GDT: 3/28/15 - 2:00PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ Detroit

[Brie]

Missing an open net...just when you start asking what we haven't done on the PP it's that.

 

[Yzlamic Preacher*]

We should just aim to hurt a couple of Detroits players.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

This game...ugh

 

[zeykshade]

When you have a ******* PP, DeKeyser can essentially do everything but penetrate Kucherov to take away a sure 5 on 5 score; because there's no worry in going a man down against the Lightning. They're that predictably bad at the man advantage.

 

[Brie]

This reminds me of the terrible 2nd period against FLA, the only difference is that we didn't score two in the 1st and are only down by 1, now we're down by 3 and I don't see how this team would be able to tunr that around, some teams could but this team have a hard time not panicing when things get though so it will be hard.

 

[Boltsppy]

Games like this come from time to time, but against Detroit ...

 

[DFC]

TKO should be our 1st unit. Sometimes it seems like we're killing the 1st minute + just to get them out there. Our 1st unit is Stamkos + secondary scorers. Makes no sense.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Can we at least show up for the third?

 

[Leonardo87]

TKO should be our 1st unit. Sometimes it seems like we're killing the 1st minute + just to get them out there. Our 1st unit is Stamkos + secondary scorers. Makes no sense.

There's really no question, that last PP they almost scored a couple of times. First unit cannot even get set up, it's a joke.

 

[Brie]

N Qvist have been on a pretty long goal drough = we let him score against us.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Third period has to be about sending a message. They're not coming back and I would be happy to just get a goal.

 

[zeykshade]

There's really no question, that last PP they almost scored a couple of times. First unit cannot even get set up, it's a joke.

If we have what you could consider an above "OK" powerplay, we're talking Preisdent Trophy at this point.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

If we have what you could consider an above "OK" powerplay, we're talking Preisdent Trophy at this point.

Exactly

 

[The Gongshow]

I pray to god Garrison is not out long term.. If we loose another Dman and have to put up with more Sustr and Barbario I'm just not gonna watch anymore games till Playoffs.

 

[Kramerica Industries]

It boggles my mind over and over how a team that dominates at 5v5 can't, in any way, figure out how to play even remotely well at 5v4. This has to be some kind of paradoxical thing. Don't figure that stuff out, and the sledding is going to be that much harder come April, because this team's special teams metrics are, by far, the worst out of all playoff teams right now.

Per Travis Yost about a month ago:

 

[Cigar City]

Missed the first two. Doesn't look good.

 

[DFC]

I pray to god Garrison is not out long term.. If we loose another Dman and have to put up with more Sustr and Barbario I'm just not gonna watch anymore games till Playoffs.

Nesterov has definitely hit a wall too with his decision-making. We're pretty much about to go back to the pre-Gudas/Coburn trade days, when Carle was injured. Only now it's Garrison injured, not Carle, which is significantly worse.

In short: we're ****ed.

 

[FDfranklin]

Missed the first two. Doesn't look good.

I envy you

 

[Brie]

Need to try and at least finsih this period strong. Want to see the team come out angry and embaraced by theat 2nd period.

 

[Cigar City]

Nesterov has definitely hit a wall too with his decision-making. We're pretty much about to go back to the pre-Gudas/Coburn trade days, when Carle was injured. Only now it's Garrison injured, not Carle, which is significantly worse.

In short: we're ****ed.

GARRISON got hurt??? Ohhh ****.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Puck is bouncing on us a lot.

 

[FDfranklin]

Seen Stamkos?

 

[Brie]

I like that we keep shoting but not from so far away, any goalie that can see the puck will stop it.

 

[Maelmoor]

It boggles my mind over and over how a team that dominates at 5v5 can't, in any way, figure out how to play even remotely well at 5v4. This has to be some kind of paradoxical thing. Don't figure that stuff out, and the sledding is going to be that much harder come April, because this team's special teams metrics are, by far, the worst out of all playoff teams right now.

Per Travis Yost about a month ago:

I know people complain about Sustr and Barbs but what will cost us a place in the next round is the abmyssal PP, you cannot afford to play so poorly on 5vs4 in the playoffs...

 

[Brie]

Ugh, that Smith guy, should have been suspended for his hit on Vladdy last time we played them.