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The Tampa Plan
by Paul on 02/13/09 at 12:09 PM ET
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from John Romano of the St. Petersburg Times,
You see Tampa Bay beat Toronto 6-4 and you begin to believe the worst is finally in the past and the future is closer than you ever imagined.
For the first time in a long while, the Lightning has direction. Not like last season, when confusion was everywhere. And not like the first few months of this season, when confusion was upgraded to chaos.
The Lightning has gone 12-9-2 since Dec. 23. Maybe that doesn’t translate into Stanley Cup fever, but it’s the franchise’s best 23-game stretch since the end of 2006-07.
After all this time, a plan is in place. An honest evaluation of assets and liabilities has been made. And the remaking of the Lightning brand is under way.
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I think the main thing they’re trying to point out is that Tampa Bay is making a better showing now than they were earlier in the season.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 02/13/09 at 01:01 PM ET
I know that’s what they were trying to do. My point is that slicing 23 games out of the pie is pretty disingenuous if one is trying to see what they are actually doing as opposed to trying to trim a sample size to reflect what they want them to be doing.
For instance, only 2 of those 12 wins have come against teams with winning records, Montreal (slumping unbelievably) and Philly. Hell, in that 23 game stretch Tampa’s only played 5 teams with winning records, and 4 of those games were in Tampa.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 02/13/09 at 02:02 PM ET
Actually, Buffalo barely has a winning record too. So make that 3 of 12, they played 6 teams with winning records, and 5 of the 6 were in Tampa. 
Posted by HockeyinHD on 02/13/09 at 02:04 PM ET
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23 game stretch?
Posted by HockeyinHD on 02/13/09 at 12:40 PM ET