Note to Oren, Len and the powers that be with the Lightning

by John Fontana on Nov 7, 2008 9:20 PM EST in The Franchise Comment 3 comments

Gentlemen... How can I put this simply without offending the majority of my readers? How can I put this lightly? How can I phrase this in such a way that it gets through that I am concerned (as are many other long time Lightning fans)?

Ah, I'll censor myself in asking the following:

What the @!$% are you Doing?!?

For the second time this season I've seen a promising young defensiveman sent wayward for marginal players in return. That's not even beginning to address the anarchy of the off season where every player on the market was a target and every player on the Lightning roster was expendable.

This time it was Steve Downie brought in??! What qualities does he bring to the team? What exactly are you looking for on players? Scumbaggery?

Hell, while you're at it, I bet the Calgary Flames would let Todd Bertuzzi go for the low-low price of Martin St. Louis. You can't beat a deal like that, right...?!

That's how you seem to be operating right now. And I hate to tell you this but most of the teams put together in a fantasy hockey have crashed and burned. And in this case, you're crashing the long term financial payroll of an NHL franchise while you are at it. Oh, you may have the money to spend but there are rules in place that limit the amount you can spend.

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Exactly. Koules and Barrie may be having fun but they are making a mess of the Lightning. It is easy to make a trade in the NHL – but that trade will be a bad trade. It is hard to make a good trade.

There is no plan. When the team plays badly (which should be most of the time given the talent they have) you make a panic trade to make things worse.

Can you fire the owners?

by Greg Ballentine on Nov 8, 2008 12:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

No but they can learn the hard way that they need competent hockey people in front of them and they should only admire things from the side… because if and when they tamper, they ruin their investment.

by John on Nov 8, 2008 12:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I totally agree with you. When they came in and took over and swapping players taking everyone out and bringing in whoever, IT HASN’T WORKED!! What was the purpose of the Boyle trade? We get a mediocre defenseman and now hes gone for whoever from Philly! Oren and Len have been a flop. Period.

by Daniel Matute on Nov 8, 2008 1:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs