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Marty gives a vote of confidence; the Syracuse Crunch have veterans to thank (and quality sc oring chances too); Game 7's are done with... On to the Semifinals!

The Tampa Bay Lightning had a garbage season, causing fans "emotional distress." How can we hold the team responsible? With lawsuits! Lawsuit party, baby! Raw Charge asks, who should we sue? The answer: everybody, including YOU, jerk-face!

Frantz Jean has yet to get more than a barely adequate performance out of the netminders he has worked with over the past three seasons. And "barely adequate" ought not be acceptable.

Tampa Bay plays a pair in the greater Northeast this weekend, starting with the 7th seeded New York Islanders and moving on to Washington and the division leading(!) Capitals.

Despite the Lightning sitting in 13th place in the Eastern Conference, Tampa Bay Coach Jon Cooper believes his new team can make a late season playoff push.

If nothing else,the appointment of Jon Cooper as new head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning buys general manager Steve Yzerman some time out of the dreaded spotlight of fan scrutiny.

Lightning General Manager Steve Yzerman and Assistant General Manager Julian BriseBois have sought out to strengthen the minor league system since coming on board in 2010.

Tonight's game is not postponed on account of Guy Boucher's dismissal. What is going to happen? Dunno. What do you need to know about the Lightning leading into this game? Not sure, besides continued uncertainty.

The RC staff explain this development in their own words.

As the saying goes, you can't fire 23 guys so you fire the coach. Of course, you can't fire an entire organization, either.