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Beautiful GDT
I said who’s gonna being that blood and pain?!?
Let’s go boys!
I said who’s gonna being that blood and pain?!?
Let’s go boys!
GDT: Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 1, Game2 - Leafs Vs Bolts; May 4th. 7:30 p.m. EST
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Rob Brown
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One game at a time. Tampa will come out flying tonight. Be ready Leafs (I think they will be).
Campbell is going to need to be on tonight. I see Tampa throwing way more shots at the net. Keep them to the outside and keep doing a good job boxing them out in the crease.
It'll probably get real scrappy. Just don't fall into the bullshit game Maroon and Perry try and play. They're f***ing turds. Let them look like idiots on their own.
I expect the offense to keep flying. Go Leafs Go.
Campbell is going to need to be on tonight. I see Tampa throwing way more shots at the net. Keep them to the outside and keep doing a good job boxing them out in the crease.
It'll probably get real scrappy. Just don't fall into the bullshit game Maroon and Perry try and play. They're f***ing turds. Let them look like idiots on their own.
I expect the offense to keep flying. Go Leafs Go.
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That last game we witnessed the best of the best out of the Leafs as they played a near perfect game, and the worst of the worst of TB, who could barely string 3 passes together even on a 5 minute PP.
I'm expecting a very different plot line for game #2 and hopefully Leafs continue to bring that level of compete and physicality, and maintain home ice in the series with a 2nd big win at home.
I'm expecting a very different plot line for game #2 and hopefully Leafs continue to bring that level of compete and physicality, and maintain home ice in the series with a 2nd big win at home.
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@PromisedLand this is the best Leaf related content I've ever seen, thanks for the big smile to start my day. I'm ready to run through a wall!
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I really hope Bunting feels 100%. What a boost he will be, assuming he's not playing hurt.
Mikeyg
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Man some of you are just complete sheep who are incapable of independent thought. Acting like this whole crap about "oh we're going to see a much better tampa team tonight" is some special insight... thats all BS. Last time I checked, this same tampa group got routed 4 in a row vs columbus a couple years back. Get out there tonight and bring the same level of compete and we will get the same result. Stop being apologists and start realizing that we win or lose because of US, f*** tampa. It doesn't matter how good or bad they are if we get out there and whoop their asses.
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Of all the Cooper quotes since game 1, this is the one that stood out to me from yesterday:
“The mood (Tuesday) is much different than it was (Monday),” Cooper said. “You build on things you have in the past. (Monday) was ugly. Let’s make no bones about it.
All I see when I read that is Cooper saying "we were friggin SHOOK on monday".
“The mood (Tuesday) is much different than it was (Monday),” Cooper said. “You build on things you have in the past. (Monday) was ugly. Let’s make no bones about it.
All I see when I read that is Cooper saying "we were friggin SHOOK on monday".
Sweet GDT!
I hope Tampa doesn't give us the game tonight like last time. Gotta start earning these wins. Freebies won't hold us in good stead if we advance. ;-)
I hope Tampa doesn't give us the game tonight like last time. Gotta start earning these wins. Freebies won't hold us in good stead if we advance. ;-)
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I don't necessarily disagree with you but calling people sheep that are incapable of thinking is a bit unnecessary lol. We're all friends here. I think it's just that a lot of Leafs fans are 'broken' and are afraid of being disappointed again. No need to insult people.
Every game in the post season is important, but I really do believe this game is a must win as well. Keep the foot on the gas. This TB team is no joke, and we cannot give them any life. If we win this one, all we need to do is split the games in TB and we will be heavily in the driver's seat.
TB will be exponentially better tonight, I can all but guarantee that. We need to match that energy, and we need the SBA crowd to bring that same passion they brought on Monday. We need to expect this Lightning team will be way better and match it in every way.
BIG GAME FELLA'S
Nothing to be afraid of, this is our time!!
TB will be exponentially better tonight, I can all but guarantee that. We need to match that energy, and we need the SBA crowd to bring that same passion they brought on Monday. We need to expect this Lightning team will be way better and match it in every way.
BIG GAME FELLA'S
Nothing to be afraid of, this is our time!!
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Coach Cooper quotes from last game, builtin board material for the Leafs.
On their way to winning two Stanley Cups, the Tampa Bay Lightning lost all of 13 games. But not one of them was like the 5-0 loss to the Maple Leafs Monday night. Not one of them a beatdown of significance. Over these playoff years of greatness, the Lighting have lost nine one-goal games, four of them in overtime, almost all of them low-scoring: Getting whacked is new for the champions. Being outplayed in every facet of the game has never been their calling card.
They have been the team that dictates pace, that dictates style, that is impossible to play against, as Montreal found out in last year’s Cup final or Dallas discovered nine months earlier.
