With huge apologies to my cousin in Tampa who is also a Lightning season-ticket holder, but imagine my relief at the news this morning on the EPSN widget.
Holmgren finally got rid of Downie for Tampa’s prospect Carle to solve the ongoing blueline problem and then promptly lost to Tampa this evening. With all the temper issues Downie had while he was in juniors plus the dirty hit he did to somebody on the Senators during last season’s playoffs, Philly got the better end of the deal. Maybe Barry Melrose can knock some sense into this kid because Bobby Clarke couldn’t. Otherwise, I think he’ll have a short career.