Raw Charge, a Tampa Bay Lightning community

A number of things will affect Seattle if or when they get an NHL team.

No urgency is on display with the looming expiration of the NHL's collective bargaining agreement with the Players Association.

Steven Stamkos is the first to hit 30 goals in the NHL, and links from around the Boltosphere and blogosphere.

The Players Association has voted against the realignment of the league that was put forth weeks ago.

2011 had a year of stories for the sport of hockey, but which one was most important to the game? Raw Charge's staff opines on what they found to be the biggest story of the past year.

Visitors from the great white north! Both on ice and in the stands! All this, and injury discussion in our game-day preview.

The NHL Board of Governors voted to realign the conferences in the NHL last week, but there was a peculiarity to their official scenario - the teams in Florida state were cut off from the rest of their conference. So the Raw Charge Question of the Week is, what do you think about the Tampa Bay Lightning and the 2012 NHL realignment scenario?

The NHL has decided on a realignment plan. Here it is and how it affects the Tampa Bay Lightning.

NHL Realignment: How Should "Final Four" Match-ups Play Out?