GDT: 6/3/22 - 8:00PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ New York Rangers [ECF GAME 2]

[TheDaysOf 04]

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[LightningStrikes]

Go

 

[Stammertime91]

Roses are red
Violets are blue
f*** everything else
Just win game 2


Poetry record 5-1

 

[Peacefool]

Go Bolts! Just Win!!

 

[DaBolts]

So Volbeat finally lost. Fine, I have more ammo. Time to load up with some of the big boys. Judas Priest for the win and with a message to you Naw Yawkers:



GO BOLTS!!!!

 

[Felonious Python]

Big Cat is All In

 

[Maelmoor]

Huge game! Can we win tonight I like our chances going forward, a loss will make it really tough..

Keys to success:
- Eliminate the turnovers/mistakes
- Vasy bouncing back to have a big game
- Special teams need to step up
- I want to see urgency from everyone

 

[Meuracas]

My contribution…go Bolts!

 

[Coopers Gum]

Just win baby!

 

[Summer Rose]

I fell asleep after the second period of game one... I'm sorry. I was just feeling extremely stressed (the game was actually a big reason), went to lie down in an attempt to de-stress, and ended up dozing off.

Not tonight! Go Bolts!

 

[Hoek]

No more freebies. Let's play them for real.

 

[VinikToWinIt]

We showed them a Cooper game 1, now let's show them a Cooper game 2.

 

[Felonious Python]

this exists

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

One thing I feel like has been a theme throughout these meetings this season has been the Rangers having a much better time in the 2nd period than we are. The long change has really been giving us problems, and that's annoying because that's as much of a discipline problem as much as it is anything else. The 2nd period in Game 1 was really where the mental rust of nine days off showed up for us. I don't really think there was any physical signs of that - you don't control the 1st period of a game when you're rusty - but the details were miserable. Coverage issues, lack of rotation, just made things way too easy for the Rangers and they have players capable of taking advantage of that - I don't in my life think Carolina beats us 6-2 in any game if we'd met them. That Stamkos and Kucherov, of all players, flubbed multiple Grade A's while it was still a close/tie game didn't help at all either.

Clean up the details, and I think there's a good chance we get this to 1-1 coming home. Game 1 against Toronto was worse than that and we cleaned it up pretty quickly for Game 2. As bad as it was, it was only one game. But we're definitely putting a lot of eggs in this game tonight...given that we've never been a strong home team, I can't say coming home needing to win both games to tie it up will make me all that comfortable, so this is very close to "must win" realm for me.

 

[Fabiobest]

Hi everyone!!!
Just win tonight: I want to see the urgency is out guys. Our defense has to play at his best: I don't want to see all the mistakes we saw 2 days ago.
Play like champions!
Go Bolts!!!

 

[gn2007]

19 in a row. Focus on that

 

[bigdaddio]

Last game NY was pretty good. They converted on their chances but....

They got a few good puck luck bounces. Their 4th goal I think where 4 guys converged on a puck and they all bounced away and the puck did not move sitting on a tee in the slot.

Vasy played poorly.

Defense made some mistakes

They got a seriously terrible call where they scored on the PP

So, if we get better puck luck, Vasy is Vasy, our defense firms up and we don't get hosed I feel good about our chances. Rangers are the most complete team we've faced so far so nothing will be easy but I don't think game 1 is a full indication (unless Vasy forgot how to play in the last 10 days).

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

I know we tend to flub Game 1's but I don't have high expectations for this series. The Rangers are a comparable team on paper and have a good coach, and they've closed some of the experience gap in their first two series. We're banged up and in a hole, this could turn south really quickly.

Just here for the ride, our guys always have a chance at winning. We've already made it farther than I expected this year.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO BOLTS!!!!!!!!

 

[Lightning1995]

Let’s ride, go Bolts baby

 

[UseYourHedman]

Who's ready for this series to start?!?!

 

[LordZapp]

Let's see some of that "self correcting" you're talking about coop!

 

[Stelio Kontos]

If Killorn Paul and Hagel actually start scoring I have faith..

 

[Discipline]

Debating on going out tonight for the game, but lets get 1 at the Garden and go home.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Go bolts!!