We need to talk about Tampa

[DistantThunderRep]

Haha yeah, alright man. Sounds good.

He's right. But I guess you're....Still All In.

 

[God King Fudge]

Haha yeah, alright man. Sounds good.

Why do they deserve respect?

 

[ccman68]

Yanni Gourde NTC not looking great right now...I guess they're interchangeable players in that lineup though

Gourde is a great player. Cooper just loves playing him on the 4th line so his stats look mediocre.

 

[DFC]

Truth be told that says as much about the Islanders and the Bruins as anything else. Jon Cooper is rarely out-coached in games against Boston anymore because he figured out very quickly that Brayden Point is like the kryptonite to their Superman 1st line combo. As I type this I am absolutely dying to know what our record is against Boston since at or around the start of 2017 when Point finally got the hang of the NHL level. For all his faults Jon Cooper doesn't have a big problem getting the right matchups. With Boston all you gotta do is ice the Point line and they're toast. But against the Islanders rolling 4 lines deep committed to DPE levels of defending? Holy God.... good luck man. For most teams you better hope the Islanders just don't score first or you can set your watch to a loss.

We're better than people think at shutting down potent offenses. But creating our own offense against a team that shuts us down is often a problem.

 

[Kamina]

I think being overshadowed by other contenders is exactly what they need, similar to Washington when they won.

Sleep on them at your own peril.

 

[Sky04]

Gourde is a great player. Cooper just loves playing him on the 4th line so his stats look mediocre.

Gourde not producing in the top-6 is what got him down to the 4th line...

 

[Curufinwe]

They are still 6th in the Atlantic

This post aged well.

They are now 6th in the league.

NHL.com Stats

 

[BiolaRunner]

9-1-0 last 10 games, sitting 2nd in division. At this point, I'd be shocked if TB didn't make it in

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Because this is wild to me, this team went from winning 62 games to being 3 points out of 3rd in the Atlantic 7 back of the wildcard and now face what is basically a MUST win on Monday against Florida.

What's wrong with Tampa?

This aged well

 

[Krewe]

The Atlantic is a tight race

Pace:
Boston 115
Tampa 107
Toronto 98
Florida 95

I guess you could say it is a somewhat tight race for third between the leafs and the panthers, but seems the top 3 spots have some space between them right now based on their play so far

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Tampa is one win away from this thread achieving "legend" status.

Jinxiest jinx thread there ever was.

This thread has ZERO to do with this run I would say reams like Montreal and Buffalo being pathetic and blowing 2 and 3 goal leads against them has more to do with it

 

[Dr Pepper]

This thread has ZERO to do with this run I would say reams like Montreal and Buffalo being pathetic and blowing 2 and 3 goal leads against them has more to do with it

It has everything to do with this run.

Everything.

Don't be modest.

 

[bov]

This thread has ZERO to do with this run I would say reams like Montreal and Buffalo being pathetic and blowing 2 and 3 goal leads against them has more to do with it

Don't kid yourself now, there is a 0% chance that anything other than this thread is responsible for the streak. You should be proud!

 

[CupsOverCash]

This thread has ZERO to do with this run I would say reams like Montreal and Buffalo being pathetic and blowing 2 and 3 goal leads against them has more to do with it

Oh my... just take it. You were wrong. Even a Leafs fan can be wrong from time to time..

 

[Master P]

This thread has ZERO to do with this run I would say reams like Montreal and Buffalo being pathetic and blowing 2 and 3 goal leads against them has more to do with it

Don't sell yourself short bud. Take the credit. This was all you.

 

[Krewe]

This thread has ZERO to do with this run I would say reams like Montreal and Buffalo being pathetic and blowing 2 and 3 goal leads against them has more to do with it

Doesn’t matter, still a better team than Toronto so far

 

[The Macho King]

This thread has ZERO to do with this run I would say reams like Montreal and Buffalo being pathetic and blowing 2 and 3 goal leads against them has more to do with it

They wouldn't have blown those leads if you didn't make the thread.

 

[holy]

I’ve never wanted Tampa to win a game as badly as I want them to win the next one.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

They're garbage. They have an awful coach, the goalie they just committed 9+ million to for the rest of linear time has no confidence or consistency, our goalie coach is a position killer, they traded the wrong guy this past offseason because he wasn't a coaches favorite.

Things are great.

So much gold in this thread

 

[Sky04]

This thread has ZERO to do with this run I would say reams like Montreal and Buffalo being pathetic and blowing 2 and 3 goal leads against them has more to do with it

Yes it does and you're the reason to blame, it's your fault.

 

[heretik27]

Wow, if not for this thread Tampa would have won the draft lottery and drafted Lafreniere. Now they're going to win the cup for sure :/

 

[God King Fudge]

So much gold in this thread

All of that is still accurate

 

[ccman68]

Gourde not producing in the top-6 is what got him down to the 4th line...

So why didn’t he get back up the lineup when he turned our 4th line into our best line for a couple of weeks? I really don’t think Cooper gives a shit about how many points he scores.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Doesn’t matter, still a better team than Toronto so far

We will see about that

 

[Krewe]

We will see about that

We already have. I said Tampa has been the better team so far. And that has been true for about 2 weeks or so now since the only reason Toronto was even ahead for awhile was extra games played