Game 53 : @Tampa Tantrums

[FrostyWinnipeg]

🕕 1800 📺 TSN3
Last Ten: 6-2-2 @ 8-1-1 🔥
Season Series: Tied 0-0
Stats: 21-24-7 @ 33-14-4
Streaks: W1 @ W1

Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Cole Perfetti -- Jonathan Toews -- Alex Iafallo
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Vladislav Namestnikov
Cole Koepke -- Morgan Barron -- Tanner Pearson
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Elias Salomonsson
Logan Stanley -- Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Danil Zhilkin, Isaak Phillips, Gustav Nyquist
Injured: Haydn Fleury (bruised back), Colin Miller (knee), Neal Pionk (lower body)

Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel -- Dominic James -- Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg
Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Nick Paul -- Jack Finley
J.J. Moser -- Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Declan Carlile -- Max Crozier
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Max Groshev
Injured: Brayden Point (lower body), Victor Hedman (elbow), Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (undisclosed)

Status report
Pionk participated in the morning skate but the defenseman is not expected to play again until after the Olympic break. ... McDonagh was activated from injured reserve and is expected to play for the first time since Dec. 22 because of a lower-body injury. ... Hedman participated in an optional morning skate and the defenseman is hoping to return to the lineup before the Olympic break.

[HardCoreBlue]

Great test today.

Because of the authority I have over this team, I am making this game a defining moment in the direction we take this year.

If we can beat this big dawg with authority, making the playoffs is a priority

If we beat this big dawg in a close match I'd say see above but with tempered enthusiam

If we lose to this big dawg in a close match ffs what do we do with this keep the tease and uncertainity going

If we lose to this big dawg with authority, close up shop, call up the senior mens beer league bottom dwellers and call it a day

[FrostyWinnipeg]

27 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Great test today.

Because of the authority I have over this team, I am making this game a defining moment in the direction we take this year.

If we can beat this big dawg with authority, making the playoffs is a priority

If we beat this big dawg in a close match I'd say see above but with tempered enthusiam

If we lose to this big dawg in a close match ffs what do we do with this keep the tease and uncertainity going

If we lose to this big dawg with authority, close up shop, call up the senior mens beer league bottom dwellers and call it a day

I said the same thing about Chicago and they were a dead dawg

 

[captaincanuck12]

There's a game today? 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

2 minutes ago, captaincanuck12 said:

There's a game today? 

You’re missing a 0-0 game.

[iHeart]

and a Stan hit on Kucherov

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Perfetti looks so disinterested on the bench

[captaincanuck12]

I should have stopped caring.  Everytime I do the opposition scores.   

2-0 lightning 

[iHeart]

58 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Perfetti looks so disinterested on the bench

maybe he's bummed because he's not going to the olympics but that's a Maybe

[captaincanuck12]

Time to tank Mr. Arneil.  Call up the moose. Put a pin in the season. 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Edited 13 hours ago by FrostyWinnipeg

[BomberBall.]

That was a very good team against a very sloppy team.  It was easy to see the difference.  One of the biggest examples was time and space.  Tampa gave us none and we gave them pretty much all they wanted.  How they defend their zone is such a huge contrast to how we defend ours.  Tampa stands up at the blue line, and the Jets retreat and allow easy entry.  And compare the 6 on 5 Tampa had on the delayed penalty, to the 6 on 5 the Jets had with the empty net…. Night and day.  Tampa was all over us, not giving us a chance to set up.  The Jets?  Shrink around the net and allow uncontested passes that eventually reach the slot for a goal, before the penalty can even be assessed.

The talent level, and X’s and O’s, are one thing, but the lack of urgency and aggression is also really deflating.

[Piggy 1]

Its mind boggling how virtually the same team that took the Presidents Trophy a year ago ,can tank like this. 

Both Arnie and Chevy need to take hard looks in the mirror.