Game Recap: TB 2 - MTL 5 - Rock Bottom?

So just what is rock bottom? And when you hit it, where do you go from there? The Bolts have now lost eight out of their last ten. They are a league worst 3-13-1 on the road, and sit tied with Washington for last place in the Eastern Conference at 33 points. If this isn't rock bottom, I would hate to see what is.

The Bolts started Johan Holmqvist in net last night and promptly yanked him early in the second after he surrendered 3 goals on 11 shots. Then after Ramo had a good showing, but gave up 2, in came Holmqvist again. All I could think was, "here we go again." Let the game of musical goalies begin. The Lightning goals came late in the third after the Bolts were already down 5-0, one from Prospal and one from Hlavac.

"We have zip for confidence," Tortorella said "We can't give our problems to someone else. We need to mentally, first of all, start thinking, 'I need to make a difference. I need to regain my confidence here.' Hopefully a few guys start doing that, and maybe a good thing happens."

"This is pretty low," St. Louis said. "This is as low as we've hit for a long time. It happens. You don't like it when it happens. You grow from it, and you battle through it. There's no doubt in my mind we'll come out of this."

The question is...how? Will there be a trade to "shake things up?" Will we see call ups from Norfolk? Will the guys that are here all show up and play their asses off on the same night?

The other question that should be asked is...why? Why is the team playing so poorly? Is it coaching? Do they really not have good enough players? Injuries?

Philly comes to town Saturday afternoon, and if that rivalry doesn't motivate the guys, and get things turned around, I'm not sure what will.


UPDATE:It appears Denis may be put on waivers today. Rumours are swirling that some team may grab him on reentry (fingers crossed). If and when it happens, I'll let you know!

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