GDT: 5/13/16 - 8:00PM EDT - #2 Tampa Bay @ #2 Pittsburgh [ECF GAME 1]

[TheDaysOf 04]

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[JackRabbitSlim]

Awesome Job once again!

It's game day!!!!

Lets rock some bodies and light the lamp!

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Time to take this Fight to their Street and show them they have underestimated our Guile.

 

[Maelmoor]

Nervous but excited! A good start in this series will be more important than against Red Wings and Islanders and please watch out for their third line, good that Hedman is aware!

 

[DFC]

Series starts on Friday the 13th?

This is fine.

 

[RussianGuyovich]

i am a big fan of the tampa bay lightning hockey team, and dont really like the pens that much. this has been a hot take, by your friend russianguyovich

 

[FDfranklin]

4 wins away from returning to the finals. LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Werewolf]

Game Day finally here - prediction: Win. Go Bolts!!

 

[CarpeNoctem]

Feeling nervous going into this one. Let's hope we keep it all together and pull off a close win.

 

[RussianGuyovich]

phil kessel is kinda fat don't know if anyone else has noticed this

 

[JackRabbitSlim]

I don't think we will come out as rusty as some people think, I think Coop is going to have them motivated to put their foot on the gas and try and steal game 1 from them.

 

[Werewolf]

 

[Goober]

Gotta survive the first 10 minutes. Can't give up a goal early.

 

[LightningStrikes]

So pumped for this!

Their "third" line scares me more than any other of their lines.

Go !!!!!

 

[DFC]

I like being an underdog way more than being the favorite.

Wouldn't mind seeing our 2nd line matched against Crosby. Gotta think the chip on Drouin's shoulder will expand to monstrous proportions of he's comparing himself to Sid every shift.

Not sure if I want to see the 3rd line or the 1st line up against Kessel. The 3rd might be our best chance to cool them off, but, as someone who watched a fair amount of Kessel as a Leaf, if you can pin him in his own zone, you've basically got a powerplay, because he's not helping out. Maybe that's changed in Pittsburgh.

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

Game Day finally here - prediction: Win. Go Bolts!!

soooooooooooooooooo pumped up is our style of play better than last season

how do we match up to crosby malkin kessel letang

can we do what did against kane and toews

stay tuned same batchannel

lets go bolts my prediction

p.s. hopefully we get two of our boys back assume we go 7-11 first two games

destiny is within our grasp!!

 

[DFC]

I know our emotions will be up tonight, and we'll probably get bitter at times (I'm including myself in this--I'm bitter a lot), but let's try to remember to enjoy this. Watching your favorite team at this time of year is awesome. 26 fanbases wish they were in our spot right now.

 

[JackRabbitSlim]

[NHL]http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=929584[/NHL]

Lets see this happen again!!!

Namestnikov hat trick against Pens http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=929584

 

[Obviously]

Get it

 

[Hoek]

I know our emotions will be up tonight, and we'll probably get bitter at times (I'm including myself in this--I'm bitter a lot), but let's try to remember to enjoy this. Watching your favorite team at this time of year is awesome. 26 fanbases wish they were in our spot right now.

Well said!

 

[CupsOverCash]

Hopefully we can steal game one. We need to get one of these two on the road.

 

[Werewolf]

Lightning play better when down one goal or down one game in the series...its like they find urgency that carries them through the game. I'd like us to go down 1 - 0 early if they are not playing well in order for the urgency factor to kick in ... we've seen to many mailed in efforts.

 

[Leonardo87]

I know our emotions will be up tonight, and we'll probably get bitter at times (I'm including myself in this--I'm bitter a lot), but let's try to remember to enjoy this. Watching your favorite team at this time of year is awesome. 26 fanbases wish they were in our spot right now.

Well said!

There are times you just have to walk away from the boards for a night and wait for things to calm down.

 

[Werewolf]

When Pencil Neck fan pokes us the wrong way:

 

[MattM92]

Let's get an early win to settle the nerves and steal home ice advantage.

Something I haven't seen mentioned yet is that Vladdy has played some of his best hockey against the Pens. I'm expecting him to step up this round and produce.