GDT: 5/4/22 - 7:30PM EDT - #3 Tampa Bay @ #2 Toronto [ECQF GAME 2]

[TheDaysOf 04]

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[LightningStrikes]

Dear team, show up pls?

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

we gon luz

 

[Sustrcarry]

In every good run since 2015 we have had such a strong bounce back games, especially from goalies. Curious to see if it still works that way.

 

[Stammertime91]

Posting here as a lightning fan before my post gets buried under 38 "oops wrong board" posts.

Please win. Any way possible. Don't care how, just win.

 

[J T Money]

It’d be nice if we didn’t suck tonight

 

[TheFurryPickle]

The best way for us to win tonight, would be to simply score more goals then them before the timer expires in Period 3.

 

[RussianGuyovich]

taking this opportunity to say: lmao panthers

 

[Summer Rose]

Got our token get blown out game out of the way early, time to play for real?

 

[These Are The Days]

Good news is they'll probably take this one seriously. Better news is they can lose tonight and still be just fine. Best news is we won back to back Cups and this wouldn't be a big deal even if we were swept

We're winning somehow folks

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

Certainly hard to see a way out of this series from an 0-2 deficit if they lose tonight, so hope that means we see more urgency from the boys with that in mind.

 

[LightningStrikes]

If we win our home games we only have to take one in Toronto. EZ!

 

[These Are The Days]

Had our offense been able to buy a damn goal in games 6 and 7 (I still maintain Kucherov is not great in those situations) we'd have come back from 0-2 down to the Caps for the 2nd time in team history.

 

[Hockey4Life91]

Yes, we historically lose the first game of a playoff series under Cooper's tenure. But Monday night was deeply concerning. Most troubling was the absence of a forecheck and tenacity. The lazy response is that we no longer have Coleman, Gourde and Goodrow. To be sure, they would have made a difference and helped set the right tone. Yet in every playoff run dating back to 2015 (putting the Columbus series to the side for the outlier that it was), we have controlled games with our forecheck, relentlessness, and intensity. This hallmark was nowhere to be found in game one. We looked slow, disinterested and unable to dictate the terms of the game. Also concerning was the fact that Kucherov looked out of sorts and akin to his 2019/Columbus version. Nothing was going right for him. Hopefully we see another team out there tonight.

And please - dear god - go back to what works: Palat, Point, Kucherov; McDonagh/Cernak; Hedman/Rutta; Serg/Bogosian. The line blender makes no sense right now. The only player that really had jump was Colton. I say combine Paul, Stamkos and Colton as the second line. And then put Killorn, Cirelli, and Hagel together as the third.

 

[LordZapp]

Just put Monday behind you and pound them into submission.

 

[Fabiobest]

Hi everyone!!!
A must win game tonight: we all know that Toronto will steal one in Tampa, so we desperately need to tie the series and make a statement.
Put on the ice the urgency, the talent and the forecheck you have please: it's the last call tonight.
If they don't wake up in G2, down 1-0, the season deserves to be over.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Earn the split on the road and we can move on from Game 1 forever.

 

[Lightning1995]

Yes, we historically lose the first game of a playoff series under Cooper's tenure. But Monday night was deeply concerning. Most troubling was the absence of a forecheck and tenacity. The lazy response is that we no longer have Coleman, Gourde and Goodrow. To be sure, they would have made a difference and helped set the right tone. Yet in every playoff run dating back to 2015 (putting the Columbus series to the side for the outlier that it was), we have controlled games with our forecheck, relentlessness, and intensity. This hallmark was nowhere to be found in game one. We looked slow, disinterested and unable to dictate the terms of the game. Also concerning was the fact that Kucherov looked out of sorts and akin to his 2019/Columbus version. Nothing was going right for him. Hopefully we see another team out there tonight.

And please - dear god - go back to what works: Palat, Point, Kucherov; McDonagh/Cernak; Hedman/Rutta; Serg/Bogosian. The line blender makes no sense right now. The only player that really had jump was Colton. I say combine Paul, Stamkos and Colton as the second line. And then put Killorn, Cirelli, and Hagel together as the third.

I also don’t understand the sudden line blender and defense pair blender from Coop. Heddy Cernek wasn’t a big thing in the regular season and that’s how we open?

 

[bigdaddio]

I hope they watched the Caps game last night b/c that is how you stunt their breakaway offense. You check them mercilessly at the blue line.

 

[Zwui21]

Game 2 and it's already a must win situation IMO.

Game 2s are normally the games where Tampa dominates, let's keep the trend going.

 

[Hoek]

Just gotta stop feeding them needless turnovers. Make the safe play if you have to and don't keep forcing the same set plays if they're covered.

 

[LordZapp]

I'm expecting a full 60 mins tonight. Whether that results in a win is another story.

 

[Peacefool]

Go Bolts! Just Win!!

 

[Stormbreaker]

Please show up this time. Let's go !!!

 

[T REX]

Must win...urgency...urgency...urgency...

Worst fanbase in hockey...they say our home games won't even be home games then question why people hate them. Hubris with hardware.

LFG!!!!!!

Pretty sure point is too injured to play on the top line