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For fans expecting a quick-fix, recent Lightning history won't repeat itself
The Tampa Bay Lightning season is in shambles and the natives are restless. You can find fans crowing for some type of change across the online social sphere. "Fire everybody" is on the table, really. General Manager Steve Yzerman may have been hired in the first place to begin a long-term...
Who will rise to the visor challenge in Tampa Bay?
The Tampa Bay Lightning's 2011-12 training camp is looming. Players are already practicing together in Brandon at the Ice Sports Forum, while the official start of training camp will be two-weeks from now. It's worth a reminder that there is a forthcoming challenge to Lightning players, handed...
ECF Game 7 preview: Tampa Bay Lightning (5) at Boston Bruins (3)
WHERE: TD Garden, Boston, MassachusettsWHEN: 8 PM EDT | | TICKETS: Check AvailabilityMEDIA: Versus, CBC, RDS (television), 970 WFLA (radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE: Stanley Cup of Chowder, Something's Bruin, The Hub of Hockey, Bruins Zone Let me start this on a personal note: Seven years ago, I was...
A History of Nailbiters: Lightning Game Sevens
So the Lightning and the Bruins will lock up for Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Final on Friday night in Boston. This will mark the fourth time in Lightning history that a playoff series is decided in a winner-take-all game. You may be aware that the Lightning are a clean 3-0 in their...
Yzerman "thrilled" about present, remains focused on future
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Covering defeat in the wake of victory and the post-series media narrative
In the hours after the Tampa Bay Lightning concluded it's sweep of the Washington Capitals, the media narrative (minus ooh-ing and aah-ing over Sean Bergenheim and several members of the Tampa Bay Lightning roster) have been focused squarely on the loss. On the loss. There's been more of a focus on...
Former Lightning GM Jay Feaster Joins Flames
Jay Feaster, the former GM who put together the Lightning team that defeated the Calgary Flames in the Stanley Cup Final in 2004, has joined his former adversaries. The Flames announced Thursday that Feaster will join their team as an assistant to general manager Darryl Sutter. Feaster, who left...
Stanley Cup champions, six years later
Things change in sports, that's just how it goes. From the rafters to the cellar in a matter of years... It's not like that hadn't happened before. Yes, things change, but the memories we take from the events that we see and experience... Those last forever. Revel in it. It happened. That...
Top ten games in Ottawa Senators history
Over the course of their 17-season history, the Ottawa Senators have put up some pretty exciting games. It remains to be seen if we'll get to see any top-ten worthy matchups this season, but we've certainly witnessed some great efforts from the teams Ottawa has iced over that time. Looking back,...
Tampa Bay Lightning: Stanley Cup Champions -- Five Years Later
This still gives me chills: I do not lament the fact it's been five years since the Tampa Bay Lightning were named Stanley Cup Champions. I revel in the memories from that season. You see, once the team finished hoisting the Championship banner on October 5th, 2005 -- "a year in the making" I...
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