Luke DeCock, Sporting News Yearbooks Leading into the Oct. 1 season openers, Sporting News will preview one NHL team per day, counting backward from our preseason No. 30 ranked team to No. 1. A year ago, the Lightning were spewing enough hot air to melt the ice at the St. Pete Times Forum. With new owners in movie producer Oren Koules and ex-NHL player Len Barrie, a new coach in ESPN analyst Barry Melrose and money flowing like cheap beer, the season opened to tremendous expectati...