PleaseCutStewart

Need a good fire them up speech from Rod between periods. Team has looked lethargic the entire period

Definitely hasn't been our finest period

Needed that goal. Couldn't let them get the momentum killing off a 5 on 3

Still think we should have Mac over Stepan. I think Stepan has far and away been our worst skater of the 12 forwards going tonight.

Hopefully we don't have to worry about anyone from FL slewfooting our stars like that dirtbag Chara liked to do to us...

I wouldn't be surprised if they wait a game or 2 before inserting him (especially if we don't go 2-0 at home), unless he is 80% or better. I don't think they want to rush him back and have him re-break his hand

Just curious - if TT is able to play, who sits for him? Hopefully Mac keeps his spot and we sit Stepan (or Stastny) - Mac has been relentless on his forecheck and has meshed very well with our system. Hopefully our lines are: Jarvis - Aho - Mac; TT - KK - Necas; Fast, Staal, Marty; Drury - Stastny - Noesen

With how big of a dumpster fire our team was his entire tenure here, outside of years 1 and 2 I think, I would probably be ecstatic to be on a team that is much better also.

Hopefully they call every little ticky tack thing on Gudas possible with how he held that Toronto player's stick on their series winner

Luckily Pieterangelo isn't on the other team for this series, so hopefully he can make it at least 1 shift...

I gotta say... It's refreshing reading through Florida's forum and seeing that most of their fans are reasonable and actually acknowledge that we are good, even though we don't have the noteworthy players like Matthews, McJesus, etc. I definitely got tired of reading the Devils forums saying we suck and after we whooped their asses in 3 of the 5 games, it turned to "well, our team just sucks or (insert player name or coach) sucks" Should be a fun series with both teams being great on the forecheck. Somebody sacrifice a chicken so that way Skjei can stop tossing grenades and turning the puck over in our zone. Defense needs to keep playing like they did in games 1, 2, 4, and 5. Florida has a lot of scorers, so we will need all of our lines to show up.

Man I hope Vegas doesn't make the finals. If we beat FL, that would be probably the worst possible matchup of all of the playoff teams there were.

Seattle has looked like the much better team in the series. Wouldn't be surprised if they win game 7

Florida's scoring depth is a concern and much like NJ, can be lethal on the counter. But I think we matchup pretty well against them. I am way more concerned about the matchups against the teams out west - Vegas, Dallas, and Seattle are all matchups that are not ideal for us.

Poor Austin Matthews got put on a milk carton. Good disappearing act out of him

Lol, see ya later Toronto. Nice job winning your Stanley Cup though of going to the 2nd round

That's what I thought. It looked like whatever Florida player was in that group was the only guy that swung his stick at the puck

Lol, I'm not complaining

God if Toronto wins this series, get ready for a bunch of nut hugging from the broadcasters... New round, same poo...

Any idea when game 1 would be for if Fla were to win in OT? Possible that both western conference series go 7, so I assume that would delay the start by at least a day or 2

Pretty sure it was staged, but I did get a good laugh out of it. The atlanta florida dolphins made me laugh pretty hard

I'm glad we avoided that Dougie contract so much. Dude has an absolutely lethal slapper, but his defense is weak. Burns has been a revelation for us. He has the puck handling skills of DeAngelo but can actually shoot and play defense. As much as we have poo on the front office for not making a splash trade at the deadline, they have done very well with trades in the offseason and with bargain bin signings.

Glad to see KK score some goals this series with how well he has played. Definitely had bad puck luck against the Islanders and glad to see it turned around this series. And I don't think Slavin gets enough credit for how amazing he is on defense. Dude has a +/- of +13 through 10 playoff games. That is crazy good. I'm not sure there is a better defensive defenseman in the NHL

Also, who would have thought with all of the bad luck we had with injuries to close the season/begin playoffs + being quiet at the trade deadline, that we would now be saying 8 more wins for a cup. Crazy

Florida is very similar to NJ. They both rely on counters and odd man rushes. Honestly, I think we match up pretty well with them, much like NJ. Florida's depth of scorers is concerning, but their defense is lightyears worse than NJ.