Raw Charge, a Tampa Bay Lightning community

People didn't like the Matrix sequels much. It was hard to link the cocky-confused hacker version of Neo from the original movie with the superhero/deity version of the former Thomas Anderson of...

Developmental camp continues in Brandon; the Matt Carle signing on several levels; Scott Howson and the Peter Principle in the NHL; all that and Tiffany with the weather forecast (or not) in this edition of our link roundup.

With a single benching, speculation about Roberto Luongo's future in Vancouver went into overdrive in the media and among idle fans.

If you listened to the wrong sources, it was the end of the world - or would be shortly. "Stammergeddon" was an example of Tampa Bay fans insecurity, and also Twitter's amplification of wild hot stove speculation.

It's the off-season, it's Tuesday night, it's time to chat hockey and in general with the Raw Charge crew on our link dump and open thread.

Idle speculation is the devil... but some people have made a very successful career out of it -- as long as you disregard their ill-repute.

I don't usually take shots at other bloggers - even when there's a debatable topic on their blog. I usually let Keith handle it because he's more articulate and better at channeling his...