Raw Charge, a Tampa Bay Lightning community

Oh, put a microphone in front of a man's face in a room full of bored hockey reporters and see what happens next... With the hockey press on the prowl at the NHL's Research and Development Camp in...

Potential locally represented groups wait in the wings, waiting for the moment to jump-in. That time, however, is now.

It's been two years since Oren Koules popped onto the scene in Tampa Bay with the surprise news of the Lightning's pending sale to Absolute Hockey in 2007.

Panic! Beware! First swine flu, now NHL ownership groups falling asunder! Repent! Is it end times for OK Hockey?! Or ill-timed media stories, further sensationalized by the media?

The St. Pete Times found it more relevant to update the fans about the Lightning suitor situation this morning -- putting it on the non-Bucs cover of the Sports section. Within the article, you're...