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Lightning coach Jon Cooper is having a ball in the Stanley Cup Finals

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The pressure is mounting. His goaltender missed practice. His star scorers are comparing slumps. His power play lacks power. And, man, is Jon Cooper having fun. That’s the point of all of this, remember? Beneath all the pressure and the pain and problems, this is essentially a kid’s game, and Cooper is loose at the carnival. All the other teams have gone home, and all the other arenas have grown quiet. Yet, the loose Lightning party on. Isn’t that the…

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The Lightning needs Steven Stamkos, other stars to shine

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For the Tampa Bay Lightning, it is time for a leader. The season is down to a best-of-three situation. The lights are bright. The air is thin. For the Lightning, it is time that the best players took over. It is that simple, really. If the Bolts are going to win the Stanley Cup, it will be up to one of their leading actors. This is not a job for a big player, not a job for a co-star. This…

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Bolts’ Jon Cooper crashes Chicago as actor Vaughn picks up dinner check

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The Tampa Bay Lightning didn’t win Wednesday night, but at least they ate free. Just call Jon Cooper a Wedding Crasher. Cooper was with a party of 20 at a restaurant called Chicago Cut when he spotted Vince Vaughn, an actor he likes. Because Cooper had had a dinner check taken care of by NBA analyst Charles Barkley, Cooper tried to pick up Vaughn’s check. Vaughn wouldn’t hear of it. โ€œThis is Chicago,” he saId. โ€œThat’s not how we roll.…

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Blackhawks even Finals as Lightning’s Ben Bishop sits

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Would he have stopped the first one? Would he have stopped the second? In the final analysis, would Big Ben Bishop have made a difference? A fan of the Tampa Bay Lightning may never know as he dissects a 2-1 defeat to the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Four of the Stanley Cup Finals. Bishop, the NHL’s winningest goalie this year (if you count regular-season and playoffs), was in the stands for Wednesday night’s game, watching as Chicago got one goal…

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Lightning’s Ondrej Palat the most unappreciated Triplet

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He was never supposed to be essential. He was never supposed to be special. And yet, Ondrej Palat skates on, sweating, grinding, squeezing two minutes worth of production out of 45 seconds worth of ice time. He never slacks off, never lets up, never seems to make a mistake. He is the most unappreciated Triplet of them all. He is the last star you recognize. And yet, on this Tampa Bay Lightning team, he is essential. If you wish, you…

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Hogan rips into Blackhawks as trash-talk escalates

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God bless the Hulkster. He means well. Hulk Hogan called out Chicago wrestler C.M. Punk (who?) this week, pointing out that the Blackhawks are “in a lot of trouble” and they should take their puck and go home. CM can show them the way.” That might be a delightful little side dish, because no one can trash talk quite like Hogan, the former pro wrestler. But the artist known as Punk had the last laugh when he pointed out that…

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Is Game 4 a desperate enough situation for Lightning?

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When the skies are at their darkest, they are at their best. When they are backed into the corner, or backed up on the ledge, they are their most dangerous. Call them Team Desperation. The players of the Tampa Bay Lightning, it seems, enjoy a little bit of adversity. It is the biggest secret of the sport, that fuel called desperation. It drives this team, it focuses them, it unifies them. When they have that hollowed-out feeling, when their throats…

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