GDT: 10/19/23 - 7:00PM EDT - Vancouver vs Tampa Bay

[TheDaysOf 04]

Not a pretty end to this one in the final 2 minutes, but overall a really positive night for the Bolts. And we got 2 points.

 

[Master P]

Cooper shell wins again.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

I thought the forward lines looked pretty good tonight, most chemistry I've seen all season.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Yaaaassssssss

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This is why Vancouver calls Myers the Chaos Giraffe.

 

[Stormbreaker]

Yaaaassssssss

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This is why Vancouver calls Myers the Chaos Giraffe.

Another Benning masterclass

 

[Saskyboy]

Jeannot making every line he’s on better

Bonus is sky wont come in and post about teej tonight

In the offensive zone all defenders fear him. He’ll make them throw the pick up the boards and cause giveaways. Hard nose hockey player.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

Good win boys. We needed that. Glad to see Stammer upright. Next up, our mortal enemy.

I never feel comfortable playing the Leafs cause I feel they always want it more than us.

 

[Hoek]

They just had to give up that third goal to ruin Jojo's state line

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

"I thought that was another big part in the game for us. I felt we were coming in that second period. Jeannot is one of those guys who can turn a game like that. There are not a lot of guys who will look that guy in the eye and, when you see those things happen, a physical presence, it makes guys a little bit taller on the bench. There has been a lot more to Jeannot's game. He has been big, physical, he is on on forechecks, he is around the net, and just really really happy with his game"

 

[Master P]

They just had to give up that third goal to ruin Jojo's state line

Kind of like Vassy and shutouts.

He's now legit part of the team.

 

[DFC]

I'll tell you what we know for sure about tonight.

Two Dicks, one Kuch, and they all scored.

 

[Point21]

 

[T REX]

Just getting settled after dropping my mom off at her house. The better half and I took her to her 1st game since my dad went the great rink in the sky. She had a lot of fun. She loves the Lightning so much. Hug your parents if you still have that opportunity. Hug em hard.

I wish Kuch would shoot more all the time. We battled at home. Played well in spurts. ABB is a total waste out there. If Kuch can go god mode...we have a chance. Night y'all.

 

[Sky04]

Looks like Kuch woke up and Sergachev still adding to his golf score, teams really going to have to lean onto Hedman and Cernak his year defensively.

 

[Maelmoor]

Good and important win, can't afford to fall behind too much! Nice to see some Kuch domination!

 

[DFC]

Mick Eyssimont had one of his better games as a Bolt, IMO. And Nick Paul might be one of those players who's significantly better when he has some confidence.

 

[Tampa22]

The defense will be a problem during all the season, hope we can fix it! The good part this time is the offensive help us! Important 2 points and focus in Toronto now!

 

[Crunchrulz]

Cute or ugly, a win is a win and I will gladly take the two points.

 

[Rschmitz]

I'd like to see the team leaning heavier into shot suppression, apply more pressure outside of the defensive zone. I know after the Columbus debacle we've moved away from that, but our best defense right now is to use the blue line and keep the other team out of our zone entirely.

 

[JFleegs]

Looks like Kuch woke up and Sergachev still adding to his golf score, teams really going to have to lean onto Hedman and Cernak his year defensively.

I will say Hedman and Cernak looked great together though! Need to find Sergy a reliable partner.

 

[RussianGuyovich]

Looks like Kuch woke up and Sergachev still adding to his golf score, teams really going to have to lean onto Hedman and Cernak his year defensively.

Did you mean to post defensive stalwarts dehaan and perbix?

 

[FinnLightning26]

I thought the forward lines looked pretty good tonight, most chemistry I've seen all season.

I really liked the look of our forward lines. ABB is hidden with Kuch and Point and he needs to be in top six if we want to keep him in the lineup. Hagel makes everyone look better and he might just make Cirelli and Stamkos work for the first time ever. The third line has some serious size and Merelä was more noticeable than in all the games combined so far. The fourth line is pretty much a collection of players but that's just what fourth lines usually are. Eyssimont looked good and even Sheary didn't look like shit.

The defense is another story but I don't know how you can mix them better. Sergachev and Raddysh are a disaster waiting to happen. Especially Sergachev needs to wake the f*** up. The guy is making 8.5 million and for that you have to be able to carry a pairing. I believe Coop even benched them for a bit after they f***ed up twice to start the second period. Perbix has looked better in the last couple of games which is encouraging. Maybe demotion to the third pairing is what he needed to settle down a bit and reel it in.

All in all, probably the best overall game so far. Vancouver sucks though so it's tough to decide if we played well or if Canucks were just that bad.

 

[EmptyNetAssassin]

Because the alternative is DeHann or Fleury with Raddysh and that's even worse. Hedman with Perbix has been bad this season too.

Giving me ditching vibes. We won last night, wasn't pretty but a win. Sergachev made women Costly mistakes. Goalie played a slightly better. This team goes as far as kucherov and point can carry them.

 

[Sky04]

Giving me ditching vibes. We won last night, wasn't pretty but a win. Sergachev made women Costly mistakes. Goalie played a slightly better. This team goes as far as kucherov and point can carry them.

Guess he picked up a few things from Cole.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

I made my wife rewind that Myers play again it was so ridiculous, at first I thought pointer made a jump cut on him but nope, man just taking man. Incredible stuff.