TAMPA – I think I saw your next Stanley Cup winners Thursday night and, sorry folks, don’t think it’s the Colorado Avalanche. If that’s the way the Tampa Bay Lightning will keep playing, then I think the Penguins’ two-year reign is over and the Cup engraver can start learning all its tough-to-spell Russian player names already.
Wow, the Lightning is good. The fact that the Avs were able to just stay within one goal entering the final period of Thursday’s game felt like a big accomplishment. The final was 5-2 at Amalie Arena, as Tampa Bay improved to a league-leading 20-6-2.