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Understanding Toronto’s Malone Fetish II

In a piece written during the off-season, I laid out some thoughts to put the Leafs’ fascination with Tampa Bay forward Ryan Malone into perspective. The interest in Malone has been there over the…Read More

The Stamkos Saga Pt. 2

Well, we’ve had plenty of time to chew on just about every Stamkos based rumor available in English on the Internet. Unfortunately, there’s nothing new to report other than what we already…Read More

Yzerman Can Afford to be Patient with Goaltending

What a difference two weeks can make. On December 11th, Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Dan Ellis was coming off of a shaky 5-4 overtime victory over the Vancouver Canucks.  He had let in a questionable…Read More

Breaking Down The Bolts Current Roster

Me and my brother have been bantering back and forth about what we think the lines are going to look like (as of right now) for the 2010/2011 season, so with hockey season fast approaching and me being…Read More

Free Agency Assessment – Phase 2

I just got back in town from a month long business trip, so I apologize for the lack of posts lately.  My brother and I will be ramping up the content significantly though as we start to get closer to…Read More

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Bolts Finally Get A New GM…Welcome Stevie Y

After waffling back and forth on  his interest in the Tampa Bay Lightning GM position, it appears as…Read More

Stevie Y Time

Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch reportedly recently attempted some re-shuffling of his front office in order…Read More

Punched In The Gut

I was talking with a good friend before yesterdays goal medal tilt with the Canadiens, trying to summarize…Read More

Quarterfinal Wednesday Superb

There have been a few monikers already labeled on most of the days of hockey thusfar in the Olympics,…Read More

This Was Not The Miracle On Ice

I had never been more excited for a Winter Olympics than this year.  It wasn’t for the chance…Read More

Lightning Potential Trade Targets

With GM Brian Lawton telling the St Pete Times yesterday that he would be aggressive in looking for deals to improve the club, and new owner Jeff Vinik saying that payroll could be increased if the right…Read More

Steven Stamkos Named THN’s Player of The Week

Steven Stamkos was named the Hockey News NHL Player of the Week yesterday. Stammers who tied a Lightning record with a 13 game consecutive point streak, tallied 9 points last week.  He had 3 goals and…Read More

Looks Like Vinny4 Will Stay

THN.com is reporting that the negotiations between the Lightning and Jeffrey Vinik have hit a snag.  The snag is that Vinik realized that trading Vincent Lecavalier would result in a severe backlash in…Read More

Kings Interested In Vincent Lecavalier

With the sale of the Bolts looming over the organization, trade rumors are starting to swirl across the league.  Last night after leaving the game, I popped open some emails and internet stories that…Read More

Lightning To Be Sold This Weekend

Im what could spell doom for this season, the Tampa Bay Lightning, according to TheHockeyNews.com and Ken Campbell, will be sold to Boston hedge fund manager Jeffrey Vinik as early as today. Campbell mentioned…Read More

Lighting Get Routed On National TV

“They out-hit us, they outplayed us, they out-everythinged us, they outcoached us,” Head Coach Rick Tocchet said. “Their leaders out-did our leaders, their grinders out-did our grinders.…Read More

“You’re Lucky”

What a game last night!  The title of this post is the words that Steve Downie was yelling at Alexander Ovechkin from the penalty box, in one of the most exciting periods of hockey at the St Pete Times…Read More

Even More Reason To Hate Team Canada

No Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St Louis or Steven Stamkos?   Are you serious? Team Canada unveiled its roster today much to the chagrin of the 200 or so Lightning fans on earth and all three of our guys…Read More

Lightning Play By Play…Sort Of!

During Wednesday night’s hockey game, I was unable to attend because I was attending the City of Palms Basketball Tourney in Ft Myers Fl. This tournament is the premier high school basketball tournament…Read More

Vinny Breaks Out, Bolts Still Lose

Sensing a need to shake up the lines last night, Rich Tochett made some big changes to the offensive lines for the game. “Maybe this will shock a lot of people, I don’t now. Honestly, I don’t…Read More

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