The Bolts must have taken all the Barry Melrose crap to heart as they finally decided to play some Hockey tonight. They came out fired up on the road and scored twice in the first period behind goals from Marty and Vinny to take a 2-1 lead. That’s all Olaf Kolzig needed tonight as he [...]
Ok, this is going to be a long one as I try to catch up with the mess that is the Tampa Bay Lightning but I’ll do my best to keep it short. I’ll do it in bullets to try and make it easier to follow my rambling. Before the bullet points I’ll point out [...]
Well, how do I sum up the games the Bolts have played since I last discussed them? Oh yeah, they still suck! In the last post we had the Lightning had just got beat up by the Devils. Since then they have lost four straight to the Rangers, Wild, Avalanche and Flyers. This streak includes [...]
Man that was brutal. Olaf Kolzig got beat down quickly and the Bolts didn’t stand a chance from there. The Lightning looked bad in every way giving up 5 goals before answering with 3 quick scores in the second. Vrbata, St. Louis and Malone did what they could to get the Bolts back in [...]
Barry Melrose appeared on Ron MacLean’s Hockey Night in Canada and tried to explain his dismissal from the Lightning. I’ve posted to video below and I encourage you to watch it and see if you find it as entertaining as I do. Thanks to Puck Daddy by the way for the heads up on this. [...]
The Lightning came out fired up and ready to prove something under new coach Rick Tocchet. They looked better but couldn’t pull out a win on the road, losing 3-2. It’s a tough go in Carolina as it is, and under a new coachthey did about as good as expected. The defense only allowed [...]
Wow, this one snuck up on me. I’ve been patiently watching things unfold for Melrose as he took over the Lightning and finally decided today to get on here dig into the Mullet a little for the teams play and his day off. It looks like the Bolts higher ups were quite a bit [...]
I’m gonna sum up the Wednesday and Thursday games in one post because, well, why write two negative posts. The Lightning lost to the Panthers on the road 4-0 and there wasn’t much good to take out of the game. Mike Smith let four goals slip through, the defense allowed 30+ shots again and the offense [...]
As much as I want to go right after the offense again, this one was tough, so I’ll let it go. The Bolts got some great goaltending tonight from Mike Smith who stopped 35 of 36 and scored just enough to get a tough win in Philadelphia. The offense came from Jussi Jokinen and [...]
It’s not really a shocker if you think about how the Bolts have started the season. They’ve had a huge turnover everywhere in the organization. New coach, new ownership and management, new players, etc.. It’s been nice to see them shaking it all of fairly quick though. After going winless in their first five [...]
In the last month the Lightning have gone from the least talked about team in the NHL to the most talked about. They have been bought by Oren Koules and gang (finally), hired the Mullet, traded Dan Boyle and oh god let’s stop for a second. I’ll list all the moves by date below [...]
It’s now official according to ESPN, Barry Melrose is the new Head Coach of our beloved Tampa Bay Lightning. This has been speculated on for a while, and now that the new ownership group has been approved it will be announced today at a press conference. Melrose hasn’t coached since 1995 and only coached [...]
The Lightning have officially let Head Coach John Tortorella go and the Stanley Cup winning coach is now available to be signed. It’s a sad day even though it may be welcomed by some fans and players. Torts was always a very strict coach who required alot of his players, made everyone accountable and [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning seem to be caught in a whirlwind of strange crap right now. The new ownership group headed by Oren Koules are giving a weird vibe with some of the stuff they’re doing. They apparently orchestrated the questionable Brad Richards/Mike Smith swap. Now there are rumors flying (out of Canada first again) that Barry [...]
