GDT: Carolina @ Tampa Bay 8 PM EDT USA

[Highest Boss]

So, I suppose McCormick is coming back in for Foegele….spicy.

 

[Tryamw]

As much as I rag on Foegs sometimes for missing open nets, going offsides and generally being a failmaster on offense, we're going to miss that dude.

Yeah He's got an engine it's sometimes spastic and all but he's a hound for the puck if he could score we couldn't afford him

 

[The Faulker 27]

My 3 stars:
3:Aho
2: Mrazek
1: Vasilevsky forgetting Aho always goes 5 hole on breakaways

He gets 1. Vasy won't be falling for that twice.

 

[Svechhammer]

The daughter of Jaynes Mansfield... no surprise there

If ever there was someone who owns a suv or lifted truck, it's Mariska

Just sayin

 

[HisIceness]

Someone refresh my memory here.

Eric game 3 vs Montreal scored on the PP like 6 minutes into the OT right?

Starting to see some parallels here from 15 years ago.

 

[BrindAmours Army]

He gets 1. Vasy won't be falling for that twice.

Aho:

 

[Svechhammer]

Someone refresh my memory here.

Eric game 3 vs Montreal scored on the PP like 6 minutes into the OT right?

Starting to see some parallels here from 15 years ago.

Hi, Tripp

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

He gets 1. Vasy won't be falling for that twice.

"Poor predictable Aho. Always does 5 hole"
"Good ole 5 hole. Nothing beats that!"
"5 hole!"
"Closed"
"D'OH!"

 

[Ginger Papa]

lol props to you guys who keep a level head throughout. I'm still a DieHard who wears his heart on his sleeve and used to all my teams disappointing me, so I shitpost during games. It's definitely a bad look for the most part but sometimes I can't help myself.

Ultimately we all want the same thing though so I try not let to these discussions devolve into who's a real fan and whatnot.

As a guest of this Board, and several others, I can attest to your Fan experience. I hope it’s okay to say that do not believe in “Gate Keepers” on HF, in regards to who can be a fan.

I admit that I find it difficult to read negative comments and I have a real problem with Members who repeatedly attack Players in a personal manner (not suggesting that you have).

Kudos to you for acknowledging your style of fandom and the way it comes across. It doesn’t mean you love the Team any less, you simply express it in a different way. I think it’s great that you reminded everyone here of that.

FWIW, my 15 year old Ginger daughter is cheering for the Canes as well. She texted me after the OT goal, very excited! Loves the Jets with me too.

 

[Svechhammer]

 

[spockBokk]

I’ll eat some crow on Bean tonight.

He looked good. Poised. He still needs to chug protein shakes and spend 23 hrs a day in the weight room this summer: Could just be him
playing with Pesce, but I’ll say I was pleasantly surprised.

 

[HisIceness]

Hi, Tripp

No but I'd gladly take his paycheck

 

[Rempe73]

I mean appropriate. The game we most deserved to win this series we lost, would be appropriate that the game we most deserve to lose we win.

Like I said before, hockey is pretty stupid sometimes. But I’ll obviously take the W. Just hope they come out better for game 4.

 

[Canes]

Honestly I think he's still nursing something.. or he's pissed at being Sat.. /shrug

Maybe Trocheck can go after a bit more rest, who knows. I mean, there’s zero chance they put Suzuki in there, so either McCormick or Shore.

Paquette certainly has been worthless

I think he's actually been healthy since sometime last series. At least from Rod's comments.

But even before his injury he only had maybe 2-3 games where he looked like he belonged. He just ain't that good unfortunately, and it appears now that he already has a Cup he doesn't have the drive he might have had before. He's living off that and his vet reputation alone. But McCormick was better in 1/3 the games.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

"Poor predictable Aho. Always does 5 hole"
"Good ole 5 hole. Nothing beats that!"
"5 hole!"
"Closed"
"D'OH!"

I appreciate this reference.

 

[Canes]

I’ll eat some crow on Bean tonight.

He looked good. Poised. He still needs to chug protein shakes and spend 23 hrs a day in the weight room this summer: Could just be him
playing with Pesce, but I’ll say I was pleasantly surprised.

Bean is a NHL d-man. The questions are whether he'll be a top 4 guy and what team he'll be playing for the next few years.

I think with the right partner he'd be fine in a top 4 role but he's not going to supplant Skjei this postseason and Hakanpaa is barely playing like a replacement level d-man next to him right now so it's no surprise Bean isn't exactly shining every night.

 

[Sigurd]

Great to see them win! Now it's a series again.

I hated to see the Canes miraculously get a 2 goal led only to let Tampa score 2 times in a row.

Also, let's hope these injuries stop if we want to do much more in the playoffs this year.

 

[Sigurd]

Holding the stick? And it was called. /Dies

Yeah, how many times did Tampa hold Carolina's stick?

Also, what was with the Tampa fans booing every time the Canes had the puck on a powerplay? Do they normally boo every time an opposing team has a PP? Pretty f***ing dumb if so.

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Bean is a NHL d-man. The questions are whether he'll be a top 4 guy and what team he'll be playing for the next few years.

I think with the right partner he'd be fine in a top 4 role but he's not going to supplant Skjei this postseason and Hakanpaa is barely playing like a replacement level d-man next to him right now so it's no surprise Bean isn't exactly shining every night.

A bottom-pair guy looking "replacement level" against a freakishly-loaded Tampa squad is to be expected. Heck, slightly above replacement-level play is what we've needed on the right side of our bottom-pair, and Hakanpaa's basically provided this. It's a more difficult commodity to find league-wide than you might think. Having Bean and Fleury being below-replacement on their off-hand wasn't cutting it vs. a Tampa+Kucherov, that's for sure.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Only one goalie has allowed 3 goals so far.

 

[HisIceness]

Hey all our squad is gonna win tonight yes?

You're damn right they did!

 

[HisIceness]

Not gonna lie, ESPN or TNT will eventually pick her up and it will be sad. Well, great for her but sad for us.

 

[Roboturner913]

If ever there was someone who owns a suv or lifted truck, it's Mariska

Just sayin

too soon

 

[Wolfpuck]

Only one goalie has allowed 3 goals so far.

Vasil3vskiy