes we've barely held on, but any of those games we just found a way in the end. That's the name of the game in the post season. Just get it done.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Far from perfect, but we've been winning. sometimes we've had to comeback, and sometimes we've barely held on, but any of those games we just found a way in the end. That's the name of the game in the post season. Just get it done.

I just think they have been flipping the switch when they want to. They need to quit that as we get closer to the playoffs. Can't make it a bad habit with all these other teams fighting for their lives every game.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Yea 9-0-1 Is definitely middle of the pack.

Losers, dude.

Looks like we may lose Brisebois - being considered for the Carolina job...

Noooo

 

[CupsOverCash]

If you think the video game stuff they play in OT is real hockey than you simply don't know the game.

It's entertaining for the fans, which is why they do it, but there isn't a player, coach or gm in the league who believes what happens in 3 on 3 ot or a shootout makes a damn bit of difference come playoff time.

We get it they aren't playing great. But let's not turn this into what's real hockey vs not. The rules are what they are. This is what is real.

 

[DFC]

I just think they have been flipping the switch when they want to. They need to quit that as we get closer to the playoffs. Can't make it a bad habit with all these other teams fighting for their lives every game.

I agree on the bad habit thing, and that it can easily sink us (like last year), but I wouldn't be so sure this isn't a strategy that comes from the top down. We know 2014 was a big lesson for Cooper, when we went "all out" for home ice advantage, only to injure our #1 goalie, and kind of burn out in general. Cooper talked a lot about saving something for the post-season. Mind you, I'm not a fan of letting our foot off the gas in tie games, which seems like a bad habit. But when we're up 4-1? 5-1? Whatever. Don't get injured. It might not be a coincidence that this is the most injury-free we've been in years, and we've been consistently taking our foot off the gas since about December when we have a reasonable lead.

 

[Werewolf]

If you think the video game stuff they play in OT is real hockey than you simply don't know the game.

You are blowing my mind bro. You are telling me that I watched a video game and not real hockey today? Tell me more about real hockey please.

...is this the same reality in which I should miss gooning it up and real hockey players don’t wear helmets. Yeah? Wait, in your reality are there only 6 teams playing real hockey?

....haha this guy...