The trade deadline.
To Mike, it’s Christmas. To me, it’s reason for day-long anxiety (What can I say? I get attached easily).
So after a day of pacing and frantically monitoring Twitter, we are finally able to rest again with a secured Lightning roster, knowing the final options of who the Lightning are going to finish out the season with.
As it turns out, the Lightning finished their shopping early this year, and with the minor exception of Curtis McElhinney, made no last minute changes. After taking care of the goaltending situation with Mike Smith back on the roster, and the additions of Marc-Andre Bergeron and Eric Brewer on defense, the Bolts are set.
Below, Mike Corcoran and I discuss yesterday’s trade deadline extravaganza.
This article appears in Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2011.