Foppa2118
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- Oct 3, 2003
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Byram sucked. Yeah he had 2 goals, but he also is to blame for 2 goals, both in the 3rd period.
He let Stamkos get behind him for an easy break away goal, and then on the GWG, Bo for some reason pushed up to the blueline with the puck not cleared yet, and created a 2on1 where Kuch potted the winner.
His game today just furthered my hate and motivation to trade him. Just send the gametape of the first 2 periods to every GM and say he's available. I'm done with him.
Byram giveth, Byram taketh away.
Awful sequence on both of the last two TB goals.
Byram continues to be frustrating. The defensive miscues and lack of awareness stand out even on a night where he scores two goals with really nice plays and offensive instincts. No idea where they go with him.
Come on guys, please watch these plays before you criticize like this. This is why there's so much Byram hate here. Every GDT he gets blamed for things that weren't his fault. Even when he has another good game, with two really nice goals.
He did NOT let Stamkos get behind him. Wood passes to Bo and follows Stamkos out of the zone, while Bo is taking the shot. Then Wood leaves Stamkos to go back into the zone, while Stamkos cherry picks the other way and gets lucky, almost going off sides even, as Colton passes the puck right to Tampa to set him up like he still plays with them.
No mistake whatsoever by Byram. He's deeper in the zone than Toews even. He can't shoot the puck, prevent Colton from turning the puck over, and teleport 20 feet backward all at the same time.
4th goal, as both Mitchy and JML said in the post game, was Colton's fault again. Byram's man is Stamkos the entire time. It's a standard play in the NHL now for the D man to go up high like that. His D partner Cale is covering the net, and Stamkos is setting up for a one timer in the high slot that he needs to block or deflect.
Colton takes Kucherov off the draw. That's his man. Then Colton tries to bail the zone early like Stamkos did to score on his old team, even though the score is tied now and he needs to be more responsible. Kucherov's pass goes off Colton's skate as he's bailing, goes right to Stamkos, who spins and backhands it to Point down low, who then passes it through Cale to a wide open Kucherov to score.
Again, no mistake whatsoever by Bo. If Colton doesn't bail the zone, and stays with his man, that goal doesn't happen.
I don't want to give you guys a hard time, we all make mistakes, but this happens far too often, and it influences other people's opinions.