from Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times,
Coach Jon Cooper believed this eight-game road trip would be a telling, "show-us-what-we're-made-of" moment in the Lightning's season.
And the fact Tampa Bay has won five of the first seven, while missing Victor Hedman and Ondrej Palat for a good chunk of it, has to be encouraging.
But judging by the sound of Cooper laying into his team after Saturday's 4-2 win in Vancouver, Tampa Bay (36-13-3) still has a long way to go.
"I don't think we're playing our best hockey, I'll