It's been a fun ride so far... up 3-1 is great, particularly given it's three wins in a row now. It will be interesting to see how Tampa comes out in game 5, after giving up two leads in a row the way they did. They've played a lot of hockey, so you wonder if they will be mentally fragile. We really need to come out hard in game 5, and put the boots to them early, and I think we will take away their fight. No question, they are a veteran team, that should be mentally strong, but it's been a battle, they've thrown everything they've got, had us on the ropes twice, and weren't good enough to hold it.
Like I've repeated many times... don't get too excited either way about the first seven games of the regular season, or game one of the playoffs, or a period or two in a particular game. Be patient, wait it out.... and in this case, every time so far this year, this team has come back and proven doubters wrong. We'd all wish they could dominate for the whole 60 minutes, and of course they need to be better to go all the way... but Tampa is a tough, physical, talented, experienced team... so credit them as a hard out... and we've won three in a row now.
Please, please just finish them off in five.
