4/16- Finale vs. Ottawa

Curt S Loew

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I'm feeling good cuz I'm feeling not so good because I was feeling real good last season.

On to playoff hockey!
 

Dewey's 'stache

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Well, I think I left out “empty net play” as one of the opportunities of this team in my pre-game post. That was an oversight on my part, these guys just do dumb stuff when the goalie isn’t there.
 

Dewey's 'stache

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Encouraging 18.5 minutes of play in the third period. If they bring that to the playoffs, for entire games, they should do well.
 

The Mort Report

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I hate when he does this, just say something along the lines of "we have to do better." I think in this day and age calling out players in the media for one bad play is bad practice, but you can't completely try to rid the guy of any fault when he obviously has some. It reminds me back to I think either the game 5 or 6 loss in the playoff last year when he came to the podium and immediately started talking about how great of a game it was. No one gave a shit how good a game it was, we lost, be pissed we lost, don't admire their win
 

Cotillion

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No one got hurt. I'm fine with this result.
Yeah... I don't it really mattered either way with Toronto or Tampa. I don't think they were trying to "pick" their opponent more than it was Game 81 and 82 of a season where they were pretty locked into position, and the real goal is to stay as healthy as you can for the playoffs.
 

kenneycb

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I hate when he does this, just say something along the lines of "we have to do better." I think in this day and age calling out players in the media for one bad play is bad practice, but you can't completely try to rid the guy of any fault when he obviously has some. It reminds me back to I think either the game 5 or 6 loss in the playoff last year when he came to the podium and immediately started talking about how great of a game it was. No one gave a shit how good a game it was, we lost, be pissed we lost, don't admire their win
I'm assuming he's saying it wasn't Pastrnak and someone else was supposed to be there. Zacha, for example, looks to be very late on curling up and I assume where Pasta was trying to go. Just speculating but my guess is he meant someone else f'd up than trying to protect Pasta.
 

AB in DC

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It did look like the intended recipient of the pass didn't realize it was coming and skated away from the puck instead of toward it.