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How Do You Rank The Lightning?
by Paul on 11/23/09 at 05:05 PM ET
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from Mike Brophy of Sportsnet,
Got a call last week from Tampa Bay Lightning owner Oren Koules.
The man who brings you the Saw horror movies as well as Two and a Half Men was a little upset at his team being identified as one of my three disappointing teams through the first quarter of the 2009-10 season. At the time the column was published, the Lighting ranked in the middle of the pack in the overall standings and Koules wondered how disappointing can that be? He had a point.
At the same time, and maybe it’s just me, but I thought this year’s version of the Lightning had a legitimate chance to be a contender. On paper I’d put the Lightning up against the majority of contending teams. Just look at what Tampa Bay has up front: a former Hart and Art Ross Trophy winner in Martin St-Louis, a superstar centre in Vinny Lecavalier and a rising star in Steven Stamkos not to mention top flight depth players such as Ryan Malone, Jeff Halpern and Alex Tanguay….
Still, I worry about the Lightning. I am no longer convinced this is a team that can challenge for the Eastern Conference championship.
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