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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...
You'd never have expected it: St. Louis' 300th Lightning goal
It was tedious just to find the summer 2000 date when free-agent right wing Martin St. Louis signed a two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, for what was the NHL league-minimum at the time ($262,000 per season). The July 31st, 2000 signing (grouped with signings of Steve Martins and Brian...
It's still "Times Palace" to me
This piece is going to be a bit opinion, a bit business as well. It all stems from the news that was released this morning that the St. Petersburg Times, and with it the St. Pete Times Forum, will be changing into the Tampa Bay Times on January 1st, 2012. A name change of a newspaper isn't a...
Watch: The shocking new feature at the St. Pete Times Forum
This morning, the St. Petersburg Times gave front page attention to the changes at the St. Pete Times Forum. Most of them are supposed to be completed by Monday's home opener against the Florida Panthers - with some exceptions. One of those exceptions is the entrance, which is being rebuilt...
Jeff Greene out as potential investor in the Tampa Bay Lightning
Only a day after we posted a reminder about the unsettled situation with ownership of the Tampa Bay Lightning franchise, the situation's unresolved status became further highlighted. Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune reported on his blog that investor Jeff Greene has dropped his bid to buy into...
With the media struggling, should fans worry?
A couple of weeks back, the Dallas Stars blog on Dallas News reported about Los Angeles Times and LA Daily News cutting coverage of the Los Angeles Kings in their paper. Oh, stories were still being written about the Kings, blog posts were going up... Just no reporters from the two papers was...
Tom Jones misses out
I'm not one to call out the media for inaccuracies (believe that if you will, oh constant reader ;) ) but I had to stifle a little laugh while read Tom Jones' column on the National Hockey League in today's St. Petersburg Times.... Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux need to take a lead role for the...
Locals and the NHL -- Times, Tribune fall down, go boom when it comes to league coverage
2 days before the NHL trade deadline with the local team leading the NHL, upon opening the paper and going to sports, what NHL coverage (general league stuff) can I find in addition to the usual mess that I find in the St. Petersburg Times? Nada. Zip. Zilch. Squat. There was no talk about...
A proverbial bucket of cold water on Lightning fans
Tool around the Lightning boltosphere and you'll find headlines from blogs and the mainstream media saying that things have improved in just over a week for the Lightning. The Lightning's 2009 draft class is thought of as the best since 1998, and second best overall. You have the Tribune...
Too Much Fixation on a Non Issue
Down the stretch, with a team far from contention and a volatile off season to come (or at least Larry Brooks is trying to create the premise of one), I'm not surprised that it becomes tougher and tougher to write stories of relevance. Heck, I've been all but lost at times, trying to come up with...
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