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151 Comments until now
They’re in Pre-game. Paul Kennedy just announced Grahame to start again.
Oh well. JG looked OK for most of Friday’s game, until the whole team got all depressed and sensitive and moody after the Sens scored.
But I gotta ask…are we saving Burke for some game 7 heroics or something?
Good question and I have no answer for it.
I can’t get on Grahame for the collapse of the Lightning on Friday. Everyone in front of him screwed up — over and over again. Richards was out of it (dog tired by the third) and the defense became sieve-like.
It’s go time.
And so it begins… hopefully the Bolts can stay fresh and set up some D.
So I’m sittin’ here with my white away sweater, Stanley Cup hat, and one of those goofy blue blinking electric necklaces on.
By myself.
Don’t tell anybody.
There was no penalty on the breakaway?
Besides that little blip of offense, it had been all Sens the first 2 minutes
LOL Hinch, you’re showing a bit of spirit then eh?
Well, just a spammers reminder — if you guys got a couple of seconds without action on TV. Clicky the google ad once, twice, three times? Whatever…
Hinch: I’m drinking Diet Coke out of an old Ice Palace beer cup with the 96-97 schedule printed on the side. I won’t tell if you don’t.
I saw that rebound going in as soon as Grahame kicked it out. Sad, really.
Sometimes you get the lucky bounces in front of the net. Just wish we could get some.
who was that along the top boards, seemingly kissing his own ass?
It’s going to be a long afternoon :-/
JF: It may very well be a looooong afternoon. I think I’ll get a beer. :\
Is DiMaio starting today? Something bothers me about him NOT being in the Lineup right now
There’s not a whole lot of good play at the points for the Bolts today. Seems they can’t keep the puck in the offensive zone for any length of time.
I also hate the non calls going on — both teams have committed fouls and the Refs are taking the night off.
That might be a good thing, as Ottawa’s power play is killing.
Oops… typed too late… Sens PP.
Nice PK.
Pretty good PK there… even if there were a few nail-biting moments.
GOAL!
Sweet fuckin’ pass.
MARTY!!!
SCOOORE!!! Marty!
Very sweet… Now I hope they don’t get complacent with a tie game…. I also hope they don’t get complacent if they end regulation with a tie game… I called for a full 3 periods of hockey in the post-game post the other night. It goes beyond 3 periods if it goes to OT
John, I just ordered a The Hockey News print version sunscription off one of your links. Dunno if you get a cut.
Prolly not Hinch. You went to the NHLFA and did it I assume? Good enough - they get a cut.
Christ, they could be leading 4-1 by now. They’ve certainly had chances.
Ning PP!
That was *so* a trip.
Sour Play
Man, Boyle continues to impress me.
Nice Poobina PK action. Just pass it directly to the defense of the shorthanded team. Dork.
If Richards wasn’t the team MVP — it’d be Boyle.
Chara was trying to do a imitation of the Giant from the WWF there at the end on Paul Ranger. A choke slam perchance…
On a pace for 96 comments this time around — if the 1st period is a judge of how much we’ll comment during the remaining two periods :p
Inane comments like this are brought to you in part by Boltsmag!
If you banned inane comments I’d never get on here.
Here’s to inanity!
The commentator on OLN looks like Schillinger from Oz. Did somebody say inane?
Oh man, thanks for being around guys.
Lightning are neck and neck with Ottawa in the category they most lacked on Friday: HITS
Second period underway
Well, the Bolts certainly *look* like they have a little more fire under their asses this period.
Vaclav got SO punk’d by Fischer
Strike my previous post… this looks like a perpetual Senators power play.
Christ! Too much action both ways.
Affy fucked up there — he fed the puck accidentally to a Sen right in front of Grahame. Nice work John
I wanna see Artoo and Chara drop them…
Whew…end to end action. I like the FO win ratio so far, due mostly to Taylor.
Marty! That was awesome!
Marty’s gonna wear a bullseye the rest of the game
I missed most of that tussle… but what a nice hit by the little guy.
SCOOOOORE! Brad!
THE RICHMEISTER!!!!
MAKIN’ COPIES!!!
Sweet breakaway of sorts for Brad. Goal.
I’m a huge fan of understatement.
He Deked Embry out of his jock!
Marty *always* has a bullseye on him, as far as I cant tell. At least now there’s a legit reason.
Ottawa Penalty here… We go to the PP.
DON’T GET COMPLACENT!!!!
I really hate the Eastern Canada tendance to go silent like they have been during this series. Not trying to get on Ottawa for anything — it’s a regional thing. I saw it for years with the Expos and for years with the Habs. Didn’t know they Sens had it going on too.
