GDT: SCF Game #5 ★ Dallas Stars vs Tampa Bay Lightning, 7:00 PM CT ★ NBC, CBC, SN ★ Tampa leads 3-1

[serp]

I'm making this early so @LT can't and guarantee a loss ​

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[LT]

I just want it over.

We aren’t gonna win the series and it’s taking too much of a toll on me mentally.

We’re just getting outplayed and it’s clear that we aren’t the better team right now. Fully healthy maybe it’s a different story.

Just gotta hope we can make another run next year.

 

[Henderson33]

Losing the only 2 good parts of the FCC line really f***ed us, we're toast.

 

[Nikki Potnick]

Me if someone asks if I think Dallas is going to lose the series.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Scoring struggles ( especially Seguin )
Idiotic penalties
Dysfunctional powerplay
Injuries
Goaltending and defense
^^ ( Miro and Esa made some bad mistakes in game 3 and Dobby couldn't save stars this time )

All these cost this series to stars.
As a Finn i'm sad and my Finnish heart cries blood because i really hoped Stanley Cup to Stars.

But unfortunately Tampa Bay was too skilled and too dangerous to get beaten by Dallas.
Better luck next season ( if there even is a season because Covid19 is still serious threat to all sport )

 

[Kcb12345]

Yeah not expecting anything out of this one other than the Stars possibly delaying the inevitable. Hope they can somehow find a way to make this year even crazier but I'd say they have about a 5% chance of winning the next 3 games, and I feel generous there.

Maybe we can get Comeau back and find a way to take game 5 and delay a bit more to maybe get Faksa back? Idk

Also hated the way Khudobin looked tonight. He looked like he should - a backup goalie filling in - tonight and it was ugly

 

[DieselPig]

I just want it over.

We aren’t gonna win the series and it’s taking too much of a toll on me mentally.

We’re just getting outplayed and it’s clear that we aren’t the better team right now. Fully healthy maybe it’s a different story.

Just gotta hope we can make another run next year.

Sad, but I agree with all of this. I think the Stars threw everything at them tonight and were still out played, still took bad penalties, and still came up short... might not even watch tomorrow I’m not sure yet..

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Maybe we can get that guy Chicago used for part of one game. He looked good.

 

[Satan]

Khudobin is solved.
Bishop shouldn’t start.
Oettinger has no experience.

great position to be in

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Is Khudobin the most overrated goalie of all time? 3.00 GAA this playoffs and people are thinking he is carrying us. The dude is a liability outside of 5 Vegas games.

 

[catters078]

f*** this negative attitude.

Go win Game 5 boys! Was a coin flip last game.

Win 1 then can worry about anything else later.

29 other teams would kill to be in this position. Proud of their efforts.

Go win a dog fight tonight.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

At the end of the day, I'm not that pissed. This entire playoffs I never really "stressed" the same way about playoff games as in the past. Everything was weird.

We went much further than any of us expected and got to watch a lot of playoff hockey.

We knew Colorado, Vegas, and TB would all be hard ass series and we won 2 of them.

Great run by the boys in very difficult circumstances.

 

[Satan]

Khudobin is solved.
Bishop shouldn’t start.
Oettinger has no experience.

great position to be in

yw for the content Shapiro

 

[LT]

Bring Belfour Back

 

[DieselPig]

Just rewatched all the goals.. Dallas needed a save from Dobby and didn’t get one. 4 of the 5 goals were stoppable IMO. Dobby looked absolutely awful in net, couldn’t hold a rebound to save his life, and every shot looked like it could go in.. I’m already on the fence regarding whether to watch tonight, but if Dobby is starting I might just save myself from the disappointment.

 

[BfantZ]

I feel if the stars can grind out a win it will probably give them enough momentum to force a game 7 but it’s hard to see after trying so hard last game just to lose in ot.

 

[Morry83]

Series ends tonight

 

[DieselPig]

Series ends tonight

Me thinks so too

 

[Rory]

I just want it over.

We aren’t gonna win the series and it’s taking too much of a toll on me mentally.

We’re just getting outplayed and it’s clear that we aren’t the better team right now. Fully healthy maybe it’s a different story.

Just gotta hope we can make another run next year.

I feel like the players agree. Sounds like they are tired of the bubble. Their play reflects that as well. Refs agree too.

 

[Rory]

I am okay if bishop starts. I think they figured out Dobby. Shoot blocker side and it has worked for them. I hope Bishop is feeling better.

 

[DieselPig]

Any status update on Hintz???

 

[Kcb12345]

Awful position to be in for Bowness. Won't blame him on whatever starting decision he makes though. Someone has gotta play and it's a complete toss up as to who it will be. I think personally I'd like to see Bishop in, but at the same time maybe its Khudobin's series to finish. Win or lose

 

[Morry83]

I’d play Oettinger. You got nothing to lose and it’s not like he’s just some shitty backup goalie, he’s one of the top goalie prospects in the league. Dobby has been pretty awful.

 

[Kcb12345]

I’d play Oettinger. You got nothing to lose and it’s not like he’s just some shitty backup goalie, he’s one of the top goalie prospects in the league. Dobby has been pretty awful.

Tonight's game is literally the definition of having something to lose. Doubt they give the kid his first ever start in an elimination game of the SCF

 

[BrettHullsToe]

At the end of the day, I'm not that pissed. This entire playoffs I never really "stressed" the same way about playoff games as in the past. Everything was weird.

We went much further than any of us expected and got to watch a lot of playoff hockey.

We knew Colorado, Vegas, and TB would all be hard ass series and we won 2 of them.

Great run by the boys in very difficult circumstances.

Yeah, at any point from losing Round 2 to the Blues up until this series started, I would have been perfectly happy with the result if someone told me the Stars will lose the SCF to Tampa, and I'm sure most other fans would agree. To change my opinion now that it's about to happen would be irrational (understandable, but still irrational).

Ultimately, this is good experience for Miro, so he knows what it takes on his next Cup run (in ~10 years after a rebuild with a sexy new forward core ).