These Are The Days
Oh no! We suck again!!
I grew up in Vancouver. Been in Japan now for 30 plus years. Never been to Florida but I did have a minor role with the Bolts at one time.
Oh shit! The OG Japanese ownership group?
I grew up in Vancouver. Been in Japan now for 30 plus years. Never been to Florida but I did have a minor role with the Bolts at one time.
Literally 50 feet from the ocean.
I wish I had that kind of cash.Oh shit! The OG Japanese ownership group?
Geez, you’re almost in the belly of the beast.I live just outside of Toronto. My family is full of snowbirds, and I gravitated towards the Lightning as a kid.
Yes.Were there ever pirates too? Serious/not serious. If the answer is yes then your conversion was destiny
Geez, you’re almost in the belly of the beast.
Does living next to a ~500 square meter lake until I was 8 count? I think that should count.If you grew up near water you're one of us
Does living next to a ~500 square meter lake until I was 8 count? I think that should count.
Not in Florida of course, but on the other side of the Atlantic.
I lived, quite literally, in the middle of nowhere at that time. To the point where if you wanted food, it might've very well been faster to try catch a fish or two from said lake or shoot a bird from the sky and cook them than driving to the nearest store and back. Would've taken an hour at least.A little more about me. About half an hour from Tampa is a region where I grew up and there has got to be at least 10-20 lakes matching your description all bunched together and lived with a lake in the back yard til I was 8 too. I have always said if it snowed here every kid would've been playing hockey exactly like in places like Minnesota.
That said, your cause to be a Lightning fan is no less than mine
I lived, quite literally, in the middle of nowhere at that time. To the point where if you wanted food, it might've very well been faster to try catch a fish or two from said lake or shoot a bird from the sky and cook them than driving to the nearest store and back. Would've taken an hour at least.
I wish I had a cool story of how I became a Lightning fan like everyone else does but no, it was through freaking EA's NHL games.
A childhood friend of mine became a Red Wing fan because he had the same tooth missing as Brendan Shanahan in a hockey card he owned, lol.
You are indeed, DFCLove this forum, and the discussions/arguments we have. Sometimes I feel like an honorary Tampa Bay...ian?
Expansion might be part of it, but we're seeing skill increase (Michigan goals are becoming regular), and roster disruptions early on from COVID.Oh yeah and f*** Brett Hull for ever insinuating that 90's goal scoring dropped because of expansion teams. That was the ONLY thing that kept guys like Jagr at 140 point seasons. And what do you know? That's what we're seeing because of expansion! And what do you know? Scoring is up league wide!
It was not bad players. It was the trap, two line pass and goalies being a 3rd defenseman. Talent was further diluted in that and the teams that DID win titles had like 7 HHOFers on them at all times while everyone else had to resort to plugging in goons who could play the 6 goalie system.
f***ing moron. My first NHL game (with you in it) ought to have been my last and your defense of why we could have 0-0 hockey for 3 overtimes with that many legends on the ice (yourself included) is bullshit
I am not sure if I have a cool story either, I became a Bolts fan because of Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos. The EA NHL games made me a lot more interested in prospects and stuff though. Living up in Alberta most people I know are Oilers or Flames fans. I do owe my Lightning fandom to Stamkos and St. Louis thoughI lived, quite literally, in the middle of nowhere at that time. To the point where if you wanted food, it might've very well been faster to try catch a fish or two from said lake or shoot a bird from the sky and cook them than driving to the nearest store and back. Would've taken an hour at least.
I wish I had a cool story of how I became a Lightning fan like everyone else does but no, it was through freaking EA's NHL games.
A childhood friend of mine became a Red Wing fan because he had the same tooth missing as Brendan Shanahan in a hockey card he owned, lol.
Yeah then the years where plugs like Brian Lee graced the ice. Tragic.Just like half the people in this state I'm originally from New York then moved to Florida in 97. Been in the Orlando area all but 2 years since. Started watching on the old Sun sports when the team was almost unwatchable, when you have to cheer for Darcy Tucker because he's the best player you know they suck. Started to go to games when they got Lecavalier and tickets were dirt cheap.