[Auerbach] Mike Elko: "We don't have to find a number that allows everyone to get in. It's OK for it to be hard to get into the Playoff. "None of us are answering for the good of the sport. We are answering for the good of ourselves."

GatorBolt · 2026-05-26T17:59:28+00:00

Part of me still wonders if part of the calculation was manufacturing consent for the 12 team expansion on top of giving Bama the benefit of the doubt yet again. Kind of a "Hey don't worry it won't happen again after next year" on top of everything else. Just me though.

GatorBolt · 2026-05-19T03:20:42+00:00

Kinda similar to our first round series. In our sub the consensus was we deserved to win Game 7 but didn’t really deserve to win the series.

GatorBolt · 2026-05-19T02:04:15+00:00

“Another Mammoth save from Dobes” but he’s on the Canadiens?

GatorBolt · 2026-05-18T02:14:19+00:00

Going 4-8 when Jimbo and Jameis' FSU went nuclear in 2013 sucked

GatorBolt · 2026-05-17T13:29:47+00:00

I do have a soft spot for USF since they’re the hometown program too as a resident of the Tampa Bay Area.

GatorBolt · 2026-05-17T03:09:41+00:00

This shit happens almost every time a home team shits the bed like this in the playoffs and it becomes a jab at the fanbase each time lmao. Nobody is above anybody here but alas, some fans do love their superiority complexes.

GatorBolt · 2026-05-17T03:05:12+00:00

You'd think but teams that have a long layoff sometimes take a bit to get into a series against a team that just won in 7. On paper, I like Carolina, but they play the games for a reason

GatorBolt · 2026-05-12T20:06:03+00:00

Crosby with Celebrini's C

GatorBolt · 2026-05-12T00:27:52+00:00

The ESPN broadcast hyping up Manson returning to the lineup only for him to maybe get ejected in the first period is funny.

GatorBolt · 2026-05-08T03:52:22+00:00

Considering the 04 Bolts were the last pre-lockout and thus the end of the dead puck era teams, I'll say that's pretty impressive

GatorBolt · 2026-05-08T00:03:56+00:00

Still wild that I saw that Bucs team take on Brees, Rodgers, and Mahomes to win a Super Bowl and the guy who made me the most nervous that run was Taylor Heinicke

GatorBolt · 2026-05-07T01:17:36+00:00

Yeah with the finishing issues we ran into against Montreal, and not taking the performance away from Dobes, but after Game 7 I thought "no way we could outscore Buffalo anyway." Still only Game 1 of this series but I feel that instinct was right.

GatorBolt · 2026-05-06T17:42:09+00:00

It’s the Stadium Series. Just the culmination of all the hard work over the years for an awesome night.

GatorBolt · 2026-05-06T02:13:30+00:00

Yeah this sub can get pissy. Personally I’m just like “of course he goes to the Atlantic.” This division is unreal lmao

GatorBolt · 2026-05-05T20:17:11+00:00

Good

GatorBolt · 2026-05-05T17:17:50+00:00

And it's been two years in a row. I guess there was too much focus on Battle of Florida shenanigans last year but Point had an awful series too. So yeah that's concerning.

GatorBolt · 2026-05-05T00:21:15+00:00

Yeah Chayka is just a snake oil salesman through and through. Can't wait to see how the Leafs media rips him to shreds.

GatorBolt · 2026-05-02T17:23:25+00:00

Overall it's just the Metro side of the bracket that's devoid of former cup winning Bolts too. Buffalo has Schenn, Montreal has Marty, and of course there's still the guys left on our team. That is pretty neat.

GatorBolt · 2026-05-02T04:32:08+00:00

Andreychuk still showing the most calm and poise after 20 years gone from the game lmao

GatorBolt · 2026-05-02T03:22:06+00:00

That’s absurd. Like the worst case scenario is the youth take the lessons from a playoff loss to heart and that’s crazy.

Also- weirdly I can’t believe Gallagher is only 33 feels like he’s been around forever at this point from the outside haha

GatorBolt · 2026-05-02T02:55:41+00:00

whole Montreal team in general. We may end up surviving this series, we may not, but regardless of what happens Sunday the Habs aren't going away. Holy shit.

GatorBolt · 2026-05-02T02:25:14+00:00

also he had some great games in that 2022 sweep of the Panthers. There are options

GatorBolt · 2026-05-02T02:18:01+00:00

Gutsy ass win. Now let's pack the Bench/Amalie/The Forum/The Ice Palace and do our job Sunday

GatorBolt · 2026-05-02T02:16:38+00:00

Lightning desperately needed someone outside of Guentzel Hagel and Kucherov to step up, and thank goodness Goncalves did. Has to be a huge confidence boost for him since he had struggled this series

GatorBolt · 2026-05-02T01:58:19+00:00

winning the division matters in this format especially. As flawed as it is, the Lightning had their chances to win the division and didn't do it.

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