GDT: ECQF Game 1 - CAR vs BOS - Welcome to the Playoffs! Everything is fine.

[LBS I Digress]

f***kkk it's gonna be a long work day

Half day

 

[Svechhammer]

Half day

You as well?

I'm just wrapping up morning meetings before beginning to load up the car

 

[HisIceness]

Based on tweets this morning, going to guess these are the lines:

Svech-Aho-Jarvis
Domi-Trocheck-Turbo
Nino-Jordo-Fast
Martinook-Kotkaniemi-Necas

Slavin-TDA
Skjei-Pesce
Cole-Smith

Raanta
Kochetkov

Scratches: Lorentz, Stepan, Bear

f*** man, I just don't get it with Rod not playing Stepan. This isn't game 82 anymore, Stepan needs to be in the lineup.

 

[Stickpucker]

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The lads mood today:

 

[Stickpucker]

Skjei in warmups getting ready for first shift:

 

[Tryamw]

Skjei in warmups getting ready for first shift:

But Dougie was the shirtless one..

 

[Joe McGrath]

Remember, if they give up the first goal the season is a failure and it’s all the BORGs fault.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Memories broken
The truth goes unspoken
I’ve even forgotten my name
I don’t know the season
Or what is the reason
I’m standing here holding my blade
A desolate place
Without any trace
It’s only the cold wind I feel
It’s me that I spite
As I stand up and fight
The only thing I know for real

[Chorus]
There will be blood-
-shed
The man in the mirror nods his head
The only one
Left
Will ride upon the dragon’s back
Because the mountains don’t give back what they take
Oh, no, there will be blood-
-shed
It’s the only thing I’ve ever known

 

[hockeynjune]

This is it and what it’s is all about. I want Bostons ass kicked all the way back to Boston and twice there . This is where we send the message.

 

[raynman]

f***kkk it's gonna be a long work day

I accidentally turned my alarm off and overslept today too. Less than 30 minutes late but the boss man doesn’t need to know that. There’s playoff hockey to mentally prepare for!

 

[TheOllieC]

go team win

 

[ndp]

I hate to question RBA, but I can’t see sitting Stepan over Martinook.

As much as I would prefer Stepan over Marty based on skill, I can understand this decision against a team like Boston who is likely going to try and set the tone physically.

As long as Roddy keeps his ass stapled to the fourth line I think it's all good. I love the guy but the inevitable go down a goal or two and then first line Martinook makes me nervous as hell. When has it ever worked out?

Like, I'm legitimately asking, when has putting Jordan Martinook on Aho's wing, late in the game, after going down a goal or two, ever actually resulted in a comeback win?

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Half day

wise man. I'm taking a half day Friday, will be going to games 3 and 4 here in Boston.

 

[VAcaniac]

Feels weird the playoffs are here again, not sure im mentally prepared.

Think im gonna watch game 3 against the Caps while I workout to get pumped up.

 

[SlavinAway]

I just had a 1:1 with my manager who lives in Boston. I really need the boys to hunker down and live up to my trash talking!

 

[The Faulker 27]

I hate to question RBA, but I can’t see sitting Stepan over Martinook.

I seem to remember Marty going pretty hard in the playoffs last season. He's also gritty. We gonna need some nastiness.

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Half day

I'm "working from home" today.

 

[VibesAlive]

Loaded up and ready for some playoff hockey.

Beat They Ass

 

[The Faulker 27]

Lol

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Remember, if they give up the first goal the season is a failure and it’s all the BORGs fault.

If they lose the opening faceoff, we should just blow it all up and start to rebuild

 

[raynman]

I seem to remember Marty going pretty hard in the playoffs last season. He's also gritty. We gonna need some nastiness.

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I'm "working from home" today.

Agreed, playoff Marty will be much needed. I genuinely love when he plays that style but there’s a higher chance he’ll get knicked up. Stepan will be ready, he has been all season.

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

Raanta starting makes sense. I could see both arguments, but makes sense to go with the vet/season backup--even if he doesn't have great post-season experience.

Rod's always gonna play Marty. It just is.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Raanta starting makes sense. I could see both arguments, but makes sense to go with the vet/season backup--even if he doesn't have great post-season experience.

Rod's always gonna play Marty. It just is.

We really need to start right in this series. Even though I love that the kid came in and won 3, we don't have river boat Rod at the helm.

 

[BabchukCanon]

Also the Martinook-Kotkaniemi-Necas line was pure fire against NJ. That line gives Martinook the right way to play. I love what Stepan brings, but you also gotta take both recent memory and the whole season into account.

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

UNTO VENGEANCE THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE DELIVERED.