Victor Hedman was sick and missed three games. When he returned, Jason Garrison came down with the same illness and it looks like things are only getting worse as the bug spreads throughout the locker room. "It's leaking through our team and staff," coach Jon Cooper said. [Tampa Bay Times]
The Bolts continue to hold out hope that they can turn this season around and make the playoffs, but history is not on their side.
Re: #tblightning. Only 2 teams since '93-94 season made the playoffs after being last in the conference Jan 22.