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Lightning lose 2-1

Series: MTL (4) - (3) TBL

Lightning nation, we move

I feel even lot better about this team after the way this series is going. The Habs are a great team and we played them close the series could’ve gone either way.

I’ve seen this in other subs during the offseason. Thought it could be a cool way to swap jerseys with other lightning fans! Mods feel free to delete if this isn’t allowed

Rules: add a picture of your jersey with description of condition and include a note in the picture with your username and timestamp to confirm authenticity (similar to r/hockeyjerseys)

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LIGHTNING WIN 1-0 OT

SERIES: MTL (3) - (3) TBL

LIGHTNING NATION, WE MOVE

I’m sure I’ll get hate and downvoted into oblivion for this but:

I’m disappointed and hurt like everyone right now. 4 straight 1st round bounces absolutely sucks. Seeing a team who dominates the regular season underperform in the playoffs absolutely sucks.

But as a fanbase I get the feeling from a lot of what I’m reading and seeing that we’re just flat out spoiled. Blow the team up, trade kuch, trade Vasy, hedman should retire, fire cooper, etc.

We’ve been cup contenders going on 10 years, not just sneaking into the playoffs good, but actual perennial contenders good. We’ve made multiple finals, won 2 cups in the process, almost 3-peated.

We’ve been able to enjoy the likes of stamkos, Vasy, headman, and kuch year after year bring us record-breaking success. They’ll all be HOFers and all have their jerseys retired. Cooper is the HC for team Canada at the Olympics.

Other franchises would absolutely kill for our level of sustained dominance. It is hard to win a cup, playoff hockey is a different animal. Buffalo made their first playoffs in 15 years this season. Imagine being the fucking leafs lmao, not even getting a real shot at the cup. I bet Edmonton would take 4 first round exits to get McDavid one. The panthers go back to back and can’t even get a shot this time around. The beauty of this sport is how hard it is to make it through to the end.

The day will come where our window is well and truly done, and we won’t be a playoff fixture. And we’ll look on this era fondly, and it may take a really long time to see this level again.

So while we search for answers for how the team goes from here, how we retool and go again, let’s not forget how fucking good we have it. I believe this group has more in them, and we’re not as far away as we may feel right now. I hope I’m right.

Go bolts.

4 goals on 9 shots. Are you keeding me? Are you keeding me?

Not sure if anyone is interested in discussing the game while it’s live, but I thought I’d make a post just in case.

Rautiainen also won Game 7 of the Liiga Finals in Finland, recording a primary assist on the GWG. It was a gorgeous pass spinning around on his backhand behind the net, it reminded me of Kucherov's pass to Point in Game 2 of the 2021 ECF.

He has one more year on his current contract still, but the future really does look good for both our prospects' trajectories if all goes well.