GDT: 3/8/25 - 3:00PM EDT - Boston vs Tampa Bay

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Just being so passive and rightly getting shutout for it

 

[Master P]

Lets not forget this is our 5th game in 8 days.

Like, I'm the king of bitching about these guys being tired all the time. But this is a perfectly legitimate reason.

Good point.

 

[T REX]

My wife and I just chuckled at the bathroom comment.

She had made a comment about just listening to them skate without commentary.

I agreed it was cool without commentary.

Having watched probably thousands of broadcasts...never heard the bathroom excuse for lack of commentary before...extraordinary.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

Is it no one wants to shoot, or no one wants to pay the price to get to the net?

We've lived and died on shooting percentage all year. I would be astonished if we decided to do anything differently tonight

 

[Felonious Python]

Lets not forget this is our 5th game in 8 days.

Like, I'm the king of bitching about these guys being tired all the time. But this is a perfectly legitimate reason.

I don't buy it. ECHL players work harder with a denser schedule, and less sophisticated recovery.

We gave our 4 Nations guys a full day off yesterday.

 

[Stormbreaker]

20 minute effort it is!

 

[creg]

I don't want to be overly critical but why are we playing so many people on their off hands, I think moving Kucherov to the 2nd line is fine but moving a LW in Gourde to do so makes literally 0 sense

 

[ccman68]

one day cooper will remember hagel-point-kucherov...

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

I don't buy it. ECHL players work harder with a denser schedule, and less sophisticated recovery.

THEYPLAYEDFOR2STANLEYCUPSIN10MONTHSANDTHENWENTFORATHREEPEATTHEYRETIRED!!

 

[Master P]

20 minute effort it is!

We're about to witness 20 min of unrelenting BOLTS HOCKEY in the 3rd!

 

[gn2007]

Posttttt sigh

 

[Felonious Python]

THEYPLAYEDFOR2STANLEYCUPSIN10MONTHSANDTHENWENTFORATHREEPEATTHEYRETIRED!!

That is true. They did play a long game in 2020. Bogo left the team, returned, and left again, but I can see how they're exhausted.

 

[JoVel]

Have a feeling Gourde isn't going to be as impactful as fans want the rest of the season...

Even when he was at his best here, he had a tendency to have some really cold streaks. But you won't have to worry about his effort at least.

Players like him who sacrifice every bit of their body can fall off in an instant though, but I have no idea of there have been signs of that in Seattle.

 

[Master P]

I don't buy it. ECHL players work harder with a denser schedule, and less sophisticated recovery.

We gave our 4 Nations guys a full day off yesterday.

Something tells me NHL level hockey is a little more intense then ECHL, no offense to those guys.

 

[YayHockeysBack]

Holy crap Perbix is bad

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

I don't want to be overly critical but why are we playing so many people on their off hands, I think moving Kucherov to the 2nd line is fine but moving a LW in Gourde to do so makes literally 0 sense

I think a lot of it is a consequence of only having 2 guys right handed guys can shoot worth a damn in Point and Bjorkstrand

 

[T REX]

perbix is a huge liability though...he's sustr bad...maybe worse...

 

[Zwui21]

I would like to see
Bjork - Point - Kuch
Hagel - Cirelli - Gourde
Guentz - Paul - Goncalves

See what Guentzel can do on his own, he makes his linemats better and can probably do so with Paul

 

[Maelmoor]

Darn, second post!

Negative: They are still looking sleepy
Positive: This is still a winnable game!

 

[LightningStrikes]

What a boring game so far.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

Something tells me NHL level hockey is a little more intense then ECHL, no offense to those guys.

Just imagine if we get a lead. Ninja turtle avatars are gonna be back on the menu boys

 

[Hoek]

Boston may be winning but both teams are boring AF today. Averaging 6 to 7 shots a period.

 

[Zwui21]

Would be so dumb to throw away our chase at the 1st place in the Atlantic in a game against a rebuilding Boston.
Leafs gonna get their shit kicked in Colorado, we could pass them in the standings and be 1 point from Fla...

 

[JTBF81]

Two 1sts + 2nd to make the team worse...

Do everyone a favor and just post on Tampa's opponents boards, since you're clearly no fan of Tampa.

 

[Felonious Python]

Something tells me NHL level hockey is a little more intense then ECHL, no offense to those guys.

If they're tired, then you see their legs start to fail them.

The NHL is faster and more skilled than the ECHL, but the NHL has easier travel, the latest gadgets and ways to recover between games.

These guys don't want to go to the hard areas.