What? Was Freddy trying to hump the guy?
Another PK with at least one shorthanded shot on goal. The Sens can be had…they’re not 7 feet tall (well, Chara is), and I like some aspects of the Lightning’s play. As always, it’s a question of keeping up the effort.
Seems the post is playing better against Vinny than Emery is.
Too many D-zone giveaways.
Nice hard check just now by Modo, behind the net. Whap! But that boy needs to stay outta the box.
Does this end to end stuff favor Tampa? Seems to. Or it’s even, at best.
Someone needs to throw hands at a Senator. Kick an ass, any ass, and spark a 4-1 payback win.
I’m with Gary on the Odd man rushes / giveaways.
The end to end stuff — we were doing a lot of it Friday BUT we ended up dead in the water by the third.
What this song needs is more Artyukhin!
What the hell was that? Fedotenko rolls it behind the net and *none* of the forwards even try to skate toward it. No effort whatsoever.
Shit
PK comin’ up.
The Senators *will* get a powerplay goal if you keep taking dumbass penalties.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck.
Crap. Why was Grahme already on his knees?
No call on a Ottawa trip. I’m pissed off at the selective fucking rule enforcement during the playoffs!
2 all
Danny Boy is having a pretty good game so far.
Vinny was a demon in the zone. We need more of that from him (and others).
Wow, wish Vinny coulda had one of those “whatever that was” Ovechkin goals when he was sliding on his back to keep puck possession. These Senators are mighty damned tough behind the net.
WTF is with all the trippings? And no calls on either team to boot? Pisses me off… This is an old peeve of mine.
Enforce the rules or don’t have rules at all during the playoffs. Have that as the official “rule”.
Now, here’s my thought on the closing minutes: Something was off. Not with the Lightning, but with Ottawa. They were the one with the momentum but they seemed… dare I say it… rattled. It was just a stretch of a couple of minutes there but something wasn’t right. It may not show up again…
There’s a huge gap between what Vinny is capable of and what he does. Sometimes you see glimpses…other times he’s your standard slacker generation youngster. YMMV.
Danny Boyle is carrying his line, and creating chances for his line mates.
Third period comin’ up. May good things happen this time.
I’m part of the slacker generation but then again, I got a sad excuse that keeps me on the outs. Nevertheless, I know exactly of what you speak Hinch.
These Cup commercials are killin’ me–my son can imitate their swagger already. Beer #1 down, getting blinking blue Bolts necklace ready for the 3rd in hopes of a better shoring there. Ok, is it me or didn’t Ottawa change their uniforms for the playoffs? Noticed it Fri nite–reminds me of what Cason calls the “Queer Eye for the Hockey Guy” swift TM uniforms from the Olympics.
ready to resume action in Ottawa
I’ve got the Bolts rosary (custom made!) stashed away with all the other shrine-quality bobble-heads and paraphernalia in the spare bedroom down here in the basement. I’m not gonna pull out the super mojo on game 2 in the first round.
Seriously, we shouldn’t *need* it.
John, you can be *of* the slacker generation and not *be* a slacker. Hell, everyone else on the Lightning is of the same generation. Vinnie just seems to actually *be* a slacker sometimes.
Good on your blue electric necklace, Marsha! My batteries are holding out so far…
Bobby Taylor is giving Emry props for being aggressive, saying it makes things very very tough.
When goaltenders don’t mess up, it makes it tough. Grahame’s played EXTREMELY aggressive this year and you know what? It caused mistakes.
I’ve seen Ray out of position in the same way I’ve seen Grahame but we have not pounced in ways our opponents have.
I think the Bolts need to stop looking for their shot and just throw it at the net. Who knows when one of those rumblin’ bumblin’ stumblin’ shots will bounce weird and go in the net all Ivan Majesky style.
God damn it.
Fuck.
It started as yet another odd-man rush, and the Sens just passed all over the Lightning who weren’t covering for shit.
Havlat skated right around Boyle before the pass to Schaefer..
Dan’t GOT to be more aggressive on defense at times. This isn’t the first break away goal he’s held back for.
Watch the Bolts lay down and take it in the ass like a disenchanted housewife.
FUCKING DANNY BOY!
OH MAN!!!
Dan Boyle completely rocks. MVP.
He put EVERYTHING on that!! Oh my!
Danny B, all over the O-zone! WOW
Holy moly, that was a beautiful individual effort… even before the puck went in the net.
what a check!!!!
Who was it that threw the massive bomb hit?
