GAME DAY - Ottawa Senators @ Tampa Bay Lightning, 7:30 PM, March 6th

Big Ev wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Big Ev wrote:

NEELY wrote:Decent game, nothing to write home about but a win is a win is a win at this point in the season.

Bishop... wasn't overly impressed. I'm not a big fan of goaltenders who play the "let the puck hit me" kind of game. He's either has to learn how to keep standing a little bit more or he will get the corners pick on him all game. AHL shooters don't hit those spots, NHL shooters do. Only 1 game but again, I don't like that style of goaltender.

That's basically Lundqvist in a nutshell.

No it's not. Lundqvist is the most well founded goaltender in the NHL. He does everything correctly aside from playing the puck.

He's a blocker of pucks first and foremost, and relies on angles and positioning. Doesn't really use his glove. Gets caught playing deep in his net when he's struggling. I think that describes Bishop as well. Bothg goalies let the puck hit them because of their size.

However from what I have heard, Bishop is very flexible for a big man so I have no doubt he will improve over time as he adjusts to NHL shooter and speed again.

Lundqvist is 100% a butterfly type goaltender but he has an active stick, reads the play extremely well (his best asset), and can play a standup type game if needed. Bishop (based just on last night so it means very little). Looked small for a big goaltender and his angle play was lacking. Getting beat up up like that 2 times from a bad angle and a so/so angle shouldn'tbe considered good goals. One was Stamkos so he probably had an area of the net smaller than the puck to shoot at and it magically went in, so I don't have a huge issue with that.

Either way, we'll see how he does tomorrow against the Rangers. He needs to be better than he was last night to get the win, though.

I felt the Lightning were diving a lot last night, did anyone else notice that?

SpezDispenser wrote:I felt the Lightning were diving a lot last night, did anyone else notice that?

Not anymore then the Sens or any other game.

Thought it was just an ugly game all around.

NEELY wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:I felt the Lightning were diving a lot last night, did anyone else notice that?

Not anymore then the Sens or any other game.

Thought it was just an ugly game all around.

Really? I felt as if everytime we did anything resembling hitting them, they flopped to the ice. And normally I don't care about a team doing it once, twice, three times, but this seemed to be a constant - like we were watching the Carolina Hurricanes.

Yeah, didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Stamkos maybe once or twice went down pretty easy, but, as was pointed out on the broadcast, that's nothing that other guys don't do (Spezza was used as an example).

SpezDispenser wrote:Doubt they call him up...but again...Carnker makes me nervous still.

Boro would be #24, would he not?

how many more callups are we allowed?? Best to save it and just use Carkner.

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Doubt they call him up...but again...Carnker makes me nervous still.

Boro would be #24, would he not?

Injury replacements are allowed, are they not?

Play Carkner. He needs games at this point. Don't forget, he scored the last GWG in the playoffs for this team.

dennycrane wrote:Play Carkner. He needs games at this point. Don't forget, he scored the last GWG in the playoffs for this team.

So slow since his injury though...

SpezDispenser wrote:

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Doubt they call him up...but again...Carnker makes me nervous still.

Boro would be #24, would he not?

Injury replacements are allowed, are they not?

Not when you already have healthy scratches at the position.

I'm amused that lightning fans can't accept that Aulie basically cost them the game with that stupid roughing penalty on Greening.