Lightning Review

@cato_dayoungest I am so sorry for your loss

@ReviewLightning i get more depressed about the lack of a pwhl tampa bay every day

WHY COULDN'T IT BE TAMPA BAY??!?

@bellasdaze what is meant by maladaptive daydreaming? fantasizing about stuff that would be bad, actually?

god i love looking out the window and maladaptive daydreaming to a good song *so* much it’s what life is ab idcidc🙂‍↔️☝️

@cbscarecrow And they were never teammates!

@ReviewLightning Crazy he’s younger than Andreychuk 😳

Happy Birthday to the Lightning's first ever captain, Paul Ysebaert! The Sarnia, Ontario-born winger spent 5 seasons in Tampa Bay. Since his retiring from the NHL, he's built a career owning race horses. He turns 60 today, which makes ME feel old.

@Bolts4thecup Yeah, I remember being excited for the Lightning to get him because I'd seen him play for Montreal on Hockey Night in Canada.

@ReviewLightning I love when you post this information. I had zero clue that Darcy Tucker was once a bolt like what

It's so weird to think that Paul Ysebaert led the Lightning in scoring in 1997-98 with only 40 points (13 goals, 27 assists). Different era for both the team and league. The Lightning had nothing at center and a merry-go-round in goal. Awful team in an era of boring hockey.

macklin celebrini:

@Frankcapdevila Wow, it took them a few years, huh? I would have expected Bradley to show up at a car dealership or something

@ReviewLightning Yes, right after they made him captain. He was in a pick-quick puck handling a Twinkie or little denbi, I can't remember which. IIRC it was unique because he was the first lightning player to do a local ad spot on tv

For context, 40 or 43 points would have placed them SEVENTH in scoring on this year's Lightning team.

The leading scorer the following season was Darcy Tucker, with 43. Brutal.

@beuycek Yeah, it was one roster disaster after another... losing Gratton, Cullen and Bradley one after another, NO budget, Puppa's bad back... on and on...

@ReviewLightning There is a reason they are the only franchise to lose 50+ games three straight years. They were awful in every way.

@corey_hillyard_ Lol, well said

@ReviewLightning Any regular season win back then felt like a game 7 win lol

@Frankcapdevila Lol, is that from an ad?

@ReviewLightning I'm at Pick -Quick, I'm at pick-quick. Ifkyk

@agentofascent I think of those days when people call me a bandwagon fan because I cheer for a winner now. I was there in the suck-years too.

@ReviewLightning Forgotten era. Doesn’t seem real.

@Beardfahsay That is INSANE

@ReviewLightning My favorite stat from that season is that the Bolts has 8 players with a minus 20 or worse. Thanks, Hockey reference! Ysebaert was also the only player to go in all 82 games!

@Im_Patrick89 Pure win for the Lightning on that trade... (great KHL career for Svitov though)

@ReviewLightning So weird, 5 minutes ago I was just reading about alexander svitov, what a trade!

Happy Birthday to Lightning Legend Darryl Sydor! The mid-season addition to the '04 Cup team gave us one of the all-timer celebration pics (above). He turns 54.

Or below, I guess

@BangedPat All these years, I don't remember a single mention of Bart's bilingualism

@ReviewLightning As an avid seasons 1-12 Simpsons fan ...I absolutely forgot about that.

It’s funny to remember that Bart Simpson is a fluent French speaker.