When rip thunderdome, defender for the tampa bay barracuda in the eastern conference of the simulation hockey league, is in the middle of a playoff run, it is pretty easy to not let the pressure get in the way of his performance on the ice. To be honest, rip thunderdome feels like there is not really pressure there in the first place. Not many people around the league have much faith in the tampa bay barracuda. Despite winning the east in the regular season, many people picked teams like philly and atlanta over them. They were often predicted to come in 4th in the atlantic. Knowing this, rip thunderdome is able to go out on the ice without worrying about high expectations weighing him down. The league does not expect him and his team to succeed, so they are playing with house money. Time to go out and prove people wrong.