GDT: 3/23/17 - 7:00PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ Boston

[TheDaysOf 04]

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[Todd1a]

We're doomed

 

[Fenway]

Good Morning from Boston - Here is our GDT

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2206505


I have a soft spot for the Lightning as I worked for WFNS in the early 90's when Phil and Tony Esposito made the team a reality. Heck I even got stiffed by the 'Duke of Manchester' at a sports bar in Largo paying his tab.

I still think in the end the the Lightning were better off with the absentee warlord from Japan than Karmanos getting the franchise.

I don't think the Lightning can make the playoffs, the home loss to Arizona seems like the dagger but the Lightning can really hurt the Bruins tonight.

You have a good owner who wanted the to buy the Bruins from Jeremy Jacobs but was told the Bruins will never be sold while he is alive but perhaps you can help the NHL by looking at Tampa Bay.

Amalie Arena has become one of the great venues in the NHL and a solid fanbase. Injuries have crushed your team this season but your future appears bright.

 

[BoltSTH]

Any good golf course in Boston? Bolts need to get some practice in before mid April.

 

[Brie]

The playoffs are pretty much unreachable at this point however it doesn't mean that they can't give up, I want to keep seeing the young guys improve and be useful next season and I want Yzerman to really look into who to keep next season.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Will we see any;
- Effort
- Intensity
- Pride
- Hustle

 

[RDTBay4]

If we manage to lose the rest of our games we have a solid chance at a good draft pick.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Expecting Stammer in the lineup, score 10 goals and break his leg.

 

[Brie]

Sounds like Budaj might be starting which I'm all for, if they do decided to keep him for next year then giving him as much time as possible to play behind this 'd' when the games doesn't matter will help him.

 

[VinikToWinIt]

Time to build some false hope. Bolts win 7-1 then go winless for the rest of the season.

 

[Leonardo87]

Sounds like Budaj might be starting which I'm all for, if they do decided to keep him for next year then giving him as much time as possible to play behind this 'd' when the games doesn't matter will help him.

Probably is a good idea. Shake things up a little and go with someone with better numbers against Boston. Flanders to the rescue!

 

[DFC]

Expecting Stammer in the lineup, score 10 goals and break his leg.

Management should probably never allow Stamkos to play vs. Boston again. Just a thought.

 

[Fenway]

Any good golf course in Boston? Bolts need to get some practice in before mid April.

It is a balmy 24 degrees this morning in the Hub.

 

[Felonious Python]

sounds like budaj might be starting which i'm all for, if they do decided to keep him for next year then giving him as much time as possible to play behind this 'd' when the games doesn't matter will help him.

 

[JoVel]

It's good that we're going with Budaj today and Vasy tomorrow. Don't want to lose to the Red Wings.

 

[Major4Boarding]

Good Morning from Boston - Here is our GDT

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2206505


I have a soft spot for the Lightning as I worked for WFNS in the early 90's when Phil and Tony Esposito made the team a reality. Heck I even got stiffed by the 'Duke of Manchester' at a sports bar in Largo paying his tab.

I still think in the end the the Lightning were better off with the absentee warlord from Japan than Karmanos getting the franchise.

I don't think the Lightning can make the playoffs, the home loss to Arizona seems like the dagger but the Lightning can really hurt the Bruins tonight.

You have a good owner who wanted the to buy the Bruins from Jeremy Jacobs but was told the Bruins will never be sold while he is alive but perhaps you can help the NHL by looking at Tampa Bay.
Amalie Arena has become one of the great venues in the NHL and a solid fanbase. Injuries have crushed your team this season but your future appears bright.

Thanks Fenway. Totally agree on the PK part

 

[RDTBay4]

 

[DFC]

I feel like this isn't a great sign for the coaching staff's confidence level in Vasy.

 

[Leonardo87]

I feel like this isn't a great sign for the coaching staff's confidence level in Vasy.

Yeah, you would give your #1 the start tonight, and then let Budaj take on Detroit. This can't be good for Vasy's confidence. Although like I said might be the right decision to get a win tonight. If they lose, the Fire Coop posts will be in full force tonight, while Vasy still sits with a strain on his confidence.

 

[The Macho King]

I feel like this isn't a great sign for the coaching staff's confidence level in Vasy.

He's gotten shelled recently. He needs a night off.

 

[Sky04]

Yeah, you would give your #1 the start tonight, and then let Budaj take on Detroit. This can't be good for Vasy's confidence. Although like I said might be the right decision to get a win tonight. If they lose, the Fire Coop posts will be in full force tonight, while Vasy still sits with a strain on his confidence.

Vasi's had poor outings lately and the season already done, not sure why you think this would be ammo against Cooper. You do know that he's given up 12 goals in his last 3 starts right? If anything sitting helps him right now.

 

[Leonardo87]

Vasi's had poor outings lately and the season already done, not sure why you think this would be ammo against Cooper. You do know that he's given up 12 goals in his last 3 starts right? If anything sitting helps him right now.

Because it's HF anything is possible. Lol. I think it is the right decision Win or lose.

 

[Fenway]

Thanks Fenway. Totally agree on the PK part

I was there the night NHL hockey was born in Tampa Bay when the Kings and Penguins played at the Suncoast Dome in 1990 and there were over 25,000 fans in the place. Phil and Tony promoted that game and yet the City of St. Pete decided to back Karmanos for the expansion team. The Lightning would wind up at the cattle barn in East Tampa their first season.

I didn't think the arena being in downtown Tampa was the right choice but I was proven wrong and honestly the Rays need their new stadium there as well but I fear they will ultimately wind up in Montreal.

She is a footnote in Tampa Bay history now but nobody fought harder for the Lightning in their embryonic years than Nancy Donnellan as compared to the late Tom McEwen at the Tampa Tribune who wanted no part of the NHL. WFNS even picked up Bruins radio for a couple of years to help plant the seed.

The late Chris Thomas also worked hard to get the NHL to come to Tampa and the night the Lightning were born he closed his radio show on WFLA not with Kate Smith singing God Bless America as he always did but with Ginette Reno singing O Canada because he wanted a Canadian fat lady.



I sitting in Madeira Beach provided the track he used that night

Steve Duemig also was a tireless supporter for hockey in Tampa Bay and I am praying for him in his fight.

I might have stayed involved with the Lightning but I just could not deal with summer in Florida.

Hoping for a good game tonight.

 

[The Macho King]

Vasi's had poor outings lately and the season already done, not sure why you think this would be ammo against Cooper. You do know that he's given up 12 goals in his last 3 starts right? If anything sitting helps him right now.

People just aren't getting it. The way the team is playing now has no effect on why I want to fire Coop. Riddled with injuries and getting spotty goaltending - no big deal. It sucks but these are games we should expect to lose.

Cooper needs to be fired because of October - January, not February - March.

 

[Sky04]

People just aren't getting it. The way the team is playing now has no effect on why I want to fire Coop. Riddled with injuries and getting spotty goaltending - no big deal. It sucks but these are games we should expect to lose.

Cooper needs to be fired because of October - January, not February - March.

Exactly, stated it in like 3 different threads already.

Yet people still think it's irrational Cooper hate that sprung out of nowhere.