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		<title>Glimpse of Things to Come?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrej Meszaros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evgeny Artyukhin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Roberts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karri Ramo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Recchi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin St. Louis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Ranger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Tocchet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Malone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Stamkos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vinny Lecavalier]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Game 1 – St Louis: Meeting Sully Friday before the game was interesting.  The team has had to go through several transitions this season:  Melrose – Tocchet – Shoulder Surgeries (defenseman revolving door) – Trade Deadline.  We heard the game plan, and then we heard about what to look for on the ice from both teams.  Past problems mentioned included the defense passing the puck too many times in the defensive zone, instead of one pass and get it the puck up the ice.  Also, the Lightning only has 9-players with NHL experience.  The rest have limited or no experience.  Ouch!   The coaches challenged the Lightning players with taking the diagonal passes away from the St Louis Blues and crowding their goalie from inside the dots so he couldn’t see.  The crowding wouldn’t stop the initial save, but more times than not it would allow a rebound shot to get by the opposing goalie.  Unfortunately, the best person at crowding the goalie, Bugsy (Ryan Malone), was out with the flu.  The Lightning also needed to improve on the power play.  They were ranked near the bottom, moved all the way up to 16th in the league, and fell back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barry Melrose just won&#8217;t go away.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Lightning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Melrose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Snyder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Cuban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oren Koules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radim Vrbata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Tocchet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Brannelly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;ll do my best to keep it short. I&#8217;ll do it in bullets to try and make it easier to follow my rambling. Before the bullet points I&#8217;ll point out that the Bolts lost again and the toll is now at 8 straight win-less games. This team does suck right now. Let&#8217;s get to it. Radim Vrbata requested to go back to his native Czech Republic for &#8220;personal reasons&#8221; and the Bolts are relieved of his duties and contract for this year. I don&#8217;t know what his personal reasons are and, as you know, I don&#8217;t get into that but I am left wondering if he would still want to do this if the team were doing well. In the linked article Vrbata&#8217;s agent explains good reasons for Radim to request this but it still leaves me dumbfounded. If the team were good I don&#8217;t believe this would&#8217;ve happened. It&#8217;s explained that this relieves the Lightning of the $3 million owed to Vrbata for this season but he gets re-assigned to the Lightning in the summer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lightning should love the NHL&#8217;s idiotic scoring system.</title>
		<link>http://tampabaysportsblog.com/tampa-bay-lightning/the-lightning-should-love-the-nhls-idiotic-scoring-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Lightning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin St. Louis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nashville Predators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Stamkos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaclav Prospal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vinny Lecavalier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[   The Lightning finally got Rick Tocchet his first victory on Friday, yay! It was amazing, they won by more than one goal and they even stayed out of overtime and shootouts. Mike Smith stopped 34 of 35 and the Vinny&#8217;s chipped in 3 goals. Lecavalier had two goals and Prospal had one in their home win against a decent Predator team from Nashville. They came out strong going up 3-1 in the first period and Smith shut the Predators down from there. It&#8217;s what we all know this team can do and have been waiting for them to show more often. They need to put a few more game like this together and then we can all start letting go of the drama they created. St. Louis needs to get his groove back and, if Stamkos can start showing some of the ability he has, it will bleed out to the rest of the team. The best part of the crazy season the Bolts have had so far is the retarded scoring system the NHL has. The Lightning lead the league in overtime losses with 6 and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s keeping them in third place in the Southeast. They have a [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Lightning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Panthers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin St. Louis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nashville Predators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Stamkos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vinny Lecavalier]]></category>

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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>
		<link>http://tampabaysportsblog.com/tampa-bay-lightning/lightning-still-trying-to-get-right-with-tocchet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Lightning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Melrose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cam Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolina Hurricanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Panthers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jussi Jokinen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin St. Louis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radim Vrbata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Tocchet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rod Brind'Amour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Stamkos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaclav Prospal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vinny Lecavalier]]></category>

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		<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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