Lightning Weekly: What's going on?

[Cross-Posted at Bolts Blog by RJ]What’s going on? The new look Lightning look eerily similar to last season’s worst team in the NHL. With one week in the books, the Bolts are languishing in last place in the Southeast with a record of 0-2-3. Is it a matter of personnel, system, player familiarity or what?First we should look at personnel. The Lightning went into the offseason with gaping holes in defense and a huge need for second line scoring. At the onset of free agency the Blots we very active, acquiring the likes of Roberts, Malone and Recchi. With the drafting of Center Steven Stamkos, the second line scoring, as well as some grit seemed to have been addressed. The Bolts also added top tier defenseman Andrej Meszaros and goalie Olaf Kolzig to the stable. Problem is, that as the Bolts were busy adding new faces to the roster, they began mak-ing some questionable moves. One that has come under the greatest scrutiny is the trade of Dan Boyle to San Jose. This was what I ...