Can't say who I'd rather face between Detroit and Boston. We struggle against both. Tonight was ugly. Wink wink. I thought Taormina was solid out there tonight. He's shown me he's a more reliable defender than Carle in the small sample size over the seasons he's played.
We need that Drouin line along with the triplets to catch fire 6 days from now. Taormina is actually not a hinderance. Sustr, Nesterov and Taormina will have to step it up big time. Hopefully we get Hedman and Cally back to 100% by Wednesday.
Really need some luck this year.
I think you meant to say Nesterov and not Carle. Carle is competent but extremely overpaid, Nesterov is terrible but paid appropriately.
Carle was a +3 with 2 assists last night.
Doesn't reverse all the times I've yelled Carle the past two years. My neighbors probably think I'm raising a kid named carle or I have a dog named Carle I constantly yell at from 7-10pm. He's been awful for us, not sure how anybody can actually stick up for him.
Carle was a +3 with 2 assists last night.
Carle was a +3 with 2 assists last night.
Rest TJ too, he definitely looks hurt. Keep playing Drouin and hope our guys heal quickly.
No, I meant who I said. Your love affair with terrible and mediocre players is no longer funny. Hasn't been for years. Carle is the worst defenseman to grace the ice in Tampa in years. Up there for one of the worst players I've ever seen too.
Puck goes in his corner and he's ahead of the guy by 15 feet. Glide, keep looking back, wait til he's on ypu, smack puck to opposing LW and turn it over. Rinse and repeat.
Do you guys think that Bishop will play tomorrow to finish off the season? Or is there a chance Vas starts?
"In years"You must have a very short memory of Lightning defenders or terrible players if you have Carle at the top of your list.
Andrej Sustr is doing pretty well as a terrible and mediocre player. Brett Connolly would be right behind Callahan in scoring with less minutes and for a fifth the price. But I'll start blowing Stamkos, Drouin and Kucherov if it makes you feel better.
"In years"
"One of"
And it's true, he's absolutely terrible. Sustr has been streaky but he's done well, I'll give you that. Connolly? You stroked him and he's not a game breaker, we couldve had so many different options that year and we went with a guy given chance after chance and did nothing to progress. Weren't you so bitter after blowing him all career long you became an Avs fan briefly? Lol. Let's not mention the fraud that was Brian Lee either, absolutely horrendous defenseman you sat there night after night defending.
Stamkos, Drouin, and Kucherov? You mean a 60 goal scorer, face of the franchise for 7 years, a 3OA pick that is 50/50 on coming back, and the star of our team? Not sure what you're even going off about. Pretty sure those 3 have done more in their careers than Lee, Connolly and Sustr have ever done. Not to mention anything further about the hot mess that is Carle...
Cam Fowler ring any bells? Connolly had his knocks, literally, coming into that draft. It was a terribke pick but we made it and gave him multiple chances and thwre was no advancement in his game for years. Not weeks or months, but years. Normally people support the good and the bad but eventually want the bad to leave. The bad left and you still want them here over the good. Weird.Please tell me why we would pass on a top 5 rated player when drafting 6th overall? If you want to look in hindsight sure there were other players we should've picked but Connolly was drafted where he was expected to go and we had no top 6 forwards in the system. He didn't turn out as projected but he wasn't properly developed here.
I didn't become an Avs fan, you completely missed the reason why I even mentioned them. Yes, I will start bowing down to every good player on this team, God knows this board needs more people like that. I'll start following your lead on how to be a top notch poster, I think I'll change my name to Imunoriginal91 what do you think?
Cam Fowler ring any bells? Connolly had his knocks, literally, coming into that draft. It was a terribke pick but we made it and gave him multiple chances and thwre was no advancement in his game for years. Not weeks or months, but years. Normally people support the good and the bad but eventually want the bad to leave. The bad left and you still want them here over the good. Weird.
You are such a child at times, no need to start the flaming.
How much would you pay Stamkos ?I know Fowler, he fell to 12th. Ranking wise him and Connolly were very similar, both around top 5, central scouting had Connolly at 3, not sure any site had Fowler at 3. The only knock on Connolly was his hip injury that made him miss most of the year, besides that he was one of the best offensive players available. We just drafted Hedman the year before, besides Stamkos we had no young top line or 6 potential forwards, all our forwards were aging the pick wasn't bad. His play the next year in junior was fine, he wasn't ready for the NHL so his rookie year was a disaster. He was great in Syracuse he just couldn't translate his game when he was called up. He could be a Killorn type player for us if we would've kept him. Not sure Fowler becomes the player he is with us as Hedman would've kept him from being a top pair player.
I want the bad to leave that's why I hope we don't resign Stamkos.
Loved seeing 27+90 developing chemistry as the game went on and Killorn is perfectly suited in that power forward role.