GDT: 9/28/17 - 6:00PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ Florida [Preseason Game 6]

[TheDaysOf 04]

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
GDT

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING vs FLORIDA PANTHERS
* * * P R E S E A S O N - G A M E # 6 * * *

6:00 PM - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH 2017
BB&T CENTER - SUNRISE, FLORIDA

RADIO:
AM 970 WFLA > http://www.iheart.com/live/2823/?autoplay=true
Lightning Power Play > http://www.iheart.com/live/lightning-power-play-6683/

- STARTING LINEUPS -



90 VLAD NAMESTNIKOV - 91 STEVEN STAMKOS - 86 NIKITA KUCHEROV
18 ONDREJ PALAT - 9 TYLER JOHNSON - 21 BRAYDEN POINT
17 ALEX KILLORN - 37 YANNI GOURDE - 24 RYAN CALLAHAN
89 CORY CONACHER - 13 CEDRIC PAQUETTE - 23 J.T. BROWN

77 VICTOR HEDMAN - 5 DAN GIRARDI
98 MIKHAIL SERGACHEV - 6 ANTON STRALMAN
62 ANDREJ SUSTR - 55 BRAYDON COBURN

31 PETER BUDAJ



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- PRESEASON STATS -

#	Pos	Player	GP	G	A	PTS
17	LW	Alex Killorn	2	0	3	3
86	RW	Nikita Kucherov	2	2	1	3
79	LW	Alexander Volkov	3	2	0	2
98	D	Mikhail Sergachev	4	1	1	2
24	RW	Ryan Callahan	2	1	1	2
89	LW	Cory Conacher	2	0	2	2
91	C	Steven Stamkos	2	0	2	2
21	C	Brayden Point	3	0	2	2
37	C	Yanni Gourde	2	1	0	1
44	LW	Tye McGinn	2	1	0	1
23	RW	J.T. Brown	2	0	1	1
18	LW	Ondrej Palat	2	0	1	1
40	C	Gabriel Dumont	3	0	1	1
77	D	Victor Hedman	2	1	0	1
90	C	Vladislav Namestnikov	3	0	1	1
5	D	Dan Girardi	2	0	1	1
62	D	Andrej Sustr	2	0	0	0
13	C	Cedric Paquette	2	0	0	0
29	D	Slater Koekkoek	3	0	0	0
6	D	Anton Stralman	1	0	0	0
55	D	Braydon Coburn	2	0	0	0
9	C	Tyler Johnson	2	0	0	0
14	LW	Chris Kunitz	2	0	0	0
15	LW	Michael Bournival	2	0	0	0

[TR][TH][/TH][/TR]

#	Goalie	GP	W	L	SOL	SO	GAA	SV%
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	2	1	1	0	0	2.00	.906
31	Peter Budaj	1 1/3	0	1	0	0	1.00	.889

- PRESEASON SCHEDULE -

Date	Visitor	Home	Time (ET)	TV Network	Results
Tue Sep 19, 2017	Hurricanes	Lightning	7:30 PM	n/a	2-1 L
Wed Sep 20, 2017	Lightning	Hurricanes	7:00 PM	n/a	4-3 W
Fri Sep 22, 2017	Predators	Lightning	7:30 PM	n/a	1-3 W
Sun Sep 24, 2017	Panthers	Lightning	4:00 PM	n/a	4-2 L
Tue Sep 26, 2017	Lightning	Panthers	7:30 PM	n/a	2-4 L
Thur Sep 28, 2017	Lightning	Panthers	7:30 PM	n/a	-
Sat Sep 30, 2017	Lightning	Predators	7:00PM	n/a	-

- QUOTES -

JON COOPER:​

"One thing about (Point) is he's a puck hound. You've got a couple skilled scorers on that line. You need someone that can go in and get those guys pucks. So we're trying to see if that combination works. He can erase a lot of mistakes by anyone out there, because of his quickness, his tenacity. You want to get the puck on Stamkos' stick, want the puck on Kucherov's stick. You need guys to go get it and he is one of those guys."

