Post-Game Talk: 2021 NHL Playoffs - Round 2: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Carolina Hurricanes

[DFC]

I know we'll have to be better against Carolina and that I can't really judge them by the one game I watched (gm 6), but at the same time, they can't give up the chances they gave up in that game against us.

 

[berlin]

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

Whats hold up with the schedule

Not sure. We're being lined up on the same day as the LV/MIN vs. COL series, meaning we're never going to be playing in the same time zone as the other series. Seems like an obvious solution. 7pm ET starts on the weekdays for us, 9:30pm ET for the Western series.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

Anyone want to take a stab at guessing the dates of the games this series. Trying to possibly go to a game.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

It doesn't look like Amalie Arena or PNC Arena have any non-hockey events coming up, so I'm guessing it'll be an identical schedule that we had with Florida (all the way down to the day of the week when the series begins).

Thus...

PNC Arena: 5/30, 6/1, 6/7, 6/11
Amalie Arena: 6/3, 6/5, 6/9

...if my logic is correct.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

O/U on there being some extra curricular shenanigans that guy got into that conveniently got left out of the video?

 

[Point21]

Panthers fans got mad at me for telling them their fans are scumbags

 

[Felonious Python]

Whats hold up with the schedule

figuring out how to get Chicago outdoors

 

[zeykshade]

Panthers fans got mad at me for telling them their fans are scumbags

Most telling part about that youtube video...the comments are disabled. LOL

 

[Point21]

Most telling part about that youtube video...the comments are disabled. LOL

Exactly. the guy knew what he was doing and used his kid to make it seem worse. typical scumbag panther fans

 

[dbieon12]

How concerned are folks about the Hurricanes?
1 - ehh
10 - Bolts need to bring their A+ game

 

[DistantThunderRep]

How concerned are folks about the Hurricanes?
1 - ehh
10 - Bolts need to bring their A+ game

13, they are still riding high on our Lord and Savior's, TMFVR, blessings.

 

[Stammertime91]

It's ok. In five years he can hang his jersey next to a thrashers jersey when he can't visit them in sunrise.

 

[Point21]

It's ok. In five years he can hang his jersey next to a thrashers jersey when he can't visit them in sunrise.

Hes also a Toronto and Vegas fan lol

 

[BoltSTH]

How concerned are folks about the Hurricanes?
1 - ehh
10 - Bolts need to bring their A+ game

#88

 

[Stammertime91]

Hes also a Toronto and Vegas fan lol

Lol what a winner

 

[Point21]

Lol what a winner

the best part about this is the "fan" was lying about not knowing the policy and lying about the kid having to take off the jersey... He made a joke about the policy on twitter and the kid never had to take the jersey off.. people like that make my blood boil that they have to use kids as a pawn to makes situations seem worse... almost as bad as the "homeless" people that use their kids to get money from suckers and then hop in their van and go home

 

[LightningStrikes]

So let’s talk about Tampa’s 1-3-1 while we’re at it.

 

[Stammertime91]

So let’s talk about Tampa’s 1-3-1 while we’re at it.

Lmao

 

[CupsOverCash]

So let’s talk about Tampa’s 1-3-1 while we’re at it.

Embarrassing

 

[BoltzManConstant]

I'm wearing a tank top, board shorts and flip flops to Bern's. If they kick me out I'm recording it till they change their dress code policy. It's completely unfair to me to have to conform to their rules.

I haven't lived in Tampa in 25 years (though I still go back yearly for family), but I love how Bern's is still synonymous with fine dining just like it was 40 years ago.

 

[Hoek]

How concerned are folks about the Hurricanes?
1 - ehh
10 - Bolts need to bring their A+ game

I give them like a 7. They can do damage if we're not careful. I would've given them an 8 or 9 before watching them play Nashville though.

 

[DaBolts]

This has 7 game series written all over it. The Bolts have to do this in 6 though as a game 7 up there is a dicey proposition.

 

[MattM92]

It's unsurprising we are favored to win, we are responsible for the highest seeded elimination of the first round. Florida would have likely beaten just about any other team in the first round. Carolina struggled a lot more than they should have against one of the weakest teams in the playoffs.

I'd say we are at a 6 on the ol' Concern-o-Meter going into the series. Win game 1 and put the pressure on the unproven team to beat the defending champs. I feel like everyone has been singing the praises of Carolina for a few years now, but they haven't accomplished anywhere near what we were doing (even before we won the Cup).

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

This has 7 game series written all over it. The Bolts have to do this in 6 though as a game 7 up there is a dicey proposition.

Which kinda gets me to something that's always amused me a bit, which is when people predict the lower seeded team to win the series in 7 games. I understand that road teams can and many times do win Game 7 in this sport, so it's not a matter of being unprecedented (picking the lower seed in basketball to win a series in 7 would be much more bizarre), but I don't know where people arrive at that conclusion. About the only way that happens is if you're saying the lower seeded team erases a 3-1 deficit, a 3-2 deficit, blows a 3-1 lead, wins Game 5 away then loses Game 6 at home just to then win Game 7 away...again, nothing unprecedented, but also not the way you would expect it to logically happen beforehand, either.