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I get TB is going to roll out firepower after firepower but we can do this! Capitalize on the counters, Hall, Pal, Zajac need to show up every shift in every game.
Nico, Zacha, Butcher cannot falter to pressure(not that they are). FYI, I think TB will go hard at Nico, just a hunch.
Kinkaid goes without saying. Goaltending is a big cog in any teams championship race. We'll need Kinkaid to not give into the pressure or the spotlight that playoff hockey brings. Stay focus and get better after every shot.That's exactly it, keep the pressure on them and let them make mistakes. Keep the pedal to the floor, it's our only chance. Hopefully Mojo returns and we can roll 4 lines that all provide a legitimate scoring threat.
Kinkaid needs to be lights out. Our D doesn't need to be great, they just need to not be a liability. Don't cough the puck up, don't pull yourself out of position.
We were 3-0 vs TB this season.....Was in Washington DC for the last week, got back today... Got to go see the Devils play the Caps last Saturday. MY FIRST LIVE DEVIL GAME... had a blast. was on vacation and didn't even realize till about 2 hours before the game that they were there in DC playing... so you bet I went... even though we lost, I loved the game... my first PRO hockey and first devils game... We played okay seeing how we sat Hall and Palmarie... and of course started Cory which pretty much sealed our doom... I understand the resting, and caps didn't rest anyone since they were trying OH so hard to get Ovechiny to 50 goals... glad we stopped him from getting it but man were they feeding him trying....
I didn't care, I had a blast and cant wait till the playoffs... I see no one is giving us a shot at winning against Tampa, but I think we will be okay if we play OUR hockey... cant wait. How did we do against the Bolts in regular season?
GO DEVILS
Was in Washington DC for the last week, got back today... Got to go see the Devils play the Caps last Saturday. MY FIRST LIVE DEVIL GAME... had a blast. was on vacation and didn't even realize till about 2 hours before the game that they were there in DC playing... so you bet I went... even though we lost, I loved the game... my first PRO hockey and first devils game... We played okay seeing how we sat Hall and Palmarie... and of course started Cory which pretty much sealed our doom... I understand the resting, and caps didn't rest anyone since they were trying OH so hard to get Ovechiny to 50 goals... glad we stopped him from getting it but man were they feeding him trying....
I didn't care, I had a blast and cant wait till the playoffs... I see no one is giving us a shot at winning against Tampa, but I think we will be okay if we play OUR hockey... cant wait. How did we do against the Bolts in regular season?
GO DEVILS
YESgrabner will absolutely pay off this series. ray hasn't made a bad trade yet since coming here i have full confidence that grabner will pay off and this is a series where we will need him to. a dangerous pp like tampa? throw grabner out there and let him fly and it will force tampa to tweak their pp a little bit knowing hes out there? if he can get a breakaway a game that would be huuuuuuuuuuuge.
the bolts on paper are the way better team but something about them screams caps. like i dont think they have a lot of grit and play soft. a little push back and i dont know how they will handle it or react. vladiskov or however you spell the goalie name hasn't looked the same early in the season and i think benefits from their great defense if the devils can score on the chances they get will be huge. tampa has all the pressure so get a lead early on them and keep skating. if the devils get the first game? i think they then take the first two and finish them off in 5. yeah i'm going bold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
game 1 devils win a surprise "blow out" 4-1
game 2 bolts turn it on and take 2 two goal leads devils tie it and win it in overtime 4-3
game 3 the bolts cruise 5-1 and wreck the party atmosphere and the devils come back to earth
game 4 devils win 2-1 kinkaid is a beast
game 5 devils cruise 3-1 after going up 3-0 bolts score in the third to make it interesting.
also pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase if your pinned into the zone for long stretches please just ice the puck and regroup don't try and chip it out to avoid the icing just get it out and reset
lol your first game and they sit all their stars but hey at least you had a blast thats all that matters and the game was close until middle of the third.