Category: Opinions and Editorials

Steve Yzerman did what he felt was best for himself and the Tampa Bay Lightning

By Matthew Esteves | Sep 12th 2018 | 7 min read |

At yesterday’s press conference to formally announce that Steve Yzerman is stepping down from his role as General Manager, Yzerman was vintage Yzerm...

Editorial: Fandom, analysis, and how they intersect to distort priorities

By loserpoints | Sep 8th 2018 | 8 min read |

Intro Tampa is a perfect encapsulation of the spectrum of ownership in sports. For some, the NFL’s Buccaneers are unwatchable. They’ve made a play...

Voices of the Game: Shireen Ahmed is a powerful advocate for women of color in sports

By Acha | Jul 20th 2018 | 10 min read |

Voices of the Game is a bi-monthly column that highlights writers with interesting perspectives from around hockey and sports in general. I can count ...

Voices of the Game: Chris Watkins brings numbers and a critique to the NHL

By Acha | Jun 29th 2018 | 10 min read |

Voices of the Game is a bi-monthly column that highlights writers with interesting perspectives from around hockey and sports in general. “Wait, who...

Of all the bad opinions on Steven Stamkos, Dave Feschuk’s is the worst

By loserpoints | May 25th 2018 | 6 min read |

Yesterday, Dave Feschuk published a bad article in the Toronto Star. That isn’t anything new. He does that a lot. And nothing I say in rebuttal to h...

Editorial: Well....that could have gone better

By Justin G. | May 24th 2018 | 6 min read |

The sinking feeling set in after the Washington Capitals scored their second goal on Wednesday night. Until then, I was pretty certain that Lightning ...

This week’s Tampa Bay Lightning poll: where’s the party?

By Clark Brooks | May 18th 2018 | 2 min read |

The NHL is full of silly rules, always has been, probably always will be. To the league’s credit, they’re not above changing some of them from tim...

Tampa Bay Lightning heading to the ECF because Steve Yzerman is a genius

By Justin G. | May 8th 2018 | 3 min read |

The Tampa Bay Lightning are officially headed to the Eastern Conference Finals. Steve Yzerman has built an organization and team that is ready to comp...

Email leaked* to Raw Charge: NHL tells Brad Marchand, Please keep your mouth to yourself

By loserpoints | May 1st 2018 | 4 min read |

Raw Charge has learned that following last night’s 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins’ forward Brad Marchand received a formal req...

When is it appropriate to apologize for a cup check?

By Acha | Apr 20th 2018 | 4 min read |

It’s a good thing that Victor Hedman is up for the Norris and not the Lady Byng. Looking back at our game recap for Game 3 of the Tampa Bay Lightnin...