At some point, a season is lost and it's time to look ahead. Practices, morning skates and even the games themselves become more about evaluation for next season and developing young players than about hanging on by a thread to a no-longer-realistic chance to participate in the postseason. ...more

February 5, 2008

The search for some balanced scoring feels like it's been an expedition being led by Thelma and Louise instead of Lewis and Clark. ...more

January 6, 2008

Lightning defensemen Doug Janik and Mike Lundin might feel a little isolated this afternoon when the team arrives in Ottawa. As the only two American-born players on the Tampa Bay roster, the pair will feel outnumbered when the U.S. takes on Canada this afternoon in the semifinals of the World Junior Championships, a game that will be televised live at 2 p.m. on the NHL Network. ...more

January 4, 2008

TAMPA Whether the Lightning were winning the Stanley Cup or merely scrapping for all they were worth merely to make the playoffs, one thing remained a lucky constant over the past three seasons. ...more

December 15, 2007

Mathieu Darche took plenty of ribbing from his friends back home in Montreal this past summer. Even his wife took part in the good-natured repartee. ...more

December 6, 2007

The bottom line was the bottom line for Tampa Bay on Tuesday with a victory that pulled them out of the bottom. ...more

December 5, 2007

The last time Ottawa G Ray Emery swung his stick at an opponent, it cost him a three-game suspension. Emery could be facing disciplinary action again after taking a swipe Tuesday at Lightning LW Mathieu Darche. ...more

December 5, 2007

Vinny Lecavalier dropped his stick, fell to his knees and went sprawling into the sideboards in front of the Tampa Bay bench early in the second period Saturday as a collective quiet engulfed the crowd. ...more

December 2, 2007

Perhaps instead of a change to the NHL schedule format, the Lightning should lobby the league's board of governors to wear their dark uniforms for every game. The road whites just don't seem to be working. ...more

November 30, 2007

Lightning D Paul Ranger picked up Friday where he left off before missing a game with a sore shoulder: He scored another goal against the Hurricanes. ...more

November 24, 2007