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Game #22 – Lightning vs. Hawks Preview: First World Problems

By Sam Fels November 21, 2019 0

vs. RECORDS: Lightning 9-7-2   Hawks 9-8-4 PUCK DROP: 7:30 TV: NBCSN Chicago THE GUYS WHO DON’T LOOK LIKE XQUISITE: Raw Charge It may sound strange to say the Hawks have more points than the Lightning, but that’s the case as the two ’15 Finalists get together again on West Madison. But of course, as we […]

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Game #22 – Lightning vs. Hawks Spotlight: The Coach You Should Want

By Sam Fels November 21, 2019 0

Sometimes your aimless speculation turns into reality. You should probably just accept the good fortune that makes you look prescient instead of questioning the randomness of the fates. Yesterday, Mike Babcock was fired, which started a flicker that could turn into a full out flame of wondering and soon rumors that he could find his […]

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You Get What Anyone Gets – Saying Goodbye To The ’18-’19 Lightning

By Sam Fels April 17, 2019 0

“How did it come to this?” Jon Cooper asked, as he removed his chaps and put on a robe, a little alarmed at the amount of scented massage oils on his hands and elsewhere. He looked out the window of his yacht, and no it wasn’t him wondering how he ended up with this curious […]

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You Share The Same Fate As The People You Hate – ’18-’19 Team Previews: Tampa Bay Lightning

By Sam Fels September 10, 2018 0

While all the news of the summer has mostly been focused north of the 49th, because they have nothing else to do in the summer except annoy the rest of us with their offseason bullshit and I mean jesus fucking christ get a second baseball team or something or spend more than three weeks at […]

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You Get What Anyone Gets: Saying Goodbye To The Tampa Bay Lightning

By Sam Fels May 25, 2018 0

Saying goodbye to the Tampa Bay Lightning is a lot like saying goodbye to bread. Sure, they were necessary. Sure, they had flashes of being really good and noticeable. And yet it felt like everything went on around them. It’s like they were the dining room table at one of their coach’s key parties/12-hour orgies. […]

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Game #21 – My Way, Your Way, Anything Goes Tonight – Hawks 2, Ning 2 (Lightning Win Three-Legged Race)

By John Pullega November 22, 2017 0

Box Score Hockey Stats Natural Stat Trick After an electric 1st period, the Hawks saw why the Lightning are the best team in the NHL. To the bullets. – This game was a goaltending clinic. Between Crawford stoning the best power play in the league and Vasilevskiy making several unbelievable saves against Saad, Panik, and […]

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Your Friends And Neighbors – ’17-’18 Team Previews: Crash Before My Eyes

By September 11, 2017

It must’ve been a really odd season for the hockey press that is looking for any excuse to drop to their knees for Steve Yzerman. Steven Stamkos got hurt, as has kind of been his wont in recent years. Ben Bishop was bad, and then he was gone. Tyler Johnson, Valterri Filppula both missed serious […]

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Farewell Jon Cooper

By May 27, 2016

While not a proper eulogy per se, over the past year, we’ve become intimately acquainted with the odd public speaking demeanor of Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper, who comes across as an oily, depraved step-dad, complete with juris doctor in hand. Over that time, speculating on Jon Cooper’s extracurricular proclivities has become a running joke […]

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No Division – Game 5 – Hawks at Lightning Preview, Pregame Thread, Film Festival

By June 13, 2015 0

 at  Game Time: 7:00PM Central TV/Radio: NBC, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720 Ache With Me: Raw Charge And now the home stretch. With a win on Wednesday night, the Hawks now return to Tampa with the series tied at two games apiece. And in order for them to return back to the west side on Monday with the ultimate […]

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Diesel And Dust – Game 3 – Lightning vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Credit Counseling

By June 8, 2015 0

 vs  Game Time: 7:00PM Central TV/Radio: NBCSN, CBC, TVA From Her Lips To God’s Ears: Raw Charge With the series shifting north to the United Center for games 3 and 4, both the Hawks and the Lightning believe themselves to be in highly actionable positions within the context of the series after a split in Tampa. But the […]