GDT: LIGHTNING @ EYE OF THE STORM

[Novacane]

Too many careless turnovers

 

[Dishface]

Gotta be better at clearing out pucks... Been a big problem so far

 

[MinJaBen]

Aho feeling sorry for beating the Habs...making up for it by helping another Atlantic team win.

 

[Barkkonen]

Aho lol. Anticipated well where the puck was going to be and then gave 2 half-assed attempts to clear it.

 

[Borsig]

Oh look.

Lazy
Sloppy.

Mediocre goaltending.

This. This feels familiar

 

[Tryamw]

We got away with a TMM.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Former Norris trophy winner Yanni Gourde.

 

[Canes]

Canes just need to stop scheduling Sunday games.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Tampa is a very good team. They’re not perfect, but they have a way of surviving their deficiencies and just absolutely murdering you when they get rolling.

Realistically we’re not on this level. If we’re going to get our **** pushed in a certain number of times in a given season, doing it against a team like TB on a B2B after a big road win in early October is probably not the worst way to do it. Take the reality check, score some positives out of this game, and move on.

 

[Svechhammer]

We just look flat footed and slow. Don't tell me we can't play with this team, we just don't have our shit together at all tonight

 

[MinJaBen]

Tampa is a very good team. They’re not perfect, but they have a way of surviving their deficiencies and just absolutely murdering you when they get rolling.

Realistically we’re not on this level. If we’re going to get our **** pushed in a certain number of times in a given season, doing it against a team like TB on a B2B after a big road win in early October is probably not the worst way to do it. Take the reality check, score some positives out of this game, and move on.

Yeah, but starting their backup while missing Point and also being on a B2B, I was hoping we could take one here.

 

[HisIceness]

I come home just in time to see that last Tampa goal. Guess it's back to the Packers-Cowboys game.

Canes just need to stop scheduling Sunday games.

If only it were that simple. But I do agree, not only do I hate them but the team is like the mailman, they don't deliver on Sundays.

 

[JCLA]

ok FSCAR - cut the feed again please

 

[Chrispy]

Is this what having Curtis was like last year?

Everyone just got Jordan Staal “hit him in the crest” syndrome whenever they got a scoring chance? Were we just all blind to it?

He's rarely out of position for the shot. He gets across well and anticipates well. So a lot of shots end up hitting a rather tall frame.

Nino's shot was pretty high and caught Curtis on the shoulder.

 

[My Special Purpose]

Tampa is a very good team. They’re not perfect, but they have a way of surviving their deficiencies and just absolutely murdering you when they get rolling.

Realistically we’re not on this level. If we’re going to get our **** pushed in a certain number of times in a given season, doing it against a team like TB on a B2B after a big road win in early October is probably not the worst way to do it. Take the reality check, score some positives out of this game, and move on.

Yeah, this is a massive overreaction to one bad period. And it wasn't even that bad. Tampa Bay didn't dominate. Chances are about even. McElhinney was very good, which we knew was coming. Mrazek wasn't very good. I feel that we're giving them too much respect -- too much room, but I don't think we're playing poorly. The "bad clears" thing is frustrating, but it's clearly not a systemic issue.

We had all kinds of trouble with the puck in that period. We had time and still didn't get good pieces of the puck on clears, flips and shots. Maybe the ice is an issue. But if Necas and Aho make the easy flips to center, we're pretty much even with these guys.

 

[robbieberns]

Teams much worse than Tampa are going to punish you when you continuously hand them chances on a f***ing platter. The play in our own zone is stuff that pee wee coaches would be livid with.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Yeah, this is a massive overreaction to one bad period. And it wasn't even that bad. Tampa Bay didn't dominate. Chances are about even. McElhinney was very good, which we knew was coming. Mrazek wasn't very good. I feel that we're giving them too much respect -- too much room, but I don't think we're playing poorly. The "bad clears" thing is frustrating, but it's clearly not a systemic issue.

We had all kinds of trouble with the puck in that period. We had time and still didn't get good pieces of the puck on clears, flips and shots. Maybe the ice is an issue. But if Necas and Aho make the easy flips to center, we're pretty much even with these guys.

This is my take as well. Tampa’s a very good team but there’s nothing supernatural about them. They were completely hemmed in for the first two minutes of the game, and there were several other stretches where we were dominant.

Now where I’ll agree with THH is that in handicapping a team like Tampa two goals, we might outplay them the rest of the game and still lose. It’s frustrating. But many have us as a top 5 team this year. If they’re right, we shouldn’t just be happy hanging around a team like Tampa. These should be high quality games. And save the two bad clears, this one is.

 

[Edenjung]

Like we say in germany, "Beide teams spielen mit offenem visier".

 

[Oogie Boogie]

Like we say in germany, "Beide teams spielen mot offenem visier".

Well said

 

[Edenjung]

Well said

How would you translate it?
Would be interesting what you understood.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Yeah, this is a massive overreaction to one bad period. And it wasn't even that bad. Tampa Bay didn't dominate. Chances are about even. McElhinney was very good, which we knew was coming. Mrazek wasn't very good. I feel that we're giving them too much respect -- too much room, but I don't think we're playing poorly. The "bad clears" thing is frustrating, but it's clearly not a systemic issue.

We had all kinds of trouble with the puck in that period. We had time and still didn't get good pieces of the puck on clears, flips and shots. Maybe the ice is an issue. But if Necas and Aho make the easy flips to center, we're pretty much even with these guys.

Like I said — Tampa isn’t perfect. Their D is beatable. We’re a fast team and we’re going to get our chances.

But they are a much better team than the Canes. That’s just the truth. They won 62 games last year and they game into tonight’s game highly motivated. Our chance in this game depends heavily on winning the goaltending battle, and that’s not really a winning game plan in most cases.

I don’t mind saying a team is better than the Canes. We’re too big for our britches if we think we control our own fate against one of the best teams of the past 20 years.

 

[Oogie Boogie]

How would you translate it?
Would be interesting what you understood.

I understood none of it

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Oh Tripp.

 

[Edenjung]

I understood none of it

google translates it with this :
both teams are playing openly

or with eyes wide open.


Which means that they play without regard for defense. Only offense.

 

[The Faulker 27]

TBL is doing well with getting traffic in front, but Mrazek is definitely struggling with tracking today. He looks a bit discombobulated.