Happy to see Merrill and Gus out... but KK?? This is the best they can come up with?
Tatar and Evans in for Lehky and Staal would have been the move IMO.
Tatar and Evans in for Lehky and Staal would have been the move IMO.
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east coast
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That's the way to get more goals. Put Evans in for KK.
Fred the Man
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For the Habs coaches, the best offence is a good defence…..shut Tampa down and win 1-0. More power skating lessons in the summer for KK. They clearly don’t want KK to pass Gretzky and Crosby for most playoff goals before the age of 21. Don’t like it but it’s not my decision to make. Happy Romanov is playing though.
east coast
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Maybe they should trade KK if this is all they think of him. The rest of the league may value him higher. He's had a fine playoff all in all even if he is struggling like most of the rest at the moment.
Sal_Butera
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Sal_Butera
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KKs been losing his board/puck battles all series and easily getting swatted away
I like Anderson with Caufield and Suzuki. That line could be a handful.
Sal_Butera
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I also like the fact Hobbit is playing off wing - should allow for better look/see shot opportunities & generation.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
They are clueless
Well... barring injury this will be the line-up for the rest of the way... hopefully 4 more games.
Sal_Butera
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Stat of the day: TBay has scored 9G so far within 10-seconds of a Habs giveaway, VGK scored 1G all series off a Habs giveaway irrespective of time
By no means do I think that the Lightning are lucky to be ahead or even up 3-0... but they've definitely lucky a bunch of times. If it were always Kucherov, Point and Stamkos capitalizing that would be one thing, but it's less talented guys capitalizing, like every time. That's luck.
GrandWazoo
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Honestly, if there was one forward that was susceptible to be bumped out of the lineup, it was KK, he's been struggling against the Bolts.
MON4NHLTOR4MLB
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I disagree, other than one timers, I think he’s gonna struggle on his off wing generating shot attempts
not like Mole has done much offensively this series anyway
yeah we have controlled their top guys decently, but their crappier players have done damage
east coast
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To me Toffoli has been more invisible. KK is one of many struggling. At least I feel KK has the potential to score, and has basically earned his spot with his play in ther first three rounds as much as any of them .
Sal_Butera
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Toffoli won a Cup as a contributing top-6 player earning benefit of the doubt...KKs won squat.
Hobbit stands out with his offensive anticipation & shot, KK hasn’t shown any skill set that makes him stand out
BTW - I agree Toffoli has been invisible for 2-straight series now
Rolex
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As is often the case in playoffs…
The bottom lines are the difference makers…in any Stanley Cup Finals