GDT: 4/7/18 - 7:00PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ Carolina

[CupsOverCash]

Oh well bring on the playoffs!

 

[Todd1a]

Lol terrible OT. Well hopefully our FloBros have our backs tomorrow

Boston beats Florida easy tomorrow it’s Toronto for us

 

[Steazy Doo]

Kucherov doing a Drouin impression in overtime.

 

[The Macho King]

So Kucherov was shit tonight.

 

[FinnLightning26]

He wasn't good in OT but Killorn and Johnson were awful the whole freaking game.

Johnson has been awful for half the season.

 

[Cmac66]

Meh, a bruins team who are going into there game tomorrow knowing that a win gets them the division can tell they be pumped for it. It’s are own fault if we don’t win the division had more than enough chances to clinch it. Shouldn’t have to rely on other teams doing us a favour.

 

[God King Fudge]

Everyone... EVERYONE gives us their best shot even these guys. Why is there surprise right now?

Oh, I dunno. Maybe because you were gift wrapped the chance to win your division and conference and all you had to do was beat a bad team?

It is what it is at this point. Hopefully we see shutting out Boston 4-0 Tampa in the playoffs and not barely able to scrape by Sabers and losing to Carolina with the division and conference on the line Tampa.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Kuch get his 100 points and just didn't care?

 

[Todd1a]

Ugh Babcock I will watch him out coach cooper and our staff in round one again

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

I'm legitimately impressed that the Lightning found a way to make their single-season best point record season feel like a disappointment by the time it was over.

 

[Bolt 45]

He wasn't good in OT but Killorn and Johnson were awful the whole freaking game.

Really. Killorn just needs to hang up his skates at this point.

 

[Fabiobest]

Can I say I'm a little bit disappointed...?

 

[Leonardo87]

I am actually pretty pysched from this game and the last few, in the last few years they have made the playoffs, they finally got 4 lines that can score now. Whether it be Toronto or NJ, bring it on!!!!

Yeah sure, some guys were lazy, but no way they are like that next week.

 

[killa3312]

This team is allergic to beating bad teams. If they did that, they’s have 130 points.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Now imagine if this team could beat the f***ing Coyotes on home ice. All of this would've been meaningless.

 

[Todd1a]

Really we have looked bad vs the devils more then Toronto so I don’t really know who we match up better against

 

[Bolt 45]

It wasn't in the cards tonight. It happens. We deserved to lose for even considering going back to the poisoned Sustr-Coburn well again.

 

[Steazy Doo]

The people saying Killorn is bad is mind boggling. He had more quality scoring chances then anyone tonight. Where was Johnson? Where was Kucherov? Palat was 10x worse tonight in spite of the goal. Turnover machine.

 

[Steazy Doo]

I'm legitimately impressed that the Lightning found a way to make their single-season best point record season feel like a disappointment by the time it was over.

When the dust settles over the next few days, It'll feel better. It's been an awesome regular season, we were incredibly spoiled early on, but that's why we were able to rest guys today.

 

[gg720fla]

Its really going to come down in the playoffs as to what the Lightning want to be remembered as for this season. A team that came to play for 60 minutes in their playoff games or one that did not play up to there abilities. We'll find out real quick next week.

 

[These Are The Days]

Wow..... Best season in team history, may still yet win the Atlantic, have either a team whose offense is Taylor Hall or a green Leafs team that is still years from figuring out how to win and all some of us can do is throw up our hands. Good God how much people change so quickly. Do you all realize there's Hawks fans right now clamoring for Q's head? That's what we look like when we sulk like this.

Buck up and calm down. We just came back on yet another non playoff team wants to bleed against us like its the playoffs and travelling on a back to back. With any puck luck we score 4 or 5 times. I cannot believe the level of surprise we're seeing when this team has demonstrated for 3 years now since the Cup run that regular season means nothing to them.

There's still another game to be played. It's not over yet for us. Hold your freaking heads up. There's 15 teams who cannot say they're in the playoffs right now

/rant

 

[God King Fudge]

Can I say I'm a little bit disappointed...?

No, not really, because then "better" fans will treat you like an idiot for daring to being disappointed in this team.

 

[Lightning1995]

Winnipeg
San Jose
Pitt
Tampa

These are likely your second place teams. The historic regular season likely rendered meaningless by a bad Carolina team.

The Lightning have perhaps the most difficult road imaginable in front of them.

Start with Toronto. Tied for 3rd in the entire conference for total points despite playing a long stretch without Mathews. Good goaltending, lots of firepower. Questionable D. Like looking in the mirror. I do think our D is a little better but this will be a very entertaining series. And it will go deep.

Boston will boat race NJ and be well rested for the Lightning. Or god forbid, Toronto.

Follow that up with either Pitt or Washington. Then hopethe cup final.

An absolute gauntlet.

 

[Maelmoor]

The people saying Killorn is bad is mind boggling. He had more quality scoring chances then anyone tonight. Where was Johnson? Where was Kucherov? Palat was 10x worse tonight in spite of the goal. Turnover machine.

Agreed, Palat was really bad tonight, at least Killorn put in an effort.

They just looked tired tonight, let them re-charge and be ready for Toronto!

 

[DMB06]

It will be far more of a surprise to see us get past the first round than lose it. If that sounds like an exaggeration then you haven't been paying attention the past three months.