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Lord Stanley needs a tan!!!
Tampa's forwards owned that game for 45-50 minutes. They did everything to frustrate Chicago. Not sure why they decided to sit so far back - the team is a good enough skating club to not have to do that. By sitting back it forced long and/or dangerous passes, opening large gaps in the neutral zone. Chicago could have had 4 goals easily.
Some positives to take away, though. The forwards still controlled most of the game, the whole team blocked shots, Sustr played decent, and Bolts' D did a nice job holding pucks in at the blue line.
Is that what really happened? Didn't see any verifiable information on him leaving last night, this morning a few reports listed an injury, but no details. Anyhoo, glad they could withstand the goalie change, score a power play goal and win the game. Now if they could win a occasional faceoff....Which goalie $#!$ his pants worse? Bishop (being pulled for said reasons) or Vasilevskiy (did you see his eyes when on the ice?)? Either way, Lightning tie it up!
Is that what really happened? Didn't see any verifiable information on him leaving last night, this morning a few reports listed an injury, but no details. Anyhoo, glad they could withstand the goalie change, score a power play goal and win the game. Now if they could win a occasional faceoff....
I'm willing to bet the Tampa rating was "lower" because of how many people were at the bars for the game rather than at home given it was a Saturday. This area was buzzing all day that day
Victor Hedman is a beast and Tampa should pay him what he wants to keep him when it comes time to talk contracts.
Yes, he stood out to me in the Montreal series and was sharp last night, helping neutralize Chicago's number 1 line. Supersized with good wheels, nice combination. All their big gunners are having difficulty getting in a groove. He's been a secret down in Tampa, I believe the cat's out of the bag now!Victor Hedman is a beast and Tampa should pay him what he wants to keep him when it comes time to talk contracts.
I remember arguing with one of the regulars in the beginning of the season NHL thread about whether Hedman was, or could be, a top notch defenseman. I felt pretty strongly that he was on the verge of becoming a star. He's really has been fantastic throughout the playoffs - quite possibly their playoff MVP.
I believe that is NoleMoreTears. He has never been really hot on him as a D-man, but likes him as a player. I think even he would agree that Hedman is coming around and really learning and excelling at playing the D portion of the game. The thing I have always really liked about Hedman is that if he got the D portion of his game figured out, then he would be such a two-way threat. That is exactly what he is doing now. He is so big and so mobile that he is really excelling on the defensive end, but can also jump up in the play and make things happen, which he did last night, especially on the pass to Paquette.
I believe that is NoleMoreTears. He has never been really hot on him as a D-man, but likes him as a player. I think even he would agree that Hedman is coming around and really learning and excelling at playing the D portion of the game. The thing I have always really liked about Hedman is that if he got the D portion of his game figured out, then he would be such a two-way threat. That is exactly what he is doing now. He is so big and so mobile that he is really excelling on the defensive end, but can also jump up in the play and make things happen, which he did last night, especially on the pass to Paquette.
I remember arguing with one of the regulars in the beginning of the season NHL thread about whether Hedman was, or could be, a top notch defenseman. I felt pretty strongly that he was on the verge of becoming a star. He's really has been fantastic throughout the playoffs - quite possibly their playoff MVP.