GDT: 4/13/25 - 6:00PM EDT - Buffalo vs Tampa Bay

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

I'd love to see Gonzo and Hagel together

 

[LightningStrikes]

Oops

 

[Todd1a]

I guess we will give Florida home ice

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

This team has no motivation to play a team like Buffalo when the playoffs are right around the corner, but home ice is still up for grabs.

 

[Felonious Python]

What is this?

 

[Stelio Kontos]

Wow

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

 

[RDTBay4]

Lmao, this is pathetic.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

unacceptable

 

[Stormbreaker]

What a clown show.

 

[The Gongshow]

Yikes

 

[The Gongshow]

We are such an unserious team lmao. Gonna choke away home ice in rd1

 

[Hockeyville USA]

1st Round exit type shit. Why do we suck ass against Buffalo?

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

Cooper is gonna kick some trash cans baby

 

[ccman68]

We could use some leadership. Stamkos should have a lot of free time once the playoffs start..

 

[Hockeyville USA]

This team has no motivation to play a team like Buffalo when the playoffs are right around the corner, but home ice is still up for grabs.

Unfortunately most teams lose focus once they clinch. Lightning no exception

 

[RDTBay4]

At this rate, we're going to get skull fked in the 1st round.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Not too impressed with that period. We're limping into the playoffs. Who knows which team shows up then.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

At this rate, we're going to get skull fked in the 1st round.

Out in 6, lose both OT games, because we suck with the long change

 

[JTBF81]

Well, what looked like a turn around after a poor start went about as bad as possible there. Between the defense and well, JJ starting, can't say it's that surprising.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

1st Round exit type shit. Why do we suck ass against Buffalo?

A combination of not wanting to get hurt vs a team that's not that good and our divisional opponents watching tape on us religiously. Coop's gotta go back to the drawing board this offseason and JBB's gotta go shopping.

I love our odds for a title next season. We have championship DNA up and down this lineup. We just have a stagnant approach that boils down to our work ethic and skill to execute it

 

[Ducati Boy]

That wasn’t Perbix or Lilleberg on the ice at the end- those were our top defensive players.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

A combination of not wanting to get hurt vs a team that's not that good and our divisional opponents watching tape on us religiously. Coop's gotta go back to the drawing board this offseason and JBB's gotta go shopping.

I love our odds for a title next season. We have championship DNA up and down this lineup. We just have a stagnant approach that boils down to our work ethic and skill to execute it

Until we get back to a Conference Final, I don't see the Lightning winning another Cup with this group. Too much inconsistency, lack of scoring at pivotal moments, lack of willingness to dig in defensively. They need to prove they can win multiple playoff rounds again with a vastly different group than they had in 2020-2022.

 

[JTBF81]

Not that this game means much, given that the division is done and they clearly don't care about home ice either (if they did there's zero chance JJ isnstarti g today), so there's very little to take from this game (or any of the remaining regular season games more than likely) to indicate any playoff result.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

Until we get back to a Conference Final, I don't see the Lightning winning another Cup with this group. Too much inconsistency, lack of scoring at pivotal moments, lack of willingness to dig in defensively. They need to prove they can win multiple playoff rounds again with a vastly different group than they had in 2020-2022.

Nah I'm not expecting much this year either. We need more size and sand paper for the bottom forward lines