Huh, they didn't edit out the French swear words.
First half of game: bar mocking me for my Gudlevskis jersey. Second half: them apologizing.
I still believe.
Drouin
So it sounded like another unimspired night from the Lightning? Thats not good as season gets closer. Although I will say our 4th line with Condra and Boyle actually looks like a legit 4th line. That was a pretty play from those two. And Drouin is going to be ready to hit the ground running this year.
Opinions on the goaltending situation?
We're looking at Nabokov-esque backups right now. If Bishop goes down we're in huge trouble for a couple months.
Cooper said Drouin is playing with more command, confidence, coming in "on a mission." "So far, so good," Cooper said
Biggest issue I see is our backup goalie is going to be bad, lets hope bishop holds up till vasy gets back.
Last preseason we won 5 out of 6 games which was great but I do wonder if that had something to do with personell, I mean back then other than Stamkos, Hedman, Filppula, Bishop and Carle everyone else was either new at TDL (Callahan) or during FA (Strålman, Boyle, Garrison, Morrow, Nabby) or they were the young guys trying to prove that they were not going through a sophomore slump but all of them were playing to fit into the lineup while this year we only have three players really that needs that, Condra who is the new guy and Drouin and Vladdy who are the young guys who all for one reason other the other needs/wants to prove themselves to fit in while the rest of the guys don’t really have to do it this time (they should always do it but you can understand why they don’t even if you don’t agree). It’s one of the negative sides of not making many changes over the summer, players can get to comfortable, but I’m hoping that I’m sort of wrong and it’s just a preseason thing and they will become the Lightning team we know and love once the regular season starts.
I think your kinda right because this is only preseason. But it is hockey and you would think after losing the cup they would be jacked up. But i think this team will be fine. Only concern I have is backup goalie.
It's probably kind of the opposite. Not exactly easy to pump yourself up for games that literally don't matter when the last games you've played were the biggest of your life.
We were missing a lot of grit last night from the vets, but I'd rather just go into the season healthy than go 7-0 in the pre-season but have guys with minor injuries already piling up. The players who need to have a good pre-season are having one.
Kucherov looked like he'd rather be playing video games or something last night. But whatever. If he's like that a week from now, it's a problem. I doubt that'll be the case though.