GDT: 8/26/20 - 8:00PM EDT - #2 Tampa Bay @ #3 Boston [ECSF Game 3]

[Felonious Python]

Postgame show is on SUN.

 

[UseYourHedman]

I loved this game as a kid.

 

[Felonious Python]

undisclosed. just said unfit to play.

He took a puck to the arm, right?

 

[ViD]

Was this the best game by Sergachev as a Lightning ?

 

[twenty5psi]

Well, I guess the upside to playoff back-to-backs is if you win both you can really flip a series on its head in the span of about 24 hours.

Good game all around, now just keep your foot on the gas.

 

[Multipass]

We looked pretty good there. It helps that the Bruins looked like garbage. When their top line is not dominating they look harmless.

 

[Antiramie]

Gee, I wonder why Johnson was pissed and went after Krug:

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Gee, I wonder why Johnson was pissed and went after Krug:

f***ing dirt. That should be a suspension

 

[BoltsOfAnarchy]

Well, I guess the upside to playoff back-to-backs is if you win both you can really flip a series on its head in the span of about 24 hours.

Good game all around, now just keep your foot on the gas.

Which is why that OT winner last night was vital!

 

[Embryo]

That was not a penalty...little tap. Just saw the replay.

 

[T REX]

Tried to stay away...complete win. Workman like night on the ice.

Saw some much needed urgency.

Still early. But Let's Go Bolts!

 

[PRZ45MD]

Gee, I wonder why Johnson was pissed and went after Krug:

Wow, I hadn't seen this. That's suspendable. There is no reason to ever axe chop with your stick down on someone elses' head.

Since he's a Bruin, he'll likely get nothing for it, but that was super dangerous and dirty.

 

[Sky04]

Was this the best game by Sergachev as a Lightning ?

He's had better shutdown defensive games during the season this year, that's more impressive for him imo.

 

[BoltsOfAnarchy]

Somebody here, I forget who, after last game asked if we could have a “laugher” of a game just once instead of those tight-knuckle, one goal games....

Well, hats off to you, we got just that! And it was oh so sweet!!! Maybe you should play the lottery

(But, it surely was not Sky04)

 

[Sky04]

Somebody here, I forget who, after last game asked if we could have a “laugher” of a game just once instead of those tight-knuckle, one goal games....

Well, hats off to you, we got just that! And it was oh so sweet!!! Maybe you should play the lottery

(But, it surely was not Sky04)

I have no idea what you're saying but weren't you ragging on the Coleman and Goodrow trades and just yesterday saying Cooper failed the team by not signing Pavelski and getting those 2 instead?

 

[Maelmoor]

Awesome game! Great to see the PP deliver! Still a long way to go, they need to be ready tomorrow, expecting the toughest test so far.

 

[Sky04]

Was thinking how nice it was for Point, Hedman and Kucherov to get a good rest with it being a blowout but Cassidy only played Bergeron and Marchand 13:00 / 15:00 mins tonight cause he knew they had no chance either

 

[LightningStrikes]

Always feels good to get a touchdown in the playoffs!

Gotta be on our toes going forward though, Boston got humiliated and will be looking to redeem themselves. Can’t get cocky now.

 

[LightningStrikes]

And what’s the talk about Boston needing some rest and being dead tired? We played the night before too. Hedman played almost 30 minutes in game 2 and we’re down Stamkos and McDonagh. We went to 5OT and another OT the round before. Such a lame ass excuse.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Was this the best game by Sergachev as a Lightning ?

No, he had some cracking regular season games

 

[Lightning1995]

That game was glorious. Go Bolts!

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

First time I’ve really seen a team give up in a playoff game like that. Bolts were ready and Bruins looked like they did not want to play the 2nd night of a back to back. 2 wins down, 2 to go to knock Boston out.

 

[DFC]

Wow, I hadn't seen this. That's suspendable. There is no reason to ever axe chop with your stick down on someone elses' head.

Since he's a Bruin, he'll likely get nothing for it, but that was super dangerous and dirty.

His defense will be he was off-balance. We can clearly see that's BS though.

 

[DFC]

And what’s the talk about Boston needing some rest and being dead tired? We played the night before too. Hedman played almost 30 minutes in game 2 and we’re down Stamkos and McDonagh. We went to 5OT and another OT the round before. Such a lame ass excuse.

Their core is older than ours, significantly. With McDonagh out, our oldest core player is Hedman, and he has very light mileage for a 29 year-old, elite #1 defenseman. I feel like we should have asked to play 7 games in 7 nights.

For as critical as I, and many others, have been of Cooper's usage of Hedman over the years, this is where it could pay off big-time. From what I can see, he's still getting better. Not flashier, but he's getting "great" on a more consistent basis. Very, very rare for him to make a huge mistake these days, and even more rare for him to have a bad game, and he still takes over when it counts. Usually experience and physical skills are a trade off--as a player accumulates experience, his skills decline. But Hedman doesn't have those hard, constant miles that a guy like Ryan Suter has on his legs, so I think we're getting the best of both worlds.

He's unquestionably the best defender in the game, as far as I'm concerned, and I think he's getting to that place where the proper questions are more about where he fits into history.

 

[killa3312]

Their core is older than ours, significantly. With McDonagh out, our oldest core player is Hedman, and he has very light mileage for a 29 year-old, elite #1 defenseman. I feel like we should have asked to play 7 games in 7 nights.

For as critical as I, and many others, have been of Cooper's usage of Hedman over the years, this is where it could pay off big-time. From what I can see, he's still getting better. Not flashier, but he's getting "great" on a more consistent basis. Very, very rare for him to make a huge mistake these days, and even more rare for him to have a bad game, and he still takes over when it counts. Usually experience and physical skills are a trade off--as a player accumulates experience, his skills decline. But Hedman doesn't have those hard, constant miles that a guy like Ryan Suter has on his legs, so I think we're getting the best of both worlds.

He's unquestionably the best defender in the game, as far as I'm concerned, and I think he's getting to that place where the proper questions are more about where he fits into history.

Yep. We owe the Islanders a big thank you for taking Tavares in front of Hedman. Tavares is a fine player but he isn’t close to Hedman’s level. Completely changed the fate of the franchise when the Lightning were able to draft him.