GDT: 5/2/18 - 7:00PM EDT - #1AT Tampa Bay @ #2AT Boston [ECSF GAME 3]

[The Macho King]

I can't believe he showed up to the birth of his child in the middle of a playoff series.

Funny guy.

 

[DFC]

Funny guy.

It's the Boston fans. They have me seeing humor in everything.

 

[RussianGuyovich]

Mainthread: “guys these 8 year old bruins banners that insult the lightning fan base are just good jokes and don’t be such a stuffed shirt”

*bans russianguyovich from the series thread for joking about the patriots*

 

[RussianGuyovich]

Bruins fans make red wings/devils fanbases seem genuinely reasonable/self aware

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[DFC]

I feel like that's a recording from 2015 with the word "Bergeron" dubbed in.

 

[Sky04]

I feel like that's a recording from 2015 with the word "Bergeron" dubbed in.

How many comments about not having motivation has he/the team given the past 2 years?

The biggest thing about this team has always been complacency and being unmotivated, Cooper has to do a better job of that but that's also a captains role to reign guys in as well.

 

[God King Fudge]

I can't believe Gourde is going to play this game...

I get the feeling a guy like Gourde would have to have a missing limb to stay out of a playoff game.

 

[VinikToWinIt]

How many comments about not having motivation has he/the team given the past 2 years?

The biggest thing about this team has always been complacency and being unmotivated, Cooper has to do a better job of that but that's also a captains role to reign guys in as well.

To be fair, he was asked about motivation in this case.

 

[Stammertime91]

Saw the article about Gourde having a kid. Yanni Gourde is tiny. Omg. Obviously he's short but he's like a toothpick. So much heart to play the way he does and not back down.

We would win a cup every year if we had 18 Gourde's skating out there. We would also probably win an award for cloning but whatever.

Please win tonight. Post game shakes at the Jerk Hut with Matty Watts and myself if we win.

 

[The Gongshow]

RUH ROH! The old image doesn't work anymore..... also game 3 in enemy territory and stuff like that

 

[CupsOverCash]

RUH ROH! The old image doesn't work anymore..... also game 3 in enemy territory and stuff like that

Ruh Roh...

 

[The Gongshow]

 

[DaBolts]

Dear Bolts,

(Especially you Stammer line):

 

[Herbert Lewis]

Go Bolts

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Saw the article about Gourde having a kid. Yanni Gourde is tiny. Omg. Obviously he's short but he's like a toothpick. So much heart to play the way he does and not back down.

We would win a cup every year if we had 18 Gourde's skating out there. We would also probably win an award for cloning but whatever.

Please win tonight. Post game shakes at the Jerk Hut with Matty Watts and myself if we win.

18 Gourdes would have 450 goals. Yep ez cup

 

[Fenway]

Sportsbook odds for tonight

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/sportsbook/category/stanley-cup-playoffs.107/?order=upcoming

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

Hopefully Stamkos and Kucherov go off today. Would be nice to see.

 

[Bolt 45]

Double ruh-roh? Boston has no idea what they're in for. Need to come out swinging, and hope the refs have had their fun. PK needs to be solid, just in case. Whichever line gets the mismatch that'll come with Cassidy freeing up his top line just needs to keep pace with those guys. I trust our guys to deliver. Go Bolts!

 

[CupsOverCash]

Double ruh-roh? Boston has no idea what they're in for. Need to come out swinging, and hope the refs have had their fun. PK needs to be solid, just in case. Whichever line gets the mismatch that'll come with Cassidy freeing up his top line just needs to keep pace with those guys. I trust our guys to deliver. Go Bolts!

We could have to face some bad calls since we are in their building now but I like the way our pk has played lately. I just hope they don’t get another 5-3.

 

[These Are The Days]

Just win baby!

 

[gg720fla]

We need 5 points from the 1st line tonight. Don't let your fans down. Where there is a will there is a way. No excuses. Get nasty tonight. We're going back to Tampa minimum even or up 3-1

 

[These Are The Days]

I'll give Stamkos this much credit, we have (for the most part) responded and played well when he's talked about playing better. Doesn't mean we will tonight but a man can only dream that we have a redux of October through December after that humbling loss to the Panthers and Stamkos more or less said for it to be expected that the team would play better. Well damn captain that was indeed a nice run we went on.

 

[Stammertime91]

Barry Melrose: "I do give the edge to Rask. I think they get the edge and win tonight. The Bergeron line had a great game 2."

Ok. So I guess we win tonight.

 

[Bolt 45]

We could have to face some bad calls since we are in their building now but I like the way our pk has played lately. I just hope they don’t get another 5-3.

I mean, I'm expecting it, it'll just be hard to stomach with all of the whining from Boston fans. It'll feel a bit like rewarding a spoiled child for throwing a temper tantrum in a toy store. Smh. Whatever. Rask is overdue for a dud of a game, and I'm thinking that Boston's seeing-eye goals/bounces get less frequent as this series rolls on.