John Gove: Rapid Reactions: Lightning Lose to Flames 3-2

Sell the farm! Clear the cupboards ! It's a god damn fire sale !!!!

Bishop has won the last 2 games convincingly but the dumb coach starts Vassy?? Guess Cooper doesnt ride the hot hand .....

Bishop has won the last 2 games convincingly but the dumb coach starts Vassy?? Guess Cooper doesnt ride the hot hand .....
- Ur Not Me

Cooper is a bad coach lol

Bishop has won the last 2 games convincingly but the dumb coach starts Vassy?? Guess Cooper doesnt ride the hot hand .....
- Ur Not Me

Of course that is assuming he wasn't told by anyone else to go with Vasey. Are you sure Yzerman doesn't have a trade deal for Bishop going on right now and approached Cooper and said to hold him out so he doesn't get hurt? Drouin was out with the flu do you know Bishop was 100% last night? It very well could be the case Cooper made the decision all on his own and Bishop was 100% but there could be many other reasons they went with Vasey not just Cooper picking on his own at random.

The game was not on Vasey last night, the team looked flat. First period they were flying and playing hard then they seemed to have ran out of gas and they were flat footed a lot of the game. For a team with all that talent and trying to make a run there wasn't the level of desperation you would have expected last night.

Bishop has won the last 2 games convincingly but the dumb coach starts Vassy?? Guess Cooper doesnt ride the hot hand .....
- Ur Not Me

Was at the game, don't know if Bishop would have made a difference, the Flames were the better team. The Lightning allowed them to control the play and kept collapsing in their own end to give up scoring chances. 2 tip in goals from Flames directly at the crease and a nice shot from Hamilton on a PP. I don't blame Vasy. I wonder why it seems the team plays different in front of Bishop then Vasy - it can't just be Bishop handles the puck better.

I still saw this surge of points as false hope, it will be interesting to see what Yzerman does, a lot of the fan base will be upset if Bishop is traded but that is the economics of salary cap NHL... its sucks but the Bolts just cannot afford him anymore. I still think Vasy will turn out just fine.

Lose Monday. Solidify their position as a seller. That's what needs to happen.

Was at the game, don't know if Bishop would have made a difference, the Flames were the better team. The Lightning allowed them to control the play and kept collapsing in their own end to give up scoring chances. 2 tip in goals from Flames directly at the crease and a nice shot from Hamilton on a PP. I don't blame Vasy. I wonder why it seems the team plays different in front of Bishop then Vasy - it can't just be Bishop handles the puck better.

I still saw this surge of points as false hope, it will be interesting to see what Yzerman does, a lot of the fan base will be upset if Bishop is traded but that is the economics of salary cap NHL... its sucks but the Bolts just cannot afford him anymore. I still think Vasy will turn out just fine.
- stammerman

Calgary fighting for their playoffs too! Did Stone play for Calgary? He was a pretty cheap pickup for the Flames.

With the parity in the Atlantic via the loser point, it is going to be difficult to make up 6 points to catch up to Leafs, Isles, Bruins and Panthers. I would rather SY set the table for next season than try to jump into playoffs. Though it would be fun to go to a playoff game again.

There were reports (Bob MacKenzie) that Shattenkirk and Lightning had talked about a contract prior to trade but that it was unsuccessful.

As for Bishop, a lot of fans will be disappointed if he walks at the end of the year for nothing.

Funny it was less than a year ago that Drouin was sitting at home waiting to be traded. When the TDL came and went, he returned to Syracuse.

Oh well, we will know what SY does next Wednesday. Cheers

Lose Monday. Solidify their position as a seller. That's what needs to happen.
- Michael_Stuart

Ottawa game will be telling since Senators are missing a lot of forwards.

Selling seems like the right strategy this year with too many teams ahead of the Lightning. Isles and Panthers seem to have straightened out their seasons.