Our Penguins Can Learn From the Lightning
With so many good teams vying for the Stanley Cup, I’ve been following the playoffs with quite a bit of interest. I’ve been particularly impressed with Colorado and Edmonton, two highly skilled teams that play with speed ‘n’ skill. And who knows? One of them may capture Lord Stanley’s coveted chalice.
There’s another team that’s grabbed my attention.
Tampa Bay.
At first blush, the Lightning looked old and slow. Reinforcing an impression I formed during the regular season when we clobbered them by scores of 6-2 and 5-1 and basically skated circles around them.
During the Bolts’ first-round match-up with Toronto? I thought, frankly, the high-powered Maple Leafs were the better team. Certainly the faster and flashier.
When the Lightning rallied from the brink to win Games 6 and 7? A case of an old lion roaring one last time.
Then the back-to-back Cup winners swept the powerhouse Florida Panthers. The Presidents’ Trophy winning Panthers. The Panthers who made kitty litter out of the rest of the league this season.
Not only did the Lightning prevail, they prevailed with ease, yielding only three goals to a team literally bursting at the seams with firepower.