Author: Acha

Lightning Round: In Vino Veritas

By Acha | Jul 9th 2021 | 4 min read |

Hi guys. It seems my fellow Tampa Bay Lightning fans are nursing hangovers this morning, so I am here to get the conversation started. There was mixed...

Lightning Round: Tampa Bay revient en finale de la Coupe Stanley

By Acha | Jun 26th 2021 | 7 min read |

Bonjour, y’all! I don’t even know where to start. Last night, on the strength of one shorthanded goal from French Canadian Yanni Gourde and a shut...

Anthony Cirelli re-signed to a 3-year, 4.8M AAV contract

By Acha | Dec 24th 2020 | 3 min read |

The news we’ve been waiting for is here. In an attempt to clear his task list before the year is out, Julien BriseBois has re-signed Anthony Cirelli...

Lightning Round: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars, Stanley Cup Final schedule

By Acha | Sep 18th 2020 | 8 min read |

The NHL has it’s worst-case TV ratings scenario handed to it on a platter: an entirely southern Stanley Cup Final. We hope to prove them wrong, howe...

Lightning Round: Cone of uncertainty edition

By Acha | Sep 2nd 2020 | 9 min read |

Hello and welcome to Wednesday. Yesterday was all about seeing whether the Tampa Bay Lightning would know their dance partner, but because of circumst...

QuickCap: Lightning push Bruins to the edge of elimination with 3-1 victory in Game 4

By Acha | Aug 29th 2020 | 4 min read |

How long does it take the Tampa Bay Lightning to score on a power play? About four and a half minutes, which was enough to do it in Game 4 against the...

Racism and the slow uptake of the NHL

By Acha | Aug 27th 2020 | 4 min read |

I woke up the day after sports leagues began their protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake wondering how the NHL would finally approach the topi...

Lightning Round: Are Blue Jackets fans done with John Tortorella?

By Acha | Aug 21st 2020 | 8 min read |

Last summer we spent the humid months suffering in many ways. Thought pieces came out about Coach Jon Cooper, along the lines of this one published ye...

Lightning Round: The offsides god was with us

By Acha | Aug 17th 2020 | 6 min read |

Perhaps it’s COVID eating up my life, or perhaps it’s the weird twilight zone feeling of the year, but it feels like the Tampa Bay Lightning have ...

Lightning Round: Victor Hedman honored with fourth Norris nomination

By Acha | Jul 21st 2020 | 7 min read |

Yesterday, the NHL announced that Victor Hedman was one of the three finalists for this year’s Norris trophy. Numbers are going to look a little wei...