STEVEN STAMKOS:
"There's urgency, especially when coming off the year we didn't make the playoffs. We're not sitting here thinking, 'Ok, we'll just flip the switch when the season starts.' We need to get better. Obviously the last couple games we'll see, including tonight, more of the guys who will be in the opening night roster. We need to come together. I know we've had the same core guys for a while. It always takes some time to get that chemistry back and that's what we'll do in the last two games."

"There's only six periods left. If we've learned anything from the last couple years, we want to start the season on time, not get behind the eight ball. There's definitely some areas to improve."

LET'S GO BOLTS!​

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[AlphaCatalyst]

Lets go

 

[FDfranklin]

I just want to be able to watch!

Will be a bit concerning if we lose this one.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Great to have the captain back. Guys need to wake up and show up in the season early this year. We missed the playoffs last year but teams will still be giving their best to our team. A lot of "experts" have us making the playoffs and going far again. This league is talented so no game is easy but teams that are better than others should still win games. If they show up. Which this team needs to do now. Not only playoffs but division title could be up for grabs if they do that. Anything that can make the road a little easier for the road to the cup is good in my book. These guys have it in them to do that and way more. Show up!

 

[dechire]

At least we're doing better than the Habs. Apparently they're 0-6 in the pre-season so far with two 5-1 losses

 

[DFC]

Great to have the captain back. Guys need to wake up and show up in the season early this year. We missed the playoffs last year but teams will still be giving their best to our team. A lot of "experts" have us making the playoffs and going far again. This league is talented so no game is easy but teams that are better than others should still win games. If they show up. Which this team needs to do now. Not only playoffs but division title could be up for grabs if they do that. Anything that can make the road a little easier for the road to the cup is good in my book. These guys have it in them to do that and way more. Show up!

IMO, it's all about Palat. If we get PostAllStar Palat on Game 1, we're gonna be really good. If we don't, we're gonna be a one line threat at ES, and then we'll have to see if Richards can keep our PP lethal without Drouin QBing it.

 

[The Macho King]

Yeah Palat has escaped a lot of shit talking on this forum despite deserving at least some of it. I think it's because when he's not contributing offensively he's still effective defensively, but both him and Johnson are on my "put up or shut up" list, and frankly I'm not anticipating they put up after they just signed contracts which keep them set for life.

 

[These Are The Days]

Yeah Palat has escaped a lot of shit talking on this forum despite deserving at least some of it. I think it's because when he's not contributing offensively he's still effective defensively, but both him and Johnson are on my "put up or shut up" list, and frankly I'm not anticipating they put up after they just signed contracts which keep them set for life.

I think as long as they stay together they'll be fine. I hope Coop has learned that the fastest way to screw both those guys up is to split them apart for any length of time. I've never seen two players so dependent on each other before.

 

[DFC]

I think as long as they stay together they'll be fine. I hope Coop has learned that the fastest way to screw both those guys up is to split them apart for any length of time. I've never seen two players so dependent on each other before.

Palat's not nearly as dependent on Johnson as vice versa. It's just we only ever see the "real" Palat after January. Looking at his stats is insane. You'd think it's two different players but it happens every single year. He contributes very little offensively up until December, but then, somewhere around Christmas time, goes absolute beast-mode and scores near a point-per-game, and sometimes better, until the season's end. Every. Single. Year.

Palat has 70 points in him if he shows up in October. I mean, he scores 50+ every healthy year, with about 70% of those coming in the second half.

 

[Leonardo87]

Palat's not nearly as dependent on Johnson as vice versa. It's just we only ever see the "real" Palat after January. Looking at his stats is insane. You'd think it's two different players but it happens every single year. He contributes very little offensively up until December, but then, somewhere around Christmas time, goes absolute beast-mode and scores near a point-per-game, and sometimes better, until the season's end. Every. Single. Year.

Palat has 70 points in him if he shows up in October.

With the way camp and preseason have gone, seems he is destined to do that again this year, or maybe he'll surprise us.

