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Lightning, Hurricanes, the Southeast Division lead... Indeed, a storm is brewing in Raleigh, North Carolina as the two teams square off Saturday evening.

The Lightning (1-1) are playing their 3rd in 4 days, as a rested, humbled, and angry Carolina crew (0-1) looks to post their first W. How close are the Southeast Division rivals to finding their A games?

The inflammatory remarks made by New Jersey's Cam Janssen disparaging women and threatening gays on a satellite radio show can ultimately do more good than harm, if we choose to learn a thing or two.

Tampa Bay has inquired abotu Shane Doan; a former Bolt is on the move to the city that never sleeps, another is looking for work; Pierre Mcguire had issues in Hartford...

Mathieu Garon is no Dan Ellis.

The 2012 Shorty Awards are an attempt to recognize the best on Twitter in several fields... Including hockey.

In a swap of underachieving goaltenders, the Tampa Bay Lightning have traded Dan Ellis to the Anaheim ducks for Curtis McElhinney.

Three topics to avoid if you want to keep your friends are politics, religion and money. There is nothing more divisive. But what happens when athletes start infringing on those topics and broadcasting their points to the general populous via social media?