Stamkos

Lightning goes to 3-0 with thrill ride of a victory

October 19, 2016 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Where do you start? Well, by catching your breath. You’re going to need your wind before you can talk about this one. When do you start? Well, by gathering your thoughts. By separating the come-from-behind triumph from the fall-from-ahead tragedy? By talking first about the goal from the  experienced star and later […]

Tagged as: Lightning, Point, Shootout, Stamkos

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Stamkos’ mind wandered, but his heart was always in Tampa

July 1, 2016 general

Friday, 6 a.m. Now that he has made his fortune, the next chore for Steven Stamkos is to make the rest of us forget about it. That’s what the great athletes do, isn’t it? They play so hard, and they win so often, that no one thinks about how much money they bring home in […]

Tagged as: Contract, Leadership, Lightning, Stamkos

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Who should the Bolts keep? Stamkos or Bishop?

June 29, 2016 general

Friday, 6 a.m. Steven Stamkos or Ben Bishop? Pick one. Would you rather have the guy who scores more goals than any other Lightning player, or the guy who stops more shots than anyone else? The guy who barely got into this year’s playoffs, or the guy who left them prematurely? Stamkos or Bishop? Who […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Lightning, Preference, Stamkos

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Ask Gary: How deep can the Lightning go?

April 9, 2016 general

(Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, on Thursday night or Friday morning and we all talk about the world of sports.  Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, make a comment […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Gary, Stamkos, Tiger

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Is it over? Lightning lose Stamkos for 1-3 months

April 3, 2016 general

Sunday, 12:10 a.m. Might it be over? Might Steven Stamkos have played his last game with the Tampa Bay Lightning? After 569 games, after 312 goals, it is possible that we have seen the last of Stamkos on the ice. After all the games at center, and more than he liked on the wing, the […]

Tagged as: Lightning, Stamkos, Surgery, victory

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First place slips away as Panthers beat Lightning

March 26, 2016 general

Saturday, 10:45 p.m. Evidently, the road for the Tampa Bay Lightning will be bumpy all the way to the end. After the season they have had, would you expect anything else? With first-place on the line Saturday night against the Florida Panthers, a rivalry that has taken on importance, the Lightning ran out of gas […]

Tagged as: Hockey, Lighting, Panthers, Stamkos

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Ask Gary: Do PEDs help overcome DNA?

March 26, 2016 general

(Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, on Thursday night or Friday morning and we all talk about the world of sports.  Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, make a comment […]

Tagged as: Canseco, Glazers., Rays, Stamkos

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These days, it’s hard to believe in the Lightning

March 18, 2016 general

Friday, 6 a.m. This is the reason you doubt. This is the reason you question. This is the reason you sigh and shake your head. This why it is difficult for you to believe in the Tampa Bay Lightning. They were ahead … and then they weren’t. They were ahead again … and then they […]

Tagged as: Cooper, Lightning, playoffs, Stamkos

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Ask Gary: The Bucs had a better free agent plan

March 12, 2016 general

(Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, on Thursday night or Friday morning and we all talk about the world of sports.  Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, make a comment […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, free agents, Jennings, Stamkos

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Despite rocky road, Lightning still matters

March 9, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. It has been a while since they mattered, a while since the sparks seemed to fly every time they went down the ice. It has been a while since the coming post-season held any promise at all Perhaps you have forgotten the fabric of a playoff game, the electricity. Perhaps you have […]

Tagged as: Atlantic, Johnson, Lightning, Stamkos

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