One opinion on a minor-league location matter in hockey
The Vegas Golden Knights are exploring moving their AHL affiliate to Vegas, too. Here are my thoughts on the matter......
2019 NHL Playoffs: Oh, how the mighty have fallen
The wild card clubs have reigned in the division winners, making the final outcome of the 2019 NHL playoffs a mystery...
Will the start of Steve Yzerman’s tenure in Detroit bring transactions with Tampa Bay?
The former Lightning GM needs to transform the winged-wheel into his baby. That may lead to him seeking Bolts....
Lightning’s success generates all too much silence in the Tampa Bay sports media
The hype, the hope, the proudness of what the Lightning are doing? It's not there in traditional media in Tampa Bay at current like it...
Eugene Melnyk and the suffering of hockey fandom in Ottawa
Ottawa is the pit of despair as the virtual rebuilding of the franchise has made the market a failure. A fan cites their grievance with...
The Lightning storm of the 2018-19 NHL first-half
The halfway point of the 2018-19 NHL season hasn't arrived, but the Bolts are on a OMGWTF pace....
A word to summarize the Tampa Bay Lightning before the 2018-19 NHL season
It’s a foreign word in the history of sports in Tampa Bay, really. Oh, there are numerous athletes that the Bay area has produced who...
The inconsistency of NHL rule enforcement and inconsistency of accountability
I’ll invoke a name and that will inspire both groans of displeasure and distaste as well as defensive reactions from those who support their team’s...
Poll: Are broadcasts of the NHL on NHC Sports patial?
This poll (via Twitter) will be running until Saturday, May 12th. As an #NHL fan, do you find @NHLonNBCSports broadcasts partial toward one team over...
The idea of politics and the NHL cross paths
Russia. Collusion. Obstruction of justice. “Act of War”. You can’t dismiss this stuff and it’s still coming to fruition through Special Counsel Robert Mueller as...
Of Tampa Bay sports and media focus
I’ve been put off since last week while scanning headlines and online coverage of news in the Tampa Bay area and seeing a greater-than-usual focus...
The grand and highest; the feats achieved for Tampa Bay by Vincent Lecavalier
“Grand Marshal“, why does that seem such a fitting title for Vincent Lecavalier who was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning 1st overall in the...
Q and A with Calgary Flames blogger Kent Wilson of FlamesNation
I got Kent Wilson from FlamesNation to participate in the hockey blogger Q and A that I’ve been casually conducting this month. Kent’s one of...
NHL fans versus “Mad” Mike Milbury
Let me start with a link to an old article on Raw Charge by one Mister John J. Fonts Esq. (me, it’s a pseudonym ):...
Social Media Reach and the Tampa Bay Lightning
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And down the stretch they come….! Thoughts on the Tampa Bay Lightning as the NHL season wanes
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The Tall Order: Saying Farewell to Ben BIshop
I posted over on Raw Charge last night in the wake of goalie Ben BIshop’s trade from the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Los Angeles...
A steady course and an open mind for the Tampa Bay Lightning at the 2017 NHL trade deadline – Raw Charge
Read my full column/blog post HERE....
Contention, mediocrity, and the future of Tampa Bay sports
The storied franchise of each city in the United States is different. There’s a chance they are all on par, but that’s basically a decree...
The South should celebrate its hockey heritage at Tropicana Field
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The annual high-speed track to summer irrelevance by the NHL
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An Open Letter to Jonathan Drouin
Click the title to access the letter I wrote at Raw Charge....
The business of the NHL demonstrates a culture clash
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Of hockey events and Tampa Bay as host
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An open letter to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA Execut5ive President Donald Fehr
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Nashville’s success beefits the Tampa Bay Lightning
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Club Two-Minutes: Bad Calls and Zero Accountability
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Bonus for Boltsmag
So for 3 years I have been toiling (off and on) away at Boltsmag. It’s got a reputation as the Lightning Weblog, it’s renown around...
Re-design time
With the coming NHL hockey season, I’ve been working on a new design for Boltsmag.com. Only problem is that Boltsmag’s new design isn’t cooperating and...
The Saddest thing about the NHL Lockout ending…
…..Is that I will have to start actually writing something worth a damn at Boltsmag / Raw Lightning...
Finally some GOOD news
It seems like forever since something got my spriits up – yesterday being the Anniversary of the Lightning’s Stanley Cup win helped things along a...
Someoen is pissed — and rightly so
Tom Benjamin is pissed off, and with good reason ladies and gentlemen. Here is politics at it’s worst and Pork Barrels in America also at...
The Downward Spiral of ESPN / Sportscenter
Oh how the Mighty have fallen. Off Wing Opinion quotes two articles with regards to the breaking of the Sports news leader… The once cultish...
Summer Doldrums
I still haven’t been posting much on the site because I want to make statements on here and not personal diatribes. My anecdotes aren’t that...
Keithed Short
Ah the wonderful world of Johnny. Details, details, details of Keith’s visit to suburban hell… er, Tampa Bay. So I was f’n stoked on a...
“All rules are off” hockey is a hindrance to the sports growth
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A day of Ups and Downs
I’ve been torn this evening on my mood for the day as it has changed over and over again from positive to negative to positive...
The Competition
I didn’t want to post this on Boltsmag and ridicule another Tampa Bay Lightning web log, but after reading the journal in question and this...
Lightning clinch #1 seed
With Boston’s tie against Washington, the Bruins can do no better than tie the Lightning for most points in the conference. Meaning for the first...
The Tampa Bay Lightning weblog
I launched Boltsmag last week. It’s another Blog devoted to the NHL but I’m not sure how many southern hockey teams have Blogs like this…....
Thinking of taking a (hockey) Dive….
I used to write, a long long time ago, for a hockey publication.. A local one… One that had a good little mix of local...
Traditionless
I was flipping through the cable channels this evening and came across ESPNews, which was reporting a trade between the New York Knicks in the...
Like Dreamers Dew
I controlled my dreaming last night / this morning. i don’t mean one or two degrees of it, I mean I totally controlled my dreaming...