Opening Round: Tampa vs Columbus

[Guilt Trip]

Kucherov with a trip and then hammers a guy against the boards. Gets tossed with a 5 min boarding penalty. Pierre mentions Kadri getting 3 games for a similar hit on a defenseless player....Let's see what the league does. He should get something. I'll be shocked if he does.

 

[Bender]

I know they already lost the game but man, the way they didn't compete to the final buzzer was kind of odd.

 

[lc9]

Tampa has been physically manhandled in these first two games. 

Now, last year Columbus was up 2-0 on Washington....does history repeat itself?

 

[Bender]

Kucherov with a trip and then hammers a guy against the boards. Gets tossed with a 5 min boarding penalty. Pierre mentions Kadri getting 3 games for a similar hit on a defenseless player....Let's see what the league does. He should get something. I'll be shocked if he does.

Yeah but the league hates Kadri in comparison. I thought that suspension was egregious at the time.

 

[Bender]

Tampa has been physically manhandled in these first two games. 

Now, last year Columbus was up 2-0 on Washington....does history repeat itself?

Tampa is one team I wouldn't count out but they really didn't bother grinding this game out. No grit at all.

 

[cabber24]

Kucherov with a trip and then hammers a guy against the boards. Gets tossed with a 5 min boarding penalty. Pierre mentions Kadri getting 3 games for a similar hit on a defenseless player....Let's see what the league does. He should get something. I'll be shocked if he does.

Yeah but the league hates Kadri in comparison. I thought that suspension was egregious at the time.

Very similar hit to Kadri?s, has to be 3 games. It is absolutely has to be 3.

 

[lc9]

Tampa has been physically manhandled in these first two games. 

Now, last year Columbus was up 2-0 on Washington....does history repeat itself?

Tampa is one team I wouldn't count out but they really didn't bother grinding this game out. No grit at all.

Gotta be kind of a shock for them.  62 wins, everything clicking for an entire season.  Then 6 periods later you?re 4 days from your season being over.  Got up 3-0 early game 1 and then after that CBJ have outscored Tampa 9-1, incredible.  Now we will see what Tampa has.  Moreover, we will also see what Columbus has, can?t repeat last year. Have to win one of the two home games. 

 

[lc9]

Kucherov with a trip and then hammers a guy against the boards. Gets tossed with a 5 min boarding penalty. Pierre mentions Kadri getting 3 games for a similar hit on a defenseless player....Let's see what the league does. He should get something. I'll be shocked if he does.

Yeah but the league hates Kadri in comparison. I thought that suspension was egregious at the time.

Very similar hit to Kadri?s, has to be 3 games. It is absolutely has to be 3.

Have to imagine he gets 1 for sure.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Tampa has been physically manhandled in these first two games. 

Now, last year Columbus was up 2-0 on Washington....does history repeat itself?

Tampa is one team I wouldn't count out but they really didn't bother grinding this game out. No grit at all.

Wouldn't count them out either. Tampa outhit CBJ 37-17. Tells you hits don't mean everything. CBJ has outworked them in the puck battles.  CBJ isn't allowing them to play their game. They're clogging up the middle.

 

[princedpw]

Looking at the box score, it seems like Tampa only had 24 shots, despite trailing the entire game. That is pretty surprising.

 

[herman]

Ya definitely want to experience adversity and overcoming it before the playoffs start.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Looking at the box score, it seems like Tampa only had 24 shots, despite trailing the entire game. That is pretty surprising.

Tampa had 13 shots through 2 periods. They got shut down. And Bob made a few good saves but is he ever lucky. So many times he wasn't even looking in the right direction.

 

[ZBBM]

Good grief Tampa, you're making my pronouncements look all pronounce-y.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Kucherov has a hearing tomorrow for that hit. Let's see if the NHL has any balls.

 

[lc9]

Kucherov has a hearing tomorrow for that hit. Let's see if the NHL has any balls.

If he isn?t given atleast one game it?s a black eye for the league.  You can get away with a black eye though.  Hopefully the league makes the right decision. 

 

[hockeyfan1]

At this point in the series and it shifting to Columbus, does it really matter anymore if Kutvherov is suspended or not?  With Kutcherov, they lost and were outplayed.  Without Kutcherov expect more of the same (shifting to enemy territory).

I?m actually quite surprised, shocked that the Lightning have folded flatter than a three dollar accordion.  Maybe Torts is having some effect on their minds, who knows.  The Blue Jackets are playing it to a tee.  Like to see what happens when Tampa wakes up.

 

[Bullfrog]

Ya, it probably matters if the guy who outscored McDavid by 12 points is on the team or not.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Ya, it probably matters if the guy who outscored McDavid by 12 points is on the team or not.

Yup, it matters. Huge loss for them if he's suspended. Kadri was a huge loss for us last year.

 

[princedpw]

Just looked up Kadri?s video from last year. It looks almost identical:

https://mobile.twitter.com/EHClothing/status/984945943807012865

 

[disco]

It's all about SACRIFICE this time of year. Bolts have tried to get by on talent alone. Jackets have done the work. Tampa, here's your adversity. Game 3. Prove you're the best.