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Tampa Bay sports attendance and the Tampa Bay Lightning
I read the op-ed letters to the editor at the St. Pete Tampa Bay Times on a daily basis. It's part of my morning routine, and has been for quite a while. One of the things about letters to the editor, however, is that opinion is often stated as fact. Sometimes, those perceived facts are just...
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...
Question Of The Week: Oren Koules WTF?!?!
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 Toronto last week, former Lightning co-owner Oren Koules let it slip that he's been talking to Gary...
Is more OK Hockey coming to the NHL?
Oren Koules is in the stands, watching his son Miles perform during the NHL's research and development camp this week in Toronto. For the past several months, the former Lightning owner has been dealing with... well, lets face it, he's been dealing with the train wreck that is Charlie Sheen and...
Tampa Bay's uniform design has reached the end of its thread
The 2007 Tampa Bay Lightning logo and jersey designs have reached the end of their life. They've never really been reflected upon and rallied around as a symbol of pride, at least not compared to the more memorable logos and uniforms from other franchises around pro sports. The jerseys themselves...
Revisions of history and where credit really is due
Off the topic of the playoffs: I'm trying to do the hockey media a service here. It's debatable if anyone actually takes the following content as it is - excuse me, as it was - or if they continue publishing the revisionist history of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft for the sake of propping the wrong guy...
Do the math; Chicago Blackhawks at Tampa Bay Lightning preview
WHERE: St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FloridaWHEN: 7:30 PM ESTMEDIA: Versus (cable), 620 WDAE (radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE: Second City Hockey Say it after me: A negative plus a negative equals a positive. A negative plus a negative equals a positive. Now why am I honing your basic math skills in a...
Fashion changes ahead for Lightning?
Years ago, before the Lightning were going to be sold to Absolute Hockey or OK Hockey, the Lightning were looking into updating the Lightning jersey with something fresh. With the introduction of Reebok Edge, the Bolts went with the smock-like designs for the home and road jerseys (as well as...
Game 16: Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
The Tampa Bay Lightning lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1. This was the team's first full game without captain Vincent Lecavalier on the ice, and it showed. The team lacked consistent direction and drive. They sort of just floated along until Steven Stamkos scored in the early part of the third...
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