We need to talk about Tampa

[NyQuil]

It's like a vicious cycle.

All the gloating now is going to lead to another Round 1 exit.

 

[DFC]

It's like a vicious cycle.

All the gloating now is going to lead to another Round 1 exit.

I'm not sure how it's gloating when we're giving all the credit to LEAFANFORLIFE23. I don't think anybody's even saying TB is good. We're just awed at the power of this thread.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

It's like a vicious cycle.

All the gloating now is going to lead to another Round 1 exit.

Ottawa fans would know about vicious cycles for sure.

 

[NyQuil]

Ottawa fans would know about vicious cycles for sure.

Hey, doubling down!

Good for you.

 

[NyQuil]

I'm not sure how it's gloating when we're giving all the credit to LEAFANFORLIFE23. I don't think anybody's even saying TB is good. We're just awed at the power of this thread.

Of course Tampa Bay is good.

It's not like the players were sucked into a black hole over the off-season.

A lot of brain dead people around here though, I'll give you that.

 

[Master P]

It's like a vicious cycle.

All the gloating now is going to lead to another Round 1 exit.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

It's like a vicious cycle.

All the gloating now is going to lead to another Round 1 exit.

I want to refute that gloating leads to a first round exit, but we live in a world where a thread leads to a 10 game winning streak. Anything is possible now.

Perhaps it was the Golden State Warriors threads that did us in. Luckily, that isn't in play this year.

 

[NyQuil]

I’m having fun gloating about your gloating.

And I have nothing to lose.

Except the lottery!

Damn, it really is a vicious cycle.

 

[winnipegger]

I got the sense watching them recently that they are not emptying their tanks this year...but they move the puck up the ice so efficiently it's scary to watch. Tampa could definitely fly under the radar into a deep playoff run after everyone wrote them off after last year.

 

[lakeshirts37]

I think there is and I think this is it especially if Toronto wins because if that happens that means Tampa would be 6 back of Toronto and 5 back of Florida.

That is quite the hole and I know the blues did it but the first signs of life happened in December.

Tampa has shown NO signs of life.

5-6 points is not “quite a hole”

 

[JianYang]

It's like a vicious cycle.

All the gloating now is going to lead to another Round 1 exit.

It's working out just like I anticipated. I knew they would turn it around, and I'm on record of saying they were giving me STL vibes going into the Christmas break.

They just need to slightly decrease vasilevksy's load. It's been a long time a goalie won the cup in this league when they have started 60 plus games, and vas is right on that 60 game pace right now.

 

[NyQuil]

It's working out just like I anticipated. I knew they would turn it around, and I'm on record of saying they were giving me STL vibes going into the Christmas break.

It wasn't much of a mystery, I'm on the record for much the same thing.

And it's not really a STL thing as they weren't defending President's Trophy winners with the highest point total (128) since 1995-1996.

It's a bit like when the Leafs deliberately tanked their season and then bragged about their remarkable turnaround the following year. Their actual roster wasn't as bad as their record showed, but they hid them in the AHL and played a bunch of scrubs.

But I get what you are trying to say.

 

[HisIceness]

Really warm weather. Nice vacation spot but the people are weird

That Florida Man is no joke. Don't piss him off or he will through a Gator through the drive-thru window at Wendys

Man tosses alligator through Wendy's drive-thru - CNN Video

 

[Bondurant]

Hot take ages like a glass of milk left outside in Phoenix in July.

 

[These Are The Days]

We pulled off a choke for the ages. Smack talk is all we have left because there really is nothing left to lose for us anymore

 

[CupsOverCash]

Dont worry about TB. They have cooper as their HC. Team is likely to get bounced in round 1 or 2. If not Wash or Pitt will take care of them like it's nothing. If they somehow luck their way through there they will blow a game 7 at home with an offense that will definitely go dry. Their small skilled players will be injured by then anyways.

 

[NHL1995]

We pulled off a choke for the ages. Smack talk is all we have left because there really is nothing left to lose for us anymore

At least you have a cup and people show up to your games (unlike the Panthers)

 

[JianYang]

Dont worry about TB. They have cooper as their HC. Team is likely to get bounced in round 1 or 2. If not Wash or Pitt will take care of them like it's nothing. If they somehow luck their way through there they will blow a game 7 at home with an offense that will definitely go dry. Their small skilled players will be injured by then anyways.

Pretty sure cooper has been to the finals too.

 

[DFC]

I’m having fun gloating about your gloating.

And I have nothing to lose.

Except the lottery!

Damn, it really is a vicious cycle.

Yeah but your team's vicious cycle has a name.

And it can be traced: draft great prospect, develop great prospect, trade said prospect when it comes time to pay him, thus acquiring assets to draft the next great prospect.

 

[NHL1995]

They're about to go on a 10 game winning streak now.

Thanks OP smh

Highly HIGHLY doubt it.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

16-2-1 since let's talk about TB. Hottest team in the NHL.

 

[DearDiary]

16-2-1 since let's talk about TB. Hottest team in the NHL.

That has to be the easiest schedule in that span

Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule

 

[Krewe]

That has to be the easiest schedule in that span

Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule

Lmao leafs fans just salty their team can barely stay in a playoff spot.

this WHOLE thread has aged like milk, and here you are trying to say that 16-3 isn’t impressive. There is no strength of schedule where 16-3 isn’t impressive

 

[Sasso09]

At the end of the season barring something unforeseen it’s likely that in some order Boston, Toronto and Tampa will take the Atlantic spots.

One of these things is not like the other

 

[Auston Marlander]

We need to stop stop the buzzfeed style titles. Think for yourself and use some creativity, f*** its annoying.