Lightning

Ask Gary: Are fans of the Lightning spoiled?

November 14, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 6 a.m. (Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play 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 […]

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Bishop finally gets enough goals to win

November 13, 2015 general

  Friday, 12:17 a.m. It was beginning to look as if it were personal, as if Ben Bishop has somehow offended the locker room and the players refused to score for him. It was beginning to look as if every other goaltender in the league had better support, better luck, better karma. It was beginning […]

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Tampa Bay Lightning continues to sputter

November 11, 2015 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. Five minutes ago, maybe less, and they were a spectacle. One shift ago, maybe two, and they were a happening. They were Star Wars, and a light-sabre battle on a spaceship. They were the Wallendas, and the tightrope was burning pn both ends. They were firewords stacked upon fireworks, video games and […]

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Ask Gary: Has the NBA considered Tampa Bay?

November 7, 2015 Baseball

Saturday, 6 a.m. (Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play 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 […]

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Lightning didn’t listen to their own warnings

November 1, 2015 general

Sunday, 12:18 a.m. The words all sounded right. But who knows if anyone was listening? Jon Cooper said it. Steven Stamkos said it. Everyone said the warning that the league would come at the Lightning harder this year. Everyone said the journey would be more difficult. That the opponents would be tougher. That the ice would be rougher. […]

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Lightning suddenly isn’t such a scoring machine

October 29, 2015 general

Thursday, 11:38 p.m. Think of the weapons, lethal and dangerous. Think of the skill, fast and fleet. Think of the past, goals and glory. Now, think of the goal posts with cobwebs on them. Think of the scoreboard that rarely moves. Think of the sticks that are largely ornamental. Think of a zero in eight […]

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Should Torts come to Blue Jackets with a warning?

October 22, 2015 general

Perhaps he would not be the best man behind the bench now. Perhaps his temper would be too great. Perhaps his voice would be too loud. And perhaps he would not have have been the best man for the first Lightning team. Perhaps his standards would have been high. Perhaps his intensity would have been […]

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Accepting blame is a part of sports

October 16, 2015 general

Friday, 6 a.m. A great many players will fight you to their last drop of blood. A great many players will injure themselves in the effort. They will twist and contort and expend their last drop of energy. What they can not do is admit their shortcomings. Ever. For some athletes, there is no mea […]

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Penalty kill is murder on the Lightning

October 15, 2015 general

Friday, 12 a.m. Yes, it’s still early. But an inability to kill could end up being the death of the Tampa Bay Lightning. An ineffective penalty kills led to the second consecutive defeat by the Lightning Thursday night, a 5-3 loss to the Dallas Stars in which the Bolts gave up another two power play […]

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To repeat, Lightning might find the skating rougher

October 8, 2015 general

Thursday, 6 a.m. The ice might not be as smooth. One of the Triplets could have a nagging injury. Steven Stamkos’ contract talks could get sticky. Things could go wrong, in other words. The power play might not have any. The penalty kill could die lonely. Slumps could happen. Another team might be heaven-kissed. There […]

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