 

[DFC]

With the way camp and preseason have gone, seems he is destined to do that again this year, or maybe he'll surprise us.

Yeah. I wouldn't be worried about it if it were anyone else. Like, I barely care what Kucherov's doing right now. Hedman. Even Stamkos. So I guess I should extend that same meh attitude to Palat (and Johnson) in the pre-season, but it's hard because we know what he can do when he eventually decides to turn it on, and we know how important a player like that can be. But it'd be nice to have that in October for once.

 

[The Macho King]

Yeah. I wouldn't be worried about it if it were anyone else. Like, I barely care what Kucherov's doing right now. Hedman. Even Stamkos. So I guess I should extend that same meh attitude to Palat (and Johnson) in the pre-season, but it's hard because we know what he can do when he eventually decides to turn it on, and we know how important a player like that can be. But it'd be nice to have that in October for once.

Palat was an absolute goat last year until the team as a whole turned it around. I'm meh about Kucherov, Stamkos, and Hedman because I know they show up when the games matter. Palat and Johnson have shown a tendency to need four alarms to wake up.

This whole "wait until January" bullshit is what got us into such hot water last season. Sorry - if Palat can't bother showing up until January I don't want him on the team.

 

[These Are The Days]

Palat always gets his act together eventually but Johnson will be a trainwreck no matter who he plays with and doesn't get it together until Palat has his late season surge

 

[Leonardo87]

Just a heads up, game tonight is at 6pm.

 

[These Are The Days]

Good catch, Nick. I didn't even realize that myself

 

[Chet]

Still no Dotchin. Must have been a serious unspecified rule.

 

[Iceman]

Haven't been following the preseason much, how are the newcomers doing?

 

[JoVel]

Haven't been following the preseason much, how are the newcomers doing?

Haven't veen able to watch that much myself either but the Mystery Man also known as Alex Volkov has surprised everyone and could actually make the team. Someone who has watched more of him can give more details but the only full game I've watched he was very good in the offensive zone and created lots of offense.

 

[Brie]

I really wish that we could watch the game since there isn't much time left but again maybe someone will attend and let us know how it goes. Sounds like most of the vets will be playing and that they have some new PP's to try (like putting Stammer and Kuch on the same PP which would be fun to actually see).

 

[Steazy Doo]

Volkov not in tonight?

Have a feeling he's Syracuse bound.

 

[The Macho King]

Volkov not in tonight?

Have a feeling he's Syracuse bound.

Well - there's probably a bit of a fight for two or three spots between four or five guys (Brown, Paquette, Volkov, Dumont, Bournival for bottom six spots). They're all going to need some game time to evaluate. Him being scratched tonight isn't definitive, although I agree it makes his final roster spot somewhat less likely.

 

[Sky04]

Palat's not nearly as dependent on Johnson as vice versa. It's just we only ever see the "real" Palat after January. Looking at his stats is insane. You'd think it's two different players but it happens every single year. He contributes very little offensively up until December, but then, somewhere around Christmas time, goes absolute beast-mode and scores near a point-per-game, and sometimes better, until the season's end. Every. Single. Year.

Palat has 70 points in him if he shows up in October. I mean, he scores 50+ every healthy year, with about 70% of those coming in the second half.

??? This is what I say every year especially last year, and I explicitly remember you saying it's ok to wait for post-all star Palat every season

 

[The Macho King]

??? This is what I say every year especially last year, and I explicitly remember you saying it's ok to wait for post-all star Palat every season

TBF DFC was a big proponent of "Don't worry guys, we'll make the playoffs then we'll show them" while we were at the bottom of the conference during the entire first half. Post-all star performance clearly weighs heavily in his player evals.

 

[Sky04]

TBF DFC was a big proponent of "Don't worry guys, we'll make the playoffs then we'll show them" while we were at the bottom of the conference during the entire first half. Post-all star performance clearly weighs heavily in his player evals.

And with how we missed the playoffs last season, next time someone says "it's only one game in October/November", "we have x amount of games left," I can happily direct them to 2016-2017.

 

[Felonious Python]

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