“This isn’t the first time we’ve lost a game,” said Tampa coach Jon Cooper. “It’s not like we’re in uncharted waters.”
Cooper being Cooper was more impressed with the score than he was with the Leafs in Game 1.
But what he wasn’t impressed with was his own team. He thought they made it easy for Jack Campbell in Game 1. He thought they didn’t challenge the goalie enough. He thought the normally automatic Tampa power play was off and being pushed off their game by the Leafs’ aggressive penalty killing. He didn’t like the way his team played. He wasn’t as impressed with the Leafs as others might have been. If he was, he wasn’t saying so. And he wasn’t particularly enthralled by the officiating, which makes it unanimous now among NHL coaches.
“The amount of power plays both ways in the first periods is kind of unheard of,” said Cooper. “If you dissect the five-on-five play, it was pretty even. We didn’t generate much. They didn’t generate much.
“To me, that was the aberration. And so that’s our hope, anyway. We didn’t take advantage of our situation early (five-minute power play). But let’s call it like it was.”
“They took advantage of our mistakes, but they were our mistakes. And boy did we make it easy for them … It was a little lazy on our part and we can’t continue to do that or it’s going to be a short series. But I don’t expect that.”
Full Story: SIMMONS: Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper on Game 1: It wasn't them, it was us
Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper on Game 1: It wasn't them, it was us
On their way to winning two Stanley Cups, the Tampa Bay Lightning lost all of 13 games. But not one of them was like the 5-0 loss to the Maple Leafs Monday night. Not one of them a beatdown of significance. Over these playoff years of greatness, the Lighting have lost nine one-goal games, four of them in overtime, almost all of them low-scoring: Getting whacked is new for the champions. Being outplayed in every facet of the game has never been their calling card.
They have been the team that dictates pace, that dictates style, that is impossible to play against, as Montreal found out in last year’s Cup final or Dallas discovered nine months earlier.
“This isn’t the first time we’ve lost a game,” said Tampa coach Jon Cooper. “It’s not like we’re in uncharted waters.”
Cooper being Cooper was more impressed with the score than he was with the Leafs in Game 1.
But what he wasn’t impressed with was his own team. He thought they made it easy for Jack Campbell in Game 1. He thought they didn’t challenge the goalie enough. He thought the normally automatic Tampa power play was off and being pushed off their game by the Leafs’ aggressive penalty killing. He didn’t like the way his team played. He wasn’t as impressed with the Leafs as others might have been. If he was, he wasn’t saying so. And he wasn’t particularly enthralled by the officiating, which makes it unanimous now among NHL coaches.
“The amount of power plays both ways in the first periods is kind of unheard of,” said Cooper. “If you dissect the five-on-five play, it was pretty even. We didn’t generate much. They didn’t generate much.
“To me, that was the aberration. And so that’s our hope, anyway. We didn’t take advantage of our situation early (five-minute power play). But let’s call it like it was.”
“They took advantage of our mistakes, but they were our mistakes. And boy did we make it easy for them … It was a little lazy on our part and we can’t continue to do that or it’s going to be a short series. But I don’t expect that.”
Full Story: SIMMONS: Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper on Game 1: It wasn't them, it was us
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Cut the politics rob. I stated my opinion, I'm not looking for anyone's approval, thank you.
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Well he's also missing that it is entirely possible Tampa is much better and Toronto plays the same as they did the first game. No one has to be "broken" to think Tampa is capable of better. It's like his post is set up as an either/or while both can be entirely true.
I have been asking for Tampa for 4 years. Not because I think they are an easy out but because I think they are a lot like Toronto in talent and that they are one of those rare teams who would actually go toe to toe and not play to not lose, rather play to win. If these two teams lay it all on the line, it will be the best series of hockey in the entire playoffs (as would have been the case in previous years). As a fan of hockey, that's what I want to see, win or lose.
If Tampa brings their A game and Toronto brings what they did last game, I plan to sit back and enjoy a rare show.
That said, I do agree with his attitude of "worry about what you are going to dictate". That's how you win.
That’s about what I’d expect him to say. He’s dead wrong about 5 on 5 play though. The Leafs were significantly better there as well
Also, lol. I don’t take the deserve to win o meter super seriously by any means, but I have never seen it this lopsided
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We just have to keep skating. Tampa, or very few other teams, can keep up with us. That's how you win puck battles and create odd man rushes. I'm confident that this team has arrived.
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It’s pretty simple minded to think Tampa won’t be better tonight.
That has nothing to do with being ‘broken’ but more to do with following the sport and realizing what to expect.
Leafs could still be the better team tonight but we shouldn’t expect Tampa to be as bad as the were.
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