hopeleslyobvious

According to the Tampa announcers Paille is our top forward, and is having abdominal surgery, lol. Would someone donate $10 to get them a media guide?

Nice goal, beautiful pass by Connolly to set it up!

Still looking good. Even when Tampa gets some pressure in the zone, we're keeping them on the perimeter...They aren't getting many decent chances.

Look pretty good so far. Good forecheck, and I think Tampa only has 1 shot on goal.

http://www.indemand.com/sports/nhl2005/schedule/schedule.jsp Looks like us out of towners are going to be getting the Tampa broadcast tonight. I would rank them among the worst I've seen this year. My personal favorite from the October game is that they wanted Vanek called for diving in OT...after getting cross checked from behind in the back of the head after the whistle...Classic.

I would imagine Miller would start because they have had a few days off, but anyone's guess is as good as mine.

The team has played well without Briere and Dumont, I think we need a defenseman more.

Even if they couldn't outskate the D to the puck. Get the puck deep and send 2 forecheckers. Put the pressure on and force them to make mistakes. I can think of one play where Max tried to skate it in, was double or triple teamed, and actually tried to skate it in before dumping it. Maybe they didn't have the legs to do it that game, but let's hope they do next time, or some more teams are going to figure out how to beat us.

Just another thought on that, since Miller's return: Miller: 4-1-0, GAA=1.58, SV%=.942 Biron, 0-1-1, GAA=3.36, SV%=.879 But as for the game itself, I think they need to dump and chase more when they are having trouble gaining the blue line. I think if they started dumping it in, and sent 2 forecheckers, they would have forced Florida's defense to make mistakes and caused a lot more scoring chances. I am not a huge fan of dumping and chasing, but sometimes you have to do it.

Let's hope the loss last night fires them up for tonight. Hopefully Ruff is starting to learn his lesson about back to back games and puts Miller in.

What airline are you flying...I think one airline has XM...maybe you will luck out and be able to listen to the game.

I would definately put Vanek in.

Yeah, now would be a good time!

Every point helps! Let's get the second in OT!

Agreed!

Now would be a good time for our PP unit to show up against the worst PK unit in the league. Of course we have to make sure we don't hit anyone or they will call another charging penalty.

Big Penalty Kill.

So much for the obstruction crackdown.

Poweplay...Time to even this one up.

The pace of the game reminds me a lot of the Anaheim game. Just tough getting through the neutral zone. But it looks like things are starting to open up.

Can't really tell if Miller should have had the first goal. Every camera angle I saw had someone in the way.

Once again I've been impressed with the Roy-Max-Vanek line. Everyone seems to struggle with them. Let's hope they can keep it up for the next 2 periods. 4th line has looked pretty good tonight too.

I agree. Nice recovery on that wraparound attempt. I thought that was a goal for sure.

But, Lydman's patience paid off.

Spending too much time in our own end.