Game 48 - Tampa Bay at Ottawa
You know, I think Johan Holmqvist probably just won back the starting goaltender position. But, back to back shutouts on the road will probably do that for a guy, huh? It's just a crazy I thought I had.
It's good to see the Lightning really starting to pull things back together again. It's still going to be a hard climb back into playoff standings, but you've got to start somewhere, right?
Same goes for Lecavalier's empty net goal - you've got to start back somewhere. Frankly, I was happy to see that. I'd like for him to win the Art Ross Trophy (for the NHL's leading scorer) at the end of the season, if he can.
This sort of reminds me of an old mountain climbing thought. Reaching the top of the peak is only halfway thru the journey; it's not the destination. You've still got to make it back to your car at the foot of the mountain - back to where you started - so you finally can go home.
(And, I can tell you from personal experience, going downhill for an extended period of time is far, far worse than going up. I've never climbed a mountain before, at least, not on glaciers with ice picks and such, but I've gone hiking in the mountains plenty of times. If you don't believe me, try walking downhill for two hours or so straight and get back to me.)
Well, you could probably look at this season for Tampa Bay in the reverse of that; as more of a trip down from a ridge, where you parked the car, down to the river valley a 1,000 feet below and back up again. I think the Lightning have finally started back up from the river. Of course, there's no way of knowing what will happen between the river and the ridgetop, but going back up towards the car on your own power is probably better than having to be airlifted out.
3 comments:
Not too bad. In a matter of 5 games the Bolts have gone from a team in need of disassembly, to 7 points out of the Southeast lead. Maybe the sky isn't falling!
Panicking just shows that fans care, right? ;)
I'm a big believer in the college system way of doing things - basically, you're stuck with the players that you have, and you need to do the best with what you've got. Trading doesn't always get you where you want to go, after all.
They really aren't a bad team. They just need to work with what they've got is all.
It's never over until the math says so.
They have played well for these past two games.
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