When it comes to putting together line combinations, Lightning coach John Tortorella traditionally has avoided putting all his biscuits in one basket in the hopes more than one line would put the biscuit in the basket. ...more

February 2, 2008

For all the kicking pundits like to direct toward the NHL, we give you Thursday's tilt between a pair of teams 2,500 miles apart who see each other on the ice about once every presidential election year. ...more

February 1, 2008

The future was very much on the mind of Lightning GM Jay Feaster last week as he attended the Top Prospects Game in Edmonton, Alberta. ...more

January 30, 2008

Dan Boyle sat at his locker Monday after Lightning practice, surrounded by reporters and cameras, skates still safely on his feet, and slowly unwound the tape he wore on his surgically repaired left wrist. ...more

January 29, 2008

This season has been one long reality check for the Lightning, interrupted only occasionally by bits of hope. Like most teams do, the Bolts grab on to the hope and dismiss the reality checks with the argument, "yeah, but better days are just around the corner." ...more

January 26, 2008

Coach John Tortorella informed the assembled media Thursday morning that injured D Dan Boyle would not be playing in his first game since Nov. 3. By the mid-part of the afternoon, that all changed following a checkup with the doctor who performed a second operation on Boyle's left wrist. ...more

January 25, 2008

The inside of the Lightning locker room is a living, breathing, evolving entity. It's a 20-headed being that sometimes pulls in 20 different directions, particularly during times of strife. ...more

January 24, 2008

For a team that was pushing up daisies two weeks ago, suddenly everything is coming up roses. ...more

January 23, 2008

Lately, Lightning coach John Tortorella's desire for production up and down the lineup has been fulfilled. It happened again Tuesday in a 4-3 victory against Edmonton. ...more

January 23, 2008

There might come a day in the not-so-distant future when the Lightning's ongoing evaluation of Karri Ramo's potential to become a No. 1 goalie in the NHL will begin to mean more than the team's position in the Southeast Division standings. ...more

January 22, 2008