GDT: 4/9/25 - 7:00PM EDT - Toronto vs Tampa Bay

[Soul Assumption]

Cooper has never gotten this team past the first round you say?

THIS team? Obviously not. He won cups with arguably the best team of the salary cap era.

 

[Master P]

THIS team? Obviously not. He won cups with arguably the best team of the salary cap era.

Run along now.

 

[Stammertime91]

THIS team? Obviously not. He won cups with arguably the best team of the salary cap era.

No team in the regular season has ever won a cup with that team prior to playoffs.


Hold the phone, we've just received groundbreaking logic.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

No team in the regular season has ever won a cup with that team prior to playoffs.


Hold the phone, we've just received groundbreaking logic.

Coop does enter these playoffs with a 4 nations face off championship trophy though

 

[Stammertime91]

Coop does enter these playoffs with a 4 nations face off championship trophy though

BuT ThAtS NoT ThIs TeAm. IM So TiReD oF HeArInG aBoUt TeAm CaNaDa AnD CoOpEr.

 

[Soul Assumption]

No team in the regular season has ever won a cup with that team prior to playoffs.

He won cups with a stacked team. Any coach would have won a cup with that team. But when the roster got worse (still very solid) he can't get past the first round. And it's crazy to think that this year will be any different.

 

[Stammertime91]

He won cups with a stacked team. Any coach would have won a cup with that team. But when the roster got worse (still very solid) he can't get past the first round. And it's crazy to think that this year will be any different.

He came two wins away with a one legged Bishop and a young core in 2015 against a dynasty.

He lost to a stacked Colorado team with an inferior reiterating in 2022.

Your Cooper hatred is personal. Did he not open the door for you or something?

 

[bov]

Comes down to the start of the game. You knew Leafs would come out hard but they just weren't ready. Otherwise, competitive game that could have gone our way. A few posts and missed point blank opportunities sting a bit.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Are we just cursed against the leafs this year? Jesus

 

[Zwui21]

Leafs have been owning us for the past 2 seasons. I feel sick

 

[Stelio Kontos]

Thought Gonzo and Chaffee played well. Won’t cry if GlenD is out for awhile He and Girgensons are so god awful at ES. Provide nothing that you want your 4th line to do

 

[Stelio Kontos]

Are we just cursed against the leafs this year? Jesus

They actually look like a legit contender this year. Good size skill skating. Masterclass in the 1st period on how to play TBL.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Took them to OT without Guentzel and Glendening. It’s ok.

But: We have to come up with a solution for Knies. Dude’s destroying us every time!

 

[Zwui21]

Thought Gonzo and Chaffee played well. Won’t cry if GlenD is out for awhile He and Girgensons are so god awful at ES. Provide nothing that you want your 4th line to do

Quick LTIR and sign Howard?

 

[Stammertime91]

Thought Gonzo and Chaffee played well. Won’t cry if GlenD is out for awhile He and Girgensons are so god awful at ES. Provide nothing that you want your 4th line to do

Agreed. Absolutely disgusted watching their shitshow in the offensive zone night in and night out. They kill everything they touch, rim pucks to the opponent, and just deliver the most ineffective hits. I don't care how many hits Girgensons has, none of them are effective. The guy is one of the worst forwards I've ever seen play for Tampa. Give me Morrow and Kunitz. Thats where I'm at with this drooling loaf.

Are they the reasons we lose games? No. They just provide nothing. It's an entire line of shit. We saw how impactful the school bus line was in the past along with Johnson, Joseph, Maroon and Paquette on our 4th during the b2b runs. These two do nothing offensively. Defenders just watch them lose the puck cause they sure as shit won't create a scoring chance.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Knies is the new Vanek.

I'll literally take any other team in the playoffs than the Leafs. At least we wont play them in the first round. They walked through our defense the whole night like we were a peewee team.

 

[Stelio Kontos]

Agreed. Absolutely disgusted watching their shitshow in the offensive zone night in and night out. They kill everything they touch, rim pucks to the opponent, and just deliver the most ineffective hits. I don't care how many hits Girgensons has, none of them are effective. The guy is one of the worst forwards I've ever seen play for Tampa. Give me Morrow and Kunitz. Thats where I'm at with this drooling loaf.

Are they the reasons we lose games? No. They just provide nothing. It's an entire line of shit. We saw how impactful the school bus line was in the past along with Johnson, Joseph, Maroon and Paquette on our 4th during the b2b runs. These two do nothing offensively. Defenders just watch them lose the puck cause they sure as shit won't create a scoring chance.

It’s like when you watch 5 and 6 year olds play. Battle in the corner for way too long fall down, shoot..miss the net. IIRC Running 11-7 with maroon and Perry worked pretty well when we could double shift Kuch. When he gets sent out there now I genuinely feel bad for him.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

Knies has 10 goals against the Lightning in nine career games and scored seven in the four games this season.

Some will say Vanek, I'll say Nathan Horton.

 

[Power Surge]

Comes down to the start of the game. You knew Leafs would come out hard but they just weren't ready. Otherwise, competitive game that could have gone our way. A few posts and missed point blank opportunities sting a bit.

The brightside is at least it's not the playoffs yet.

 

[Stammertime91]

Knies has 10 goals against the Lightning in nine career games and scored seven in the four games this season.

Some will say Vanek, I'll say Nathan Horton.

And others will say make it stop

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

Leafs fan coming in peace. Sounds like Knies is our answer to Nick Paul. Some players just seem to play better against us for some reason and Paul is one of them. Josh Anderson of the Habs is another. Hard to explain really.

 

[1specter]

He won cups with a stacked team. Any coach would have won a cup with that team. But when the roster got worse (still very solid) he can't get past the first round. And it's crazy to think that this year will be any different.

Dude, doesn't Coop literally have the most playoff round wins in the last decade? Almost every team would trade their coach for him in a heartbeat. I would drive Berube to the airport myself

 

[Stammertime91]

Dude, doesn't Coop literally have the most playoff round wins in the last decade? Almost every team would trade their coach for him in a heartbeat. I would drive Berube to the airport myself

The guy isn't a Lightning fan. He's a literal troll acting like a Lightning fan. We deal with this zit faced gnome crawling out from under his bridge after every loss.

 

[1specter]

The guy isn't a Lightning fan. He's a literal troll acting like a Lightning fan. We deal with this zit faced gnome crawling out from under his bridge after every loss.

It's ok, we have plenty of those too.

 

[Soul Assumption]

Dude, doesn't Coop literally have the most playoff round wins in the last decade? Almost every team would trade their coach for him in a heartbeat. I would drive Berube to the airport myself

Yeah, because he had a stacked team. Like no shit you're gonna win playoff rounds with Sergachev on the third pair. Win me a round with Lilleberg, then we'll talk. Berube never coached a team that was even remotely close to 20-21 Tampa. And he still won a cup, with a very average St. Louis team.