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Off Topic: Tom Wilson rides again
In a bit of irrelevant news to the immediate goings-on's with the Tampa Bay Lightning, but out of news that is relevant in reflection on team history, former Palace Sports and Entertainment CEO Tom Wilson has joined Illitch family (who own the Detroit Red Wings as well as Detroit Tigers). Wilson...
Report: OK Hockey in default on Palace Sports Loan
Bruce MacLeod, a Red Wings beat reporter for the Macomb Daily (a suburban Detroit newspaper), is reporting on his newspaper blog that, allegedly, OK Hockey has gone into default on it's loan from Palace Sports and Entertainmentt - the previous ownership group for the Tampa Bay Lightning. This news...
Everywhere. Nowhere. Your Tampa Bay Lightning 30 games in
Mike Chen can't look away at the train wreck here in Tampa, and who can blame him? Ooh, blame... Good subject for an article Mike! Have at it! The real culprit? I can see why people can point fingers at one guy or another (though Stamkos is absolved of everything other than simply being an...
Is he wrong?
"Steven is not ready for the NHL," Melrose stated on the Fan 590. "Steven is going to be a good player...right now he's just not strong enough physically to play against defencemen who are 6'3" or 6'4" that can skate as good as him." -- Barry Melrose You are an 18 year old hot prospect that is...
Back to the land of Ludzik
"This is futile," the text message from my buddy Bill read. "They get one a minute in and they're done. It's like the Ludzik days all over again....Every time I watch, there are a couple of new numbers out there on the ice." Bill is no casual fan... He's been through the times of despair,...
The other lingering rumor
I don't know how far and wide this has carried since I saw it first mentioned in a St. Petersburg Tiems article last week, but Vincent Lecavalier wants to stay in Tampa. That isn't news (though our friends in the province of Quebec would tell us otherwise) What is news is Kent Hughes telling the...
Absolute Hockey falls down, goes boom
This falls squarely under the "WTF" category... The sale of the Tampa Bay Lightning from Palace Sports and Entertainment to Absolute Hockey LTD. has fallen through Palace Sports nixed the purchase agreement when Absolute Hockey did not come up with a required $5-million payment. Now the...
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