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

[dechire]

We'll clinch 1st with a regulation win or Bruins loss right ?

 

[Stormbreaker]

Only took 4 attempts to clear the puck that time....yeesh

 

[Brie]

Not good taking penelties, though I guess getting more PK training won't hurt since our team needs it badly.

 

[dechire]

I was about to make an angry post about there still being too many penalties by the Bolts. Oops sorry Girardi lol

Anger back on. Gdi Johnson.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Paq man doing things.

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

Not bad PK.

And great save by Domingue!!

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

Nice shift!!

 

[Master P]

Why is sustr playing?

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

I would genuinely like to know the thought process in Nik's head when he's cutting to the slot on his strong hand and decides to lay off a drop pass to...umm...Andrej Sustr? I don't understand.

 

[dechire]

Why is sustr playing?

Cooper has been replaced by Hose

 

[Master P]

Cooper has been replaced by Hose

It finally happened. We all just sat here and watched. What have we done!?

 

[Hinterland]

Last few times Dotchin was in, he would play one decent game then relapse into boneheadedness. They also don't seem to try him with anyone other than Hedman. I was thinking Coburn/Dotchin might make a physical forward-smashing duo, but you need to have at least one decently fast skater on a pair. And weirdly enough, I actually trust Girardi with Hedman over Dotchin.

McDonagh obviously has talent and experience but he's got to get out of a Rangers style defensive mindset. Strålman can help with that if Mack is willing to adapt to his new team. Funny, but there's a bunch of Rangers fans who wanted to see a McDonagh/Strålman pairing while Stråls was still with them.

Edited to add: and yeah, some of our forwards seem to forget that defense isn't just up to the d-men.

Dotchin is still the 6th best defenseman on this team...at least in my view. Even though I don't agree, I understand why Cooper wants to play Sergachev over Dotchin. What I don't get is why he even seems to prefer Sustr and Koekkoek. Dotchin is easily better than them no matter how I look at it. I can't help but think that this all goes back to the incident that cost Dotchin his spot in the opening lineup. He eventually got to play but never really got his spot back. His play for a while also wasn't where it should have been but still. I don't think they would normally treat him like that. He showed what he can do last season.

 

[Master P]

I would genuinely like to know the thought process in Nik's head when he's cutting to the slot on his strong hand and decides to lay off a drop pass to...umm...Andrej Sustr? I don't understand.

My guess is that he's trying to draw guys towards him and open up ice along the boards.

 

[Brie]

*sigh*

What was that?

 

[LonLon Lei]

black magic goin on here

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

My guess is that he's trying to draw guys towards him and open up ice along the boards.

It's the player on the receiving end of the pass. Opponents will give that pass to Sustr all game long.

 

[Todd1a]

Why bother cooper to challenge it

 

[dechire]

What was that

 

[Stormbreaker]

Flip a coin

 

[Todd1a]

Hose is cooper guys

 

[LonLon Lei]

neither one Domi could do anything about it

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

That’s all Giradi fault.

Push cane into Domingue
Complain to ref taking eye off puck.
Let puck go by.

 

[Hinterland]

Flip a coin

Domingue is about 0-30 in challenges/reviews. I'd be shocked if that one comes back.

 

[Todd1a]

We'll clinch 1st with a regulation win or Bruins loss right ?

Boston needs 1 regulation loss or a lightning win to clinch

 

[dechire]

I sort of feel like Domingue embellished that but it was still GI and shouldn't count