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The Lead

The Tampa Bay Lightning's Surprising Transformation

The Lead

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3.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning have eliminated the regular season's best team, the Boston Bruins, from the NHL playoffs and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals. And, despite having a hefty amount of star power, the Lightning have been getting a major boost from role players. The Athletic’s Joe Smith explains how some of the team's recent signings have helped transform the perennial underachievers into Stanley Cup contenders and shifted the team's personality along the way.

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0:00.0

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0:06.1

Hello, I'm Hannah.

0:08.1

And I'm Sirete.

0:09.1

And we are the hosts of a Redhanded, a weekly True Crime Podcast.

0:12.8

Every week on Redhanded, we get stuck into the most talked-about cases.

0:16.3

From the Idaho student killings, the Delphi murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch saga.

0:21.7

Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Shorthand, which is just an excuse for us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what we like.

0:29.6

We've covered the death of Princess Diana, an unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's blood,

0:33.9

the gruesome history of European witch hunting, and the very uncomfortable phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction.

0:39.9

Whatever the case, we want to know what pushes people to the extremes of human behavior.

0:44.8

Like, can someone give consent to be cannibalized?

0:47.2

What drives a child to kill?

0:49.5

And what's the psychology of a terrorist?

0:51.4

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0:53.8

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0:57.6

or by subscribing to Wondry Plus in Apple podcasts or the Wondry app.

1:08.2

Last night, the Tampa Bay Lightning knocked the Boston Bruins out of the playoffs.

1:12.3

And on a Lightning Team loaded with stars, role players have been coming up big.

1:17.8

Reaching in his Coleman again, laid it to the back to Shadaker.

1:21.3

Fire, deflection star!

1:24.4

Sector Goosie leads the rush gets over the blue line, breaks through passes and rocks score!

1:29.0

What a goal!

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