Preview: Introducing the 2009-10 Tampa Bay Lightning!

NHL season previews often sell you an impressive bill of goods before you realize, at the end of the season, you're holding an empty box. Which makes using advertisements and infomercials the appropriate template for Puck Daddy's 2009-10 NHL Season Previews, presented each day throughout September.Last Season's Ad Copy: Fourteenth in the Eastern Conference and fifth in the Southeast Division (24-40-18, 66 points). Hired a television personality as head coach, before firing him 16 games into the season and having him publicly trash management in front of any open mic. Sought to restore the team's integrity behind the bench by hiring an assistant coach most famous for having been suspended for over a year in a gambling scandal -- a fact that didn't make the cut in the team's official announcement. Go figure ...The team's new owners, Len Barrie and Oren Koules, helped craft a losing roster with GM Brian Lawton that sparked widespread fan apathy, before havin...