Raw Charge, a Tampa Bay Lightning community

Steve Downie is doing well in Colorado, and the Avalanche are on fire with him. This, and your weekly link roundup for the Bolts and around the league.

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?

What happens with the fans when an East Coast team such as the Lightning take a trip out West? Do the dedicated stay up and watch then play, anyways?

Stamkos or Doughty? Would you change who Tampa picked?

Lightning roll into Nashville, Tennessee to take on the Predators... And more questions are being raised with moves before tonights game. Read about it here.