Quick Strikes for Wednesday, March 2

• Sunday evening saw a very questionable hit by the Boston Bruins Zac Rinaldo on the Lightning’s Cedric Paquette. Tuesday saw a very responsive five game suspension handed out to Rinaldo by the league. [Stanley Cup of Chowder]
• “GM Steve Yzerman is the most gangsta GM in the NHL right now”… If this makes Tampa Bay Gangsta Paradise is up to Steve Yzerman himself. [The Hockey News]
• The re-signing of defenseman Brayden Coburn creates a few more questions and curiosities with the team future than it answers. [The Lightning Lounge]
• One item not really questionable is how defense has had a hand in the Bolts 7 wins in a row. During this win streak * fluke, Tampa Bay has only allowed an average of 1.71 goals a game. [Tampa Bay Times]
• “Distant Thunder”, a new marketing campaign by the Tampa Bay Lightning, isn’t going to sell tickets… It does hold importance for the Bolts though. [Tampa Bay Business Journal]
• The Lightning had no effect on the Syracuse Crunch at the NHL trade deadline. While there is still time to make changes in Syracuse, Crunch fans aren’t quite in agreement with Julien BriseBois remark, especially with the quality of the Crunch this season. [Syracuse.com]
• One thing that is looking up in Syracuse is Matt Peca and his influence after returning to the Crunch lineup. [Bolt Prospects]
• Investing heavily at the trade deadline adds pressure on results ending the season and in the playoffs. The pressure is on for Alain Vignegult and the Rangers. [Blueshirt Banter]
• Fear not, fair hockey fans! Transaction season is not over! Noooo, the college crowd is already being speculated on for forthcoming additions. Here’s just one example… [Canucks Army]
• Putting a flaw of former Minnesota Wild head coach Mike Yeo’s system under the microscope. [Hockey Wilderness]
• Clothing, Calgary, and the what’s and why’s of Flames president Brian Burke. [Sports Illustrated]
• Are you following the CWHL? 30 points in 22 games, a MVP nominee, Toronto Furies star Natalie Spooner chats. [Pension Plan Puppets]

*for those confused or think I’m insulting the team, Tyler Johnson started a saying back in his AHL days during a longer winning streak that so-many wins is a fluke, increase that number by one and that would be a streak. “Seven’s a fluke, eight’s a streak” in this case.

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