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Those who cover the Lightning and the fans that watch games, need a reality check....if you erase expectations, the performance will pick up......

Here's the deal, When this team drops two or three in a row, the pressure starts building, fans the media start saying Hey, they've got Vinny, Marty and Brad...well SO WHAT...they can dominate a game, dominate a stretch of games, but without help they can't dominate a seson. Lecavalier and St. Louis had huge years last year and the Bolts were still the 8th seed in the playoffs....so erase expectations, diminish the pressure on the lower tier players, on a young blue line and a 21 year old goalie...if this team isn't expected to win the division, the pressure is off and they probably go out and win the division,

C'mon this is a team that finished 10 games or so over 500 the last two years, thats simply not a team that is going to dominate, but it can push for a playoff spot

In fact, I think players are pushing too hard....at times they are thinking out there, when they should be reacting.

All the talk about turning it around, stepping up, getting the right mind set, that just reinforces a negative, thats a team trying to explain what they're not doing....don't think about what the fans and the media feel they should be doing.

Erase expectations, and peformance will increase, its that simple.