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Palat playing “big-boy” hockey for the Lightning

June 10, 2015 general

Wednesday, 3:49 p.m. He is the last Triplet you can name. The last one whose jersey you will buy. He has the least amount of flash. The least amount of goals. He is Ondrej Palat. And he is the glue. If you wish, you can wax philosophic for days about Tyler Johnson, about the speed, […]

Tagged as: Blackhawks, Cooper, Lightning, NHL, Palat, playoffs, Stanley Cup

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For Tampa Bay, Chicago the key is desperation

June 9, 2015 general

Tuesday, 3:26 p.m. The biggest motivator they have is that hollowed out feeling of plummeting downward. It is then, in that moment of abject desperation, that the Tampa Bay Lightning is at its best. It is then, when there is nothing left to do but to fight, that they play the finest hockey of their […]

Tagged as: Blackhawks, Cooper, Desperation, Lightning, Morrow, Stamkos, Stanley Cup

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Bishop guts out 36 saves as Bolts win Game 3

June 9, 2015 general

Tuesday, 1:05 a.m. The big thing wasn’t that Ben Bishop started the game. It wasn’t that he somehow managed to finish it. For Bishop, and for his Tampa Bay Lightning, it was the 60 minutes in between that will be remembered. Bishop added another moment to his growing legacy Monday night, gutting it out in […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Callahan, Hedman, Lightning, Paquette, Stanley Cup

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Is Vasilevskiy good enough to take Bolts to Cup?

June 7, 2015 general

Sunday, 8:15 p.m. Odds are, Andrei Vasilevskiy doesn’t have a clue about who Jeff Hostetler is. Old Hoss wasn’t quite the rage in Russia. He probably doesn’t know about Magic Johnson, either. Or Doug Williams. The lore of backup athletes who have stepped in on the way to a title is probably lost on Vasilevskiy, […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Cooper, Lightning, Stamkos, Vasilevski

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Congrats! You’ve become as good at golf as Tiger!

June 7, 2015 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. Random Thoughts: Hello. I’m Lance Armstrong, and I want to say one more time that my competitors know that I won seven Tour de France competitions. Of course, they also know that Ben Johnson won the 100-meter dash, Rosie Ruiz won the the Boston Marathon and Mark McGwire was a great home […]

Tagged as: Armstrong, Collins, Griner, Rousey, Tiger

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Resilient Lightning surge back to beat Chicago

June 6, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:53 p.m. Tampa Say this for the players of the Tampa Bay Lightning. They can take a punch. Content beyond this point is for members only.

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Garrison, Lightning, playoffs, Stamkos, Stanley Cup, Stralman, Vasilevskiy

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Ask Gary: What can Vinik teach other owners?

June 6, 2015 general

Saturday, 6 a.m. (Each week, the readers take over Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, 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 or be funny. Send the […]

Tagged as: Edwards, Glazer, Sternberg, Vinik

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Lightning face, oh, it-would-be-nice game

June 5, 2015 general

Friday, 2:53 p.m. Together, they make a face. Together, they shake their heads. Must win? No, say members of the Tampa Bay Lightning, this isn’t a must win. This is a gee-it-would-be-good-to-win. This is a wouldn’t-this-series-feel-better-if-you-win. This is a what’s-the-hurry-to-win. And sure, the Lightning could still be in marvelous shape if it won. Even after […]

Tagged as: Callahan, Carle, Cooper, Lightning, playoffs, Stamkos, Stanley Cup

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Lightning could use a few more players to score

June 4, 2015 general

Thursday, 2:25 pm. Sometimes, you need a visitor to happen by the net. Sometimes, you need a unexpected guest. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, one of the two teams left standing, it would be a very nice thing indeed to get a goal from an unexpected source. A fourth-liner. A defenseman. A bit player seizing […]

Tagged as: Blackhawks, Boyle, Callahan, Lightning, playoffs, Scoring

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Blackhawks teach Lightning a valuable lesson

June 4, 2015 general

Thursday, 12:23 a.m. TAMPA The first lesson was painful. The first lesson was costly. The first lesson, if it is not corrected, is going to sting for a while. If this Stanley Cup Finals series is really the wise men against the smart-alecks, if it really is the savvy old vets against the kids-who-just-got-here, then […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Chicago, Killorn, Lightning, Stanley Cup, Tampa Bay

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