And then we miss the Playoffs next yearStamkos only has a few games left and his career with the Tampa bay Lightning is over
Agree. I see we are not playing bad and we are not playing good,but for me its kinda strange but I see us not playing no because Panthers found a key against us but because we are shy? Trying playing system? What I want to say is that we are not playing well is only our fault,and even then with great roster and great keeper Panthers do not dominate on us,so we can totally win it allCall me crazy, but I'm not gonna give up on them, maybe we get swept, but until it's over I'll believe we can do it. Let's get the next game and make a series out of this!
Still, getting swept isn't as embarrassing as hitting up the strip club then getting swept.Really hope we can avoid a sweep at least so we can still hold that over them, lol.
Losing Bennet helps the lightning. Hopefully we show up tomorrow a d game advantage of home ice to make this a series.I still don't hate our chances of winning this series. I'm not smashing the panic button just yet but lets see how game 3 goes. Get down another 2 or 3 goals and I'm gonna worry. But remember. After 1 intermission we were freaking out wailing "WELCOME TO PITTSBURGH" and still damn near won with Kucherov being AWOL. If the team gave up as fast as we do we'd have lost 8-1 last night. We've seen more glory since our CBJ crash than most franchises have seen in 40 years. We gotta remember to breathe and act like we've been there before
We do have a chance. All the pressure is on the Cats to close this now
While true, I feel like this is the same story every year with this format. If we get by the speed of Toronto and physicality of Florida, we always have that "we can beat boston" card to play. Then the metro winner has been a victim of ours too. Ideally, yes. Realistically, no. Both New York and Carolina would give us trouble this year. I believe wholeheartedly we beat Boston, but I think the Rangers would give us a problem. Hell, any of those metro teams would give us a run for our money. I do believe stylistically and statistically, we got the worst first round matchup we could ask for. Factor in Sergachev may be available soon, it sucks even more that if he could potentially play in a round 2, we may not get there for that to be a possibility.Its pretty crazy because there is a path back to the SCF. If Boston wins that a very favorable and winnable matchup for us. After that you gotta fight off NYR or CAR. This round could easily be the toughest.
I think he carried us here and doesn't have much left. I think he can also see this team doesn't have it.Kuch rage quitting just pisses me off after him going hard all regular season. Credit to Florida though
And that's the bottom line...cuz Stone Cold Steve Stamkos says so!We're getting swept because we didn't make avatars