NHL Playoffs 2022

[4spdragtop]

Great game! Loved the pushback by TB at end of game. Serg with 2!

 

[YY1]

Sergachev out?

RE Sergachev:

Always a threat to score.

I'm gonna claim I called it

Tie goal AND game winning goal.

...TBL wins on the road and displayed depth.

Next game pressure is on NYR.

...and momentum in favor of TBL...at home!

 

[WV64Signet]

Deflating for NYR to go down like that

Momentum

 

[4spdragtop]

Agree, watched the Leafs up 3-2 and lose the next 2.

Deflating for NYR to go down like that

Momentum

 

[1969383S]

I was in the Tampa Area last Month and those fans are Fanatics!!!!!

wonder why Atlanta could not keep a team?

 

[WV64Signet]

I was in the Tampa Area last Month and those fans are Fanatics!!!!!

wonder why Atlanta could not keep a team?

I think Tampa and Florida in general have a lot of Northern US (east coast) influence so hockey caught on. I think the pull from College sports (even though the seasons don't overlap) limits interest in Atlanta and Georgia.

That's my totally uneducated and unscientific theory.

TB at -210

Pretty sure it ends tonight

 

[YY1]

My observation is that at a Buccaneers game 40-60% of the fan jerseys are for the other team. (well there's a little more Bucs apparel since Brady got here)
Same thing or worse for the Rays.

...but at a Lightning game, 90%+ jerseys are TBL.

 

[YY1]

Close up shots of NYR players seems to show fatigue.

I saw it in pregame.

Now they're talking about it in the intermission.

 

[WV64Signet]

Close up shots of NYR players seems to show fatigue.

I saw it in pregame.

Now they're talking about it in the intermission.

Speed kills

 

[moparmarks]

Florida is like the East Coast California. Everyone there is from somewhere else.

 

[YY1]

Shesterkin doesn't look fatigued, though.

 

[YY1]

Florida is like the East Coast California. Everyone there is from somewhere else.

Look at the crowd in the stands and tell me how many NY jerseys you see.

 

[YY1]

If it was Bucs vs Jets, almost half the seats would look green.

 

[YY1]

I'll give partial credit for just red shirts.

 

[moparmarks]

Not takin anything away from the Lighting fans. Relax. Have a beer.

 

[YY1]

I'm just sayin Bolts fans are there to see Tampa win.

Not so much with the other pro sports teams in that city.

I absolutely agree with what was posted above about transplants.

Not sure why the hockey crowd is different.

 

[4spdragtop]

Stammer time!

 

[YY1]

1-0 TBL

My prediction is it ends 2-0 TBL.

 

[4spdragtop]

Was he even looking at the net when he shot? (Markham boy, hour away)

 

[YY1]

Shot totals are WAY lopsided.

That's been key in this series.

Hedman out- not good.

 

[mbaird]

Florida is full of Snowbirds . Mostly from NE states .

 

[4spdragtop]

Fairly "new" team and great success in their short life span. The TB fans( I'm guessing) werent hockey fans prior to TB(or FL) for that matter. True blue home grown fans.
Manon helped too

I'm just sayin Bolts fans are there to see Tampa win.

Not so much with the other pro sports teams in that city.

I absolutely agree with what was posted above about transplants.

Not sure why the hockey crowd is different.

 

[mbaird]

Neither of these teams look fast enough to play with the AVS.
Rangers look especially slow .

 

[4spdragtop]

TB has the skill to play either way tho. Gonna be a good series, hopefully a long one.

Neither of these teams look fast enough to play with the AVS.
Rangers look especially slow .

 

[YY1]

Fairly "new" team and great success in their short life span. The TB fans( I'm guessing) werent hockey fans prior to TB(or FL) for that matter. True blue home grown fans.

You may have something there.

That applies to me.