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		<title>Don&#8217;t look now, but the Lightning may not be the worst in Tampa!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bolts have been the cellar dwellers of Tampa Bay for over a year now and things weren&#8217;t looking too good going forward. Starting the month of December the Lightning were 4-10-7 and things were looking as ugly as ever throughout the organization. The USF Bulls were 7-5 and were possibly the most disappointing team in Tampa as much bigger things were expected for them. The Bucs were 9-3 and seemingly on their way to a division title, much less a playoff birth. Fast forward to today and the Bulls capped off the month with a 41-14 win over Memphis in the St. Pete Bowl to help take the sting out of a hugely disappointing season. The Bucs pulled the ultimate choke job by going 0-4 and missing the playoffs after losing to a dismal Oakland Raider team. The Bolts have gone 4-6-2 to this point, not great I know, but after stringing off three straight wins, look much better than they did a month ago. Now don&#8217;t get me wrong, the Lightning still are holding the crown of worst in Tampa, but after a home and away sweep of Florida and a 2-0 shutout win on the road against a very good Pittsburg Penguin team, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lightning still aren&#8217;t good.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Bolts lost again tonight to the Panthers 4-3. If we can take anything out of this loss tonight, at home by the way, it&#8217;s the fact that the Bolts got 52 shots on goal tonight. I&#8217;m not going to make too much of it but they were way more aggressive tonight than in any other game this year. The Lecavavlier, St. Louis and Stamkos line got off 20 shots on goal and looked pretty good together. The defense is still awful and Mike Smith isn&#8217;t going to hold up too well all year being beaten up every night. I guess the only other good thing is the fact that they lost in a shootout, again. At least it&#8217;s taking them a while to lose instead of losing within the first three periods like most other teams do. They got the great overtime loss point also and that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m such a big fan of the NHL scoring system. Does anyone else relate this to ALL kids getting trophy&#8217;s for participation now? It seems so stupid to me. Next up is Nashville on Friday at home. Let&#8217;s do more than just participate there, huh fellas? Related Posts:The Lightning should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lightning still trying to get right with Tocchet.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   The Lightning came out fired up and ready to prove something under new coach Rick Tocchet. They looked better but couldn&#8217;t pull out a win on the road, losing 3-2. It&#8217;s a tough go in Carolina as it is, and under a new coachthey did about as good as expected. The defense only allowed 30 shots on goal, of which Mike Smith stopped 28, in regulation and overtime. They dropped it in the shootout that Carolina took when Rod Brind&#8217;Amour slipped one past Smith and Jussi Jokinen couldn&#8217;t answer. I think Tocchet is the type of coach that can get the best out of this team and he should have the rest of this season to prove it. Vinny and Marty had a goal a piece which is a great sign, especially against a tough goalie like Cam Ward. There was also talk yesterday that Steven Stamkos could be moved to the front line along side Vinny and Marty which would move Vinny Prospal to the second line with Radim Vrbata. I would like that move a lot. Stamkos said the pressure would then be on him but I disagree. I think it would take pressure off of him and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lightning look bad in third straight.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   I&#8217;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&#8217;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 only got 24 shots on goal toward Craig Anderson. It was every bit as ugly as it sounds. The Panthers found some false motivation to lean on before the game as some of Barry Melrose&#8217;s comments were used to fuel the fire. It was quite stupid and seemed pathetic, but it worked, so how can we complain.    Thursdays loss was a little more painful as the Bolts went into the third period with a 2-1 lead at home. They couldn&#8217;t hold on to it as they gave up 3 goals and ended up losing 4-3. The Red Wings came out in the third and scored twice on power play goals thanks to the late penalties in the second by Paul Ranger, Chris Gratton and Adam Hall. It was an awful display when you look at it as the Lightning defense allowed 39 shots on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lightning drop second straight, Smith loses control.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Bolts headed out on the road this week looking to improve on their problematic play away from the Forum. So far, not so good. They dropped the first game in New Jersey 3-2 in overtime. Thanks to the NHL&#8217;s idiotic system, the get a point for an overtime loss. Does anyone else think this is as retarded as I do? Why should a team get a point if they LOSE?! Anyway, that game wasn&#8217;t all bad. Road game in Jersey and they were in the game all night. Last night was ugly. After getting lit up by the Rangers, the game ended 5-2, goalie Mike Smith lost it on Aaron Voros. Voros is one of those guys that plays in the crease and isn&#8217;t afraid to mix it up inside, goalie or not. Now I&#8217;m not sure if he did something dirty to Smith that I didn&#8217;t see but Smith was pretty upset with him. I&#8217;ve put the video in below for you to see if you missed it. You&#8217;ll see that Voros is playing inside as normal and Smith hits him with his stick and, everytime he got a shot, pushed and punched Voros in the back. [...]]]></description>
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