flying squirrel
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- Feb 11, 2019
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Anyone who wants to care, that's who can care. Now what is a pathetic act, is someone just accepting being called cheaters when one is not. Then on top of that, accepting being compared to obvious cheaters who are abusing system yearly. Then go.... "Yeah, we abused it like Vegas: the league allows it, embrace it and blame others!!!!". Personally, think having more respect for what Lightning accomplished since 2015 is way to go, but each their own. Now that's unless, one has just gotten to point it's not worth it fighting on internet. I can get all that, but if that's the case. Finding the calling out of Lightning fans, who do fight that fight. Well, using your words...... "A pathetic act". Lightning and Vegas aren't from same cloth, they don't run organizations same, didn't built teams same, did not use LTIR the same, and like 3rd Jersey mentions......"We've earned our stripes".Who cares, whining about a rule we abused as well regardless of how you did it just looks pathetic. Embrace it and blame the rest of the league for allowing it to be used.
Lightning fans have many reasons to be proud of way organization built this team. This makes it difficult to understand why any Lightning fan would join false accusations. Lightning fans should know team was built through draft, smart trades, blood, sweat, and tears. That took years to do and this group didn't win because front office used LTIR for one year, in year 7, during historical run(6 ECF's, 4 SCF's, and 2 "Cups" within 8 yrs time). But....... everyone has different coping mechanisms, so no biggy. Suppose a more active poster here would have to create defenses to use when it's Lightning -vs- other fan-bases.. So the good old... "Yeah, we did it!!!! So what?" embracing it would be natural defense for some to use. That route is easier than actually putting up a fight. So it's understandable why that is popular behavior or tactic used. Myself, is having difficult time accepting Lightning players, coaches, and others not getting their due after 8 years of dominance. When we consider Lightning players, coaches, media, or anyone affiliated with organization: can not fight back without series push-back from NHL. We Lightning fans are their voice unless budlight truth serum is used: then we get more Kucherov #1 BS press conferences and little taste of truth. But..... Kuch will pay for those truth-bombs rest of his career though. So again, we Lightning fans are this teams voice.
With Vegas becoming LTIR hotbed year after year: we're seeing comparison to us & them during these conversations. That's bunk and should be called out for what it is. Would one just embrace ones mom/dad being called a name after one event, when neighbors parents were actually having same event after event, night after night, and year after year? Would one say afterwards..... "Yeah, our Mom did that event once, and we should just embrace neighbors calling our Mom out for that one event, that toher Moms do day afte dayk night after night, and year after year!!!". Each their own, but I'm not embracing Lightning being compared to Vegas because Lightning did LTIR event once -vs- multiple yearly LTIR events done by Vegas. Lightning organization is not cut for same cloth: our players, coaches, front office, and fans deserve better than that.
Go Lightning !!!!!
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