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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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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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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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Lightning resilient once again in Stanley Cup Playoffs

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They like to be surrounded. They love the doubts, the questions, the rolling of eyes. They like it when the skies look dark and the roads look crowded. They enjoy it when the praise is going toward the other guy, when the series is being conceded to them. Ah, yes. The Tampa Bay Lightning. When it is hardest for their fans, it is evidently the most fun for them. The Lighting got off the mat one more time Saturday night,…

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Don’t call Lightning playoff game against Chicago a must-win

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Look, it’s a want-to-win game. It’s a it-would-feel-good-to-win game. It’s a wouldn’t-this-series-look-nice-tied game. But a must win? No, the players of the Tampa Bay Lightning stop short of calling it a must win. Why, they could lose this game, and all they would have to do would be to win four out of five, three of those on the road. They could lose this, and they would still have time. There is a difference between being on a cliff, after…

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Bolts’ Jon Cooper expects Game 7 to be close

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And so you ask Jon Cooper about Game Seven, and he tells you this: He just got here himself. When it comes to the ultimate game, Cooper isn’t exactly a grizzled veteran. Tonight will be only the second time he’s coached a Game Seven. He wasn’t here when Gordie Howe broke into the league, OK? โ€œMy experience in Game 7s in the NHL has been one, and that was Detroit,” said Cooper, the coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, after…

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Lightning players say MSG doesn’t intimidate them

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The building has teeth. It is old, and it is rusty, and you cannot help but think about the great players who have walked the corridors. It is big, and it is ancient, and its fans may have rabies. It is legendary, and it is intimidating, and it is oppressive. To an outsider, Madison Square Garden can be an arena where dreams die. Seven times, it has been host to a Game Seven, and each time, the New York Rangers…

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