Almost 20 games into the season and there's virtually nothing happening on the Hockey Post largely due to the fact the home team has struggled mightily. It was more of the same at the Forum Thursday night as the Bolts, with a little help from the guys in striped shirts, blew a 2 goal lead and lost 4-3 to the defending Stanley Cup Champion Red Wings. After being introduced as the Lightning's new head coach Barry Melrose went on record saying he wanted his team to be tough to play against and so far they've been anything but. They've struggled to find continuity and seem to be sorely lacking the "courage" Melrose said he expected to be a hallmark of this club. They have found some degree of consistency however. The Lightning are consistently being out shot, outworked (giving up 39 shots on goal against Detroit while putting a measly 18 shots against Chris Osgood) and have consistently snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. The Bolts gave their fans a little dose of what was to come after tanking the home opener against Carolina and have proved that they are quite capable of pulling some epic choke jobs. I'm no expert but it seems as though maybe NOW would be a good time to start getting this thing straightened out here. Sitting 13th out of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference flat out sucks. This is moving beyond the stage of "a work in progress" and is looking like they could be "DOA" by Christmas if they can't get things aren't ironed out in a hurry. They'll get another crack at the Canes in their barn this weekend. And I do mean barn; their Zamboni is modeled after a freaking John Deer lawn tractor! Not even in our days at the Fair Grounds were we that po-dunk!!
Where's Chris Kontos when we need him?
"Game on!"
-A
Edit:
There 's been a slight development.
Please refer to new post.
Thank you,
Management
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