L’entraîneur-chef Jon Cooper s’est adressé aux médias à la suite de la défaite 5-3 des Bolts contre les Maples Leafs de Toronto, lundi soir, au Scotiabank Arena. Regardez et diffusez des matchs Lightning et davantage de contenu en coulisses tout au long de la saison sur FanDuel Sports Network. Rejoignez le Thunder : http://tampabaylightning.com http://twitter.com/tblightning http://instagram.com/tblightning #tampabaylightning #gobolts
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Leafs fan here. What's happened to the Bolts? I used to dread when the leafs would play the Lightning because I was always worried a leaf player was going to get hurt because the Lightning always played so hard, rough, in your face, hit every damn minute, just constant pounding, by EVERY lightning player, and a forecheck so hard and fast that our D never got a chance to figure out their next move and cough up the puck or toss it out to center and the Bolts come right back in again. I used to think, "Man, those guys (lightning players) would go in the trenches for each other and die for each other, I wish the leafs would do that!"
This year, at least from my perspective, the team seems a bit slower, doesn't have that same dog-on-a-bone mentality for the puck, and just not as tough to play against. Honestly, I used to dread those games but now I miss them. 😕 I hope the Lightning get some of that team toughness back (having just a few players on the team doing it just isn't the same as when the team as a whole is all on the same page). I miss their "All for one and one for all" mentality (or if it's still there, I guess I don't see that translating into their on-ice game/attitude like previous years). Then again, I also miss seeing Stamkos there.
Gotta love Toronto media lol. "Please tell us about how great you think the leafs are?"
Keeping the core together was the right decision. I knew eventually they would break through in a league that is ultimately getting younger. They're turning into men, and they're starting to believe.
Copper is always classy
Even losing 0-3 to the Leafs this season, Coops looks happy knowing he's gonna be coaching these elite Canadian boys. GO CANADA GO BABY!!!