Tampa Bay looks..bad..err good!

[Zalos]

We all know the past two years were not giving us a good idea of the quality of the team Yzerman had in his hands, but, damn, the Lighting is kicking butts right now. It seems like everything is going right at the same time.

You got Stamkos back in full form, Kucherov getting better every year, Johnson and Palat roaring back, Sergachev turning heads in his first year (could he win the Calder if he keeps this up?), and Point and Gourde coming almost out of nowhere. This offense is extremely stacked!

More than that, their defensive core is doing great at the moment and Vasilevskiy is making sure that nobody remembers Ben Bishop.

Looking at the age of all their great players, Tampa Bay can seriously be Cup contenders for at least 5 more years. Does anyone think this is just too good to be true and that some of their players are overperforming?

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[The Macho King]

Excellent jinx thread.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Stamkos injured next week confirmed.

 

[MR4]

Leafs say thanks for the jinx thread on Bolts

 

[tony d]

They're playing quite good thus far. Be interesting to see if they can keep it up.

 

[authentic]

I think they're the best team in the league personally, we shall see as the season goes on though.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Incoming nine out of ten losses. Just like when an announcer shows how great a fg kicker has been...then doink!!

 

[JianYang]

Alot of people (including myself) had them winning the Atlantic but even I'm amazed with what they are doing.

It's nice to build a big buffer for a playoff spot this early in the season. The challenge now will be to ensure peak form for the post season. I know that's a long ways away but nobody will remember the start if the club is not playing well going into the post season.

 

[JoVel]

I wouldn't fully agree that our d-core is doing great. It has been up and down with very good games but very bad ones too. Definitely need to be more consistent there.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

This team is good but not as good as its record indicate. You can't be considered a solid team without, at least, an average defense. The thing is, Tampa needs to do a better job at preventing opposite scoring chances, because that tendency is likely to cause problem at some point in the [long] season. If they can fix that, watch out, it's still a top 10 in the league otherwise.

 

[mikeyp24]

Best team I've seen this year so the east thanks you for the jynx!!

 

[Rschmitz]

ewww jinx thread

 

[Eat The Rich]

This theme of Thread titles is getting out of hand

 

[DitchMarner]

You can't be considered a solid team without, at least, an average defense. The thing is, Tampa needs to do a better job at preventing opposite scoring chances, because that tendency is likely to cause problem at some point in the [long] season. .

As a Leafs fan, I can confirm this.

 

[JoVel]

This theme of Thread titles is getting out of hand

Should the title be changed to "Tampa is coming to burn down your village" or "Tampa is quietly roaring back"?

 

[The Macho King]

This team is good but not as good as its record indicate. You can't be considered a solid team without, at least, an average defense. The thing is, Tampa needs to do a better job at preventing opposite scoring chances, because that tendency is likely to cause problem at some point in the [long] season. If they can fix that, watch out, it's still a top 10 in the league otherwise.

For all of that, we're 8th in the league in GA/G. So... yeah. Top offense with a top 10 defense? I can live with that.

 

[Murzu]

Should the title be changed to "Tampa is coming to burn down your village" or "Tampa is quietly roaring back"?

Tampa is quietly roaring back..to burn down your village

 

[Byrral]

This is a really fast team with a lot of high end offensive skill. They also have a pretty good defense and goalie. They move the puck well. They are one of the best teams in the league right now.

 

[Frank Drebin]

This theme of Thread titles is getting out of hand

Its...bad

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Some game tape if anyone is interested.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Surely Stamkos and Kucherov can't keep this pace up.....right?

 

[Stopsight]

Surely Stamkos and Kucherov can't keep this pace up.....right?

Depends how many times they play Niemi

 

[bukwas]

They look really solid this season. The next powerhouse out of the East though Columbus might have something to say about that.

Depth and quality throughout, that's what it's all about.

 

[DitchMarner]

Some game tape if anyone is interested.

I thought I saw a few possible infractions in there but impressive highlights nonetheless.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Ahhhh the Jinx threads are out already.