GDT: 4/19/16 - 7:00PM EDT - #2 Tampa Bay @ #3 Detroit [ECQF GAME 4]

[Matthew Carle]

I thought I was going to die at the end. Hands are still shaking.

Who would've thought that powerplay would bail this team out? Time to bag this one on Thursday!

I love me some Tami.

 

[The Macho King]

Well I said this would be a five game series.

...

Let's hope I'm right.

 

[DFC]

Has drouin been better then Stamkos
Was last year bs Detroit ?

Is that a serious question?

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

 

[DFC]

We are in a different universe or something.

Goatee Cooper universe.

 

[Stammertime91]

LMFAO dying over here

 

[These Are The Days]

Someone needs to shop Drouin's ugly mug and change it to "Fathers"

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

 

[Sky04]

Our power play won the game for us. Is this real life?

Won't last forever, bigger concern here is that we haven't scored an ES goal in the past 120mins.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Drouin is slowly starting to change my mind about him.

Slowly? I'm the most impressed as I've ever been with a young player. To think that just a couple weeks ago he was still sulking on his mom's couch eating chips and watching TV (maybe). His game is not flawless (-2 tonight) but he has been one of our most dominant players in every game since he was re-called from Syracuse. Tonight's performance caps it all off, 2nd star of the game, 3 assists and a big reason why we got the W.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Has drouin been better then Stamkos
Was last year bs Detroit ?

Yes. I don't think Stammer was terrible, but his offense was nonexistent. Biggest difference is Detroit isn't running interferences like they were with Babcock. There's much more room and space this time than I remember. But yeah, Drouin's been great. Tons of energy and speed, he's showing us that compete level of his, and he's such a nice addition to the PP. I'm not so sure we make it out of this series without him.

 

[berlin]

anyone else see a lot of empty seats in the lower bowl?

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

I really coundät breath at the end there, wow that was something.

Anybody have an oxygen tank available?

They forgot about Drej again.

Looks like they forgot about Drej.

Wooooooooo.gif

Robert, are you alive?

Does anyone know the number for 911?

My heart be a flutterin...

Man Crush on Kuch and Drouin now. What a ****ing game by those guys!!!!

My God my heart......... Need Xanax

some day maybe you guys will join my train i had zero worries totally calm just feel it feel this team they know or have learned how to win these after that pk i was like 6 minutes is lightning time

i always looked at the 8 minute mark to be pivotal in games but for the lightning is closer to that 6 minute time frame and tyjo and pally own that time frame killer too


am glad drouin is now a household name lol

kucherov stud

bishop bishing it down even on larkins thing i didnt feel would be going in

just belief

i like our chances

this is fine

 

[aessi]

Drouin has been so damn good since he came back.. He just needs someone to score from those passes.. This would be so great if Stamkos would be healthy, then we could prolly have 2 scoring lines instead 1. Also Filppula goddamnit! Always proving his worth in the playoffs.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Slowly? I'm the most impressed as I've ever been with a young player. To think that just a couple weeks ago he was still sulking on his mom's couch eating chips and watching TV (maybe). His game is not flawless (-2 tonight) but he has been one of our most dominant players in every game since he was re-called from Syracuse. Tonight's performance caps it all off, 2nd star of the game, 3 assists and a big reason we got the W.

After the Drama and crap that went on earlier in the Year it gave me a very poor view of him but he is turning it around.

 

[dechire]

I like this positivity

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

I like this positivity

 

[DFC]

Slowly? I'm the most impressed as I've ever been with a young player. To think that just a couple weeks ago he was still sulking on his mom's couch eating chips and watching TV (maybe). His game is not flawless (-2 tonight) but he has been one of our most dominant players in every game since he was re-called from Syracuse. Tonight's performance caps it all off, 2nd star of the game, 3 assists and a big reason we got the W.

Goes from something like a month on his mom's couch, to Syracuse, to playing his 7th NHL playoff game. And occasionally dominates.

We have to smooth this situation over. Especially considering how unlikely it is that we'll get full value for him.

 

[berlin]

I like this positivity

Absolutely, he made a mistake and has put it behind him, i can too.

 

[Selyanin]

anyone else see a lot of empty seats in the lower bowl?

Yep. It was the same in game 3. And Detroit's commentators said the game was sold out

 

[The Gongshow]

Drouin is kind of starting to look pretty

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Yep. It was the same in game 3. And Detroit's commentators said the game was sold out

That is a Joke right?

 

[berlin]

Drouin is kind of starting to look pretty

His ugly is rubbing off on everyone else.

 

[Brie]

It was a good win but now we can't take the foot of the gas, need to go back home on Thursday and work hard through 60 minutes, no letting up or sleep walking through this.

 

[Leonardo87]

Neither him or Callahan played up to their salaries this regular season, but with the key plays they have been making so far this postseason, who cares? They are both seasoned and versatile, and thus got their inflated contracts. Don't get me wrong, down the road...

Blocking shots in key moments, making huge hits to knock a star player on his ass and break up a play, screening the goalie that leads to a goal, taking control of the PK and creating offensive chances, winning face offs, saving goals from going into the net.....

All these go unnoticed because they don't show up on the scoresheet. Cally and Flip, are likely the best PK'ers in the league right now. It is not just this series, but this entire season they have been excellent.