GDT: 5/11/18 - 8:00PM EDT - #1M Washington VS #1A Tampa Bay [ECF GAME 1]

[Steazy Doo]

He skated through traffic into the most benign areas on the ice, effectively killing every zone entry. That's exactly what everybody on our team did today.

I remember him being a decent zone entry guy. We'd use him a lot on the PP to carry the puck in. Ah well I digress, my memory an sucks anyway

 

[RussianGuyovich]

Guys. Ima drunk and sad. Which means I’m an alcoholic. A tough diagnosis for a guy just wanting the lightning to win goodbye errone

 

[RussianGuyovich]

GODOBYE

 

[Steazy Doo]

Guys. Ima drunk and sad. Which means I’m an alcoholic. A tough diagnosis for a guy just wanting the lightning to win goodbye errone

An lowly catiapls did this to an great poster. An reduced to this. An catiapls will not have an victory agin in loving memory of an russian guyovsky. Heaven gained an angel and he can post an spam on the mainboard all day without getting an fraction. An god speed warrior

 

[Todd1a]

All are forwards looked like teddy Purcell tonight for sure

 

[Lightning1995]

Just stop. I've lost track of the number of times this team has proven you wrong.

Ok drama, I just predicted the Lightning would win the series. You’re just picking a fight. suggesting Sunday is a must win is far from a hot take.

 

[Master P]

Where's Watty boy at anyways. We've been winning so he must have taken ten.

probably hanging out with sky since Stammer looked great tonight and scored.

 

[Bolt 45]

The thing I noticed is that everything Washington did looked scripted. They're structured and disciplined, but I saw the same passes from the same areas to the same guys time and time again. Coop's never adjusted well on the fly, but I think we figure them out and shut them down sooner rather than later.

 

[Steazy Doo]

probably hanging out with sky since Stammer looked great tonight and scored.

An sky has pinball AND pacman at his house so thats probably why. And his mom is an cool she lets us have an koolaid when we hang ten

 

[DFC]

I remember him being a decent zone entry guy. We'd use him a lot on the PP to carry the puck in. Ah well I digress, my memory an sucks anyway

In his last two years with the team, he would enter the zone, but then skate the puck out of trouble--to the boards. Sometimes he'd throw the puck into traffic, sometimes he'd just lose it.

We did a lot of that tonight. We'd skate in, and rather than trying to force plays to the net, we'd either get too cute or take the puck to some area impossible to score from. Our cycle looked awful.

The one guy who really got it going, weirdly, is the guy usually guilty of not looking dangerous: Stamkos.

But I think we struggled with their structure. So Coop's gonna have to come up with something. On a more basic level, we just need to force more pucks to dangerous areas.

 

[Steazy Doo]

The thing I noticed is that everything Washington did looked scripted. They're structured and disciplined, but I saw the same passes from the same areas to the same guys time and time again. Coop's never adjusted well on the fly, but I think we figure them out and shut them down sooner rather than later.

Our game was scripted too, an script from the move An Room starring Johnny Calzone. an redic perfromance from both an factions

 

[Master P]

The thing I noticed is that everything Washington did looked scripted. They're structured and disciplined, but I saw the same passes from the same areas to the same guys time and time again. Coop's never adjusted well on the fly, but I think we figure them out and shut them down sooner rather than later.

I don't think it really mattered. You could have the best strategy there is but it won't mean shit if they effort isn't there and for the bolts, the effort was not there. I expect them to come out hard, fast, and throwing everything at the net next game.

 

[RussianGuyovich]

I SAID GODOBYE

 

[Bolt 45]

Ok drama, I just predicted the Lightning would win the series. You’re just picking a fight. suggesting Sunday is a must win is far from a hot take.

Um, okay.

 

[Stammertime91]

In response to where Watty is at:

We had to stay late at the office. Right now we are working out of a pop up hunting blind his aunt Margaret set up for us on Channelside. Some times we stay late and have marshmallow and hot dog roasts so he may have missed the game due to him roasting weenies. Due to today's loss I don't think he will surface as he gets really sad and begins spamming me Nigerian chain mail to cope with his anger.

Hopefully he will feel high level enough for his experienced experience, that's not low, to help grind us out a W on Sunday.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

The Capitals power play has given the Lightning trouble for years and it's so wonderful to see that trend continued on tonight. What an absolute nightmare.

 

[Steazy Doo]

Serious question for the posters who deem themselves intelligent

If an catipal fan has an million dollars and has to give away half his an worth, how much is an catiapl now worth? I will put an answer in an spoiler box

Spoiler: Answer

He is still an worth nothing. Half of an nothing is still an nothing, and a million dollars in the hands of an catipal? An worthless.

 

[Stammertime91]

32nd and new expansion team:

Washington Catipals

GM Steazy Doo

 

[RussianGuyovich]

Excuse me I am the most intelligent please base questions unto me now, plebeians

 

[Bolt 45]

I don't think it really mattered. You could have the best strategy there is but it won't mean **** if they effort isn't there and for the bolts, the effort was not there. I expect them to come out hard, fast, and throwing everything at the net next game.

Effort was awful, no question. But Washington was playing the best version of their game and getting nice bounces on top of it against a team that didn't show up. Score probably should have been higher, honestly. Doubt we see another game like that. But what I meant about Coop is that while we don't adjust on the fly very well, we've shown we can adjust very well between games. I'm seeing a lot from Washington that can be adjusted to fairly easily, and it wouldn't surprise me to see us shut them down on Sunday, and for the rest of the series. I actually thought we were too aggressive tonight. We can play a strong, patient game when we need to, so that's what I'd expect to see next time out.

 

[Hoek]

I would be an Catipals fan. I an like cats and want to be their an pals.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

In the Cooper era, the Lightning are 2-6 in Game 1 when it's been on their home ice.

They can't help but put themselves in a hole on a regular basis.

 

[Master P]

I would be an Catipals fan. I an like cats and want to be their an pals.

How dare you stand where he stood.

 

[DFC]

Effort was awful, no question. But Washington was playing the best version of their game and getting nice bounces on top of it against a team that didn't show up. Score probably should have been higher, honestly. Doubt we see another game like that. But what I meant about Coop is that while we don't adjust on the fly very well, we've shown we can adjust very well between games. I'm seeing a lot from Washington that can be adjusted to fairly easily, and it wouldn't surprise me to see us shut them down on Sunday, and for the rest of the series. I actually thought we were too aggressive tonight. We can play a strong, patient game when we need to, so that's what I'd expect to see next time out.

Yeah, I think what I mean when I say it's not just an issue of effort, is, if Cooper goes in and says, "Try harder in Game 2," we're gonna lose in exactly the same way. We have to adjust to what's happening on the ice in a much bigger way, I think.

 

[Bolt 45]

In his last two years with the team, he would enter the zone, but then skate the puck out of trouble--to the boards. Sometimes he'd throw the puck into traffic, sometimes he'd just lose it.

We did a lot of that tonight. We'd skate in, and rather than trying to force plays to the net, we'd either get too cute or take the puck to some area impossible to score from. Our cycle looked awful.

The one guy who really got it going, weirdly, is the guy usually guilty of not looking dangerous: Stamkos.

But I think we struggled with their structure. So Coop's gonna have to come up with something. On a more basic level, we just need to force more pucks to dangerous areas.

We did struggle with their structure. They've got it down to a science, and are playing well. But that might be a double-edged sword. I'm still not convinced they'll look very good if the passes they're used to seeing disappear. It didn't take me very long to figure out where their guys were going to go with the puck, and I'd like to think our coaches were seeing the same thing. They ambushed us tonight, and it was effective, but I don't see it being that effective twice.