The Lightning finally got Rick Tocchet his first victory on Friday, yay! It was amazing, they won by more than one goal and they even stayed out of overtime and shootouts. Mike Smith stopped 34 of 35 and the Vinny’s chipped in 3 goals. Lecavalier had two goals and Prospal had one in their home win against a decent Predator team from Nashville. They came out strong going up 3-1 in the first period and Smith shut the Predators down from there. It’s what we all know this team can do and have been waiting for them to show more often. They need to put a few more game like this together and then we can all start letting go of the drama they created. St. Louis needs to get his groove back and, if Stamkos can start showing some of the ability he has, it will bleed out to the rest of the team. The best part of the crazy season the Bolts have had so far is the retarded scoring system the NHL has. The Lightning lead the league in overtime losses with 6 and that’s what’s keeping them in third place in the Southeast. They have a 6-7-6 record which is worth 18 points and keeps them from being in the basement. I will never understand the point system the NHL has in place. Take a look at the standings and see how stupid it looks when you see the Lightning ahead of two teams with more wins in the same amount of games played. Anyway, it’s good for us so I’ll go with it.

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