According to James Mirtle's playoff projections of the postseason cutoff, the Lightning need to go 19-8-0 to make the playoffs.
So, you're saying there's still a possibility?
Here are your links for the week:
Your Lightning links:
- Martin St. Louis and head coach Guy Boucher talks with Dave Lozo and looks back on his scary eye injury. "Marty's Marty," Boucher said. "That's what Marty is -- a gamer, a warrior, one of those guys who shows up when you don't expect. That's why today, I always expect him to be what he is." (NHL)
- Steve Yzerman has no plans to play the Winter Classic 2013 alumni game (The Detroit News)
- Stamkos had a birthday last week. Missed the party? Don't Trade Vinny highlights what went down
- The top five Lightning rookie cards to own (Hopeful Chase)
- Have you ever wondered which period is the worst for the Lightning? My initial guess was wrong (Backhand Shelf)
- Is Julien BriseBois ready to GM in the NHL? Jonathan Willis breaks down his candidacy (Edmonton Journal)
- Are the Lightning paying for bad contracts? Is water wet? (Tampa Bay Times)
- 10 reasons why the Tampa Bay Lightning are better than the Florida Panthers. Besides the fact that the Panthers are better in the current standings (The Hockey Writers)
The rest of your links after the jump...
Your links from around the NHL:
- Is Rick Nash on the trading block? Puck Daddy looks into this and whether the Rangers are the ones who are looking to trade for him
- The seven defencemen that could make a trade deadline impact (Puck Daddy)
- Hockey Wilderness breaks down the facts about Wild prospect Justin Fontaine, who used a gay slur in a tweet
- The Minnesota Wild suspended Fontaine from the AHL Houston Aeros for two games for the offensive slur (Russo's Rants)
- Looking at the cap space for teams in the Eastern Conference heading into the trade deadline (Backhand Shelf)
- A timeline of Caps goalies giving up goals from center ice (RMNB)
- Stephane Richer, Darryl Strawberry, Clara Hughes and Michael Landsberg talk on the struggle with depression (Toronto Star)
- Chris Higgins of the Vancouver Canucks has dropped over 10 pounds while unable to eat because of a negative reaction he was having to medication for a staph infection. Now he has to put the weight back on, so hello to desserts with meals (Canucks)
- Speaking of food, Dustin Penner hosted a "pancake breakfast for 75 hungry Kings’ fans at an IHOP in Westchester" and $3000 was raised for charity. Pancake-gate comes to a yummy conclusion (Globe and Mail)
- Next Monday the Phoenix Coyotes and Alice Cooper are hosting 'Coops Troops' military night and the first 10,000 fans get an Alice Cooper bobblehead (Coyotes)
- Great read by Ellen on how the more you know about hockey makes it more interesting and how the milliseconds and millimeters can make all the difference (Backhand Shelf)
- The doctor of Jenna Privette expects her to make a full recovery from an on-ice accident that left her paralyzed (Duluth News Tribune)
- Sean Gordon looks at why the NHL refs are just so bad and some suggestions on how to improve their officiating (Globe and Mail)