So excited about Danny I forgot sound off about that Senator who was practically choking Marty along the boards. Marty is one tough hombre.
I have no clue and Sunshine just fucking dropped the coverage of the play immediately after it happened. That was an Atom Bomb
Tim Taylor #27?
Dudes on OLN said it was Sarich.
Boyle’s score got *two* SCOORE! calls from Mishkin.
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARTY!!!!!
PARTY MARTY GOAL NUMBER TWO
Marty SCOOOORES!
Now THAT was Lightning hockey! Where the hell has THAT been all year?!?
Beat the hell out of the Sens’ defense… did you see how fast he got in there to score? Jeez Louise.
Neil trying to hump Ranger there.
Heh… that’s two posts with the word “hump”. Er… make that three.
I saw no Neil reach-around. That’s harsh.
What a Goon move on Ranger–unbelievably, no call.
SO what’s the line? Affy and Marty are out there together. Is Lecavalier their center?
I just saw a slash and a trip by Ottawa that wasn’t called. I’m with you, John… the officiating blows pig nuts.
Fuckin’ Vinny. Nice pass up, though.
WTF did Richards do to draw the penalty?
This is a big fucking joke for both teams.
You bring in more fans during the playoffs and the fans don’t know the rules… You don’t selectively enforce them.
It’s up to the players to play clean and up to the refs to enforce the rules… If you don’t — no one anywhere knows what is legal and what isn’t.
Ottawa AND Tampa Bay both are getting robbed. I say this just as I thnik a call is being made…
Ok, so Ranger gets his head held down into the ice after the whistle, and a few mins later we get some call on *Richards*? For friggin’ what, man? Playing position?
So the officiating crew *is* calling penalties…but just on the Lightning. Got it.
Just so I understand.
Ok, so we shake it off and get our asses down there and score again. Only solution.
Jesus. Just saw the replay…there was no penalty.
Marty is a madman
Let me be the first to say: The refs are bitchez.
So you’ll agree those were some nice moves Kubina, eh?
Crucial penalty kill by the Bolts here. Get up on it and get one of those “insurance” goals.
Lightning look pissed off. Good.
PP coming up.
Sasquatch Chara needs to sit for a loooong time. What a dick. I hated him with the Islanders, too.
Unbelievable–penalty on Chara. Finally a Senators penalty.
Finally a Lightning PP….
This is so ridiculous — the non calls.
ANd if you guyys want me to open a new thread, let me know.
Apple + down arrow gets me down to the bottom lickety split. The “end” key should do the same for Windows luddites.
Marsha: Yeah, I guess Pooh Bear is playing okay this period.
A new thread? How can we go fo 200 posts then? That’s what the elevator scroll was made for.
Wow… I never thought I’d say this… but nice defensive play by Nolan Pratt.
Don’t fuck it up guys 1 and change left.
Icing. They pull Emery?
“Windows Luddites”? Gary, I’ll have you know that my XP box is constructed of the finest ivory and brass steam fittings!
Damn. Six on five.
Mein gott, please score on this EN
Hinch: Someone somewhere cries for the elephants.
Never thought of just hitting END on the keyboard, Gary. Thanks
I know a few games ago I bitched about empty-netters not counting… but Marty should get a trick on it this game.
Do it, midget!
Sweet Jesus.
JF: I’m here to help with all your IT needs. All your Apple-related IT needs, I mean. I know jackshit about Windows.
7.7 left.
All those on heart medication, get your defibrators ready. :p
Steady, steady… GAME.
Lightning Win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, baby, 1-1 series!
All tied up in this mother!
Much better than being down a deuce coming home!
I gotta blog. I’ll be back boys and girl
Marsha, it was the blue elctric necklaces. Thanks.
Of course Marty will get the first star of the game, but IMHO it’s a toss up between him and our beloved Danny Boy.
“I gotta blog.”
If you didn’t know any better, that could sound kind of vulgar.
‘Night boys. Check ya next game, eh? And Hinch, let’s get out the necklaces again.
Emery only faced 24 shots? Wow.
Great win - lets play two at the Forum - for everyone who is going to the two games - lets get loud and obnoxious!!!
Sens are a mentally weak team LETS BREAK THEM!!!!
GO BOLTS GO!!!
There’s no way I would call the Sens a mentally weak team.
You do not end up the winner of the Eastern Conference regular season standing by being mentally weak. If you’re responding to the media reports that kept repeating “mental toughness” — just disregard it.
Respect your rivals. Don’t belittle them or underestimate them or it will come back to hurt you.