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Will Bolts' moves be a 'success' or a 'bomb'? Time will tell

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

We had been thinking long and hard about how to begin our discussion of the new Tampa Bay Lightning ownership group long before Barry Melrose and his world-famous mullet were cryogenically unfrozen and formally installed as coach of the Bolts. We thought we'd start with some comments from other NHL general managers, coaches, scouts and observers, but then realized almost all of those comments were actionable, not to mention downright nasty. But Lightning part-owner Oren Koules solved the probl ...

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