Alexandron Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Maybe I am wrong, but I am skeptical if we will be able to win this game. Tampa is too good , especially on PP. That means, we must to stay out of penalty box. My predicting score Tampa 4:2. Still I will be happy with at least 1 point from this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notfondajane Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 19 minutes ago, Alexandron said: Maybe I am wrong, but I am skeptical if we will be able to win this game. Tampa is too good , especially on PP. That means, we must to stay out of penalty box. My predicting score Tampa 4:2. Still I will be happy with at least 1 point from this game. I don't think the Lighting are playing all that well. Yes they are a good team. It seems to be in a minor slump. I'm hoping for a Wild win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 41 minutes ago, Alexandron said: Maybe I am wrong, but I am skeptical if we will be able to win this game. Tampa is too good , especially on PP. That means, we must to stay out of penalty box. My predicting score Tampa 4:2. Still I will be happy with at least 1 point from this game. Bolts are a team of extremes this season it seems. They can be super deadly on the PP....then struggle to score at all at any given time. They can be fast and dangerous on the transition...then bungle all sorts of chances to generate offense. But their biggest issue this year after losing all the players they have over the last three or four seasons is chemistry between certain players, and their defense now lacks (with the trades of Ryan McDonagh/Zach Bogosian and Mikhail Sergachev/Erik Cernak on IR) any real 'boom' on defense and try to play finesse defense which doesn't always work. So, if the Wild can pressure, make TB play in their own zone, they got a shot. Lightning have traditionally, for whatever reason, have had trouble winning the last few seasons at the X. And I bet it is because usually the Wild put out a stiff, blue collar style play against them. They need to do that again tonight. I am not gonna lie though...the Lightning ARE my number one team and am hoping for a win from them here, so you may see me as an "enemy fan" for tonight. But, because I also support the Wild, a win by Minnesota wouldn't taste as bad as, say, a loss to Nashville....or that freakin loss to Winnipeg the other night.... At any rate, we will see who dictates the style of play: Fast, transitional, end to end, lots of puck movement, and special teams driven? Tampa Bay. Super grinding, smothering the goalie, hard hitting, relentless and mostly 5 on 5? Minnesota. Let's go boys! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomdog Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Well TFG I think you will enjoy this game. I just don’t see how the Wild win short of Tampa overlooking them. Just looking at the lineup and the stats should show you that. Not really the Wild’s fault, nobody has control over injuries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildstars95 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 ........ for the next 8 games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I can't predict against my team but let's just say I see a goal differential of 3. Time to try to enjoy the Iowa boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Just our luck Hartman gets hit on the worst spot in the rink at the curved glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Not surprisingly, Wild didn't do much with their PP. Now they gotta kill off against a very dangerous TB PP. Let's see what happens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 There's two pesky bulldogs growling at each other... Dewar and Cirelli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbgarnett Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Damn how'd that not get by him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Untimely quick whistle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Oh my.... EEK doing what he is supposed to: crash the net, crowd Vasilevskiy, but the SC winning goalie says NO! And the Bolts are quick to close in on Wild players around the net. But THAT is what the Wild need to do more as the Bolts aren't particularly comfortable with guys crowding their goalie....not with Mack trucks Cernak and Sergachev out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Just now, bbgarnett said: Damn how'd that not get by him Our latest bad puck luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Merril either take the body or do something other than skate along letting him walk right along. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Pressure by the Lightning draws that penalty. MAF giving up some really big rebounds...that alone may kill the Wild if they can't recover that puck quickly enough. Good defense by Mermis not allowing Bolts players close up clean shots on MAF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 minute ago, ClusterChuck said: Merril either take the body or do something other than skate along letting him walk right along. Not sure who had to sit to draw Merrill back in the lineup, but I think Merrill should have stood 'sat'! He is exactly the type of pylon the Lightning love skating around... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 We survived the 1st period and 2 Pks (so far) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 minute ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: Not sure who had to sit to draw Merrill back in the lineup, but I think Merrill should have stood 'sat'! He is exactly the type of pylon the Lightning love skating around... Besides the obvious Spurgeon out, Who can we put in unless we put some of the injured on the 10 day IR so they can call up more?? Not sure how all the works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomdog Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: Not sure who had to sit to draw Merrill back in the lineup, but I think Merrill should have stood 'sat'! He is exactly the type of pylon the Lightning love skating around... I think they had their choice between Merril and Hunt. Hunt just up from Iowa with no practice time. I still think they chose wrong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Jake Middleton with is big mustache looks like he should be in some Western movie or something... He's a pretty good looking man, BTW...never realized that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 5 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: Jake Middleton with is big mustache looks like he should be in some Western movie or something... He's a pretty good looking man, BTW...never realized that before. Imagine him with full set of teeth with that smile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 14 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said: Besides the obvious Spurgeon out, Who can we put in unless we put some of the injured on the 10 day IR so they can call up more?? Not sure how all the works. Well, yea, I suppose Merril had to go in almost by default. Although maybe I would have gone with Hunt as @Tomdog pointed out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Our 'Passive D' is a dangerous thing vs TB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomdog Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Those rebounds are going to catch up to them sooner or later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomdog Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Tampa should be shooting from everywhere and look for the rebounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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