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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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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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George Johnson sees talent on Bucs defensive line

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You see mediocrity. He sees hunger. You see questions. He sees speed. You see problems. He sees playmakers. Oh, to see the world through the eyes of George Johnson, defensive end. He looks at the defensive line of the Tampa Bay Bucs, and he sees a rampaging bunch of answers. The rest of us? We see Gerald McCoy and a bunch of guys with question marks instead of jersey numbers. We see quarterbacks with time to throw. We see opposing…

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Despite series lead, Game Six is important

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It might as well be Game Seven, the captain says. It might as well be the final chapter. It might as well be time to do, or time to die. How important is it that the Tampa Bay Lightning closes out the New York Rangers in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals tonight? To Steven Stamkos, it is as important as survival. Forget the one-game safety net. No one should pass up a chance to win. Think of it…

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Lightning’s Steve Yzerman up for GM of Year

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Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman is one of three finalists in the NHL’s general manager of the year competition. Yzerman, who finished second in the balloting for the same award in the 2010-11 season, is competing against the New York Rangers’ Glenn Sather and Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks. Murray won the award last year and finished second the year before. Yzerman, a Hall of Fame player with the Red Wings, has restructured the Lightning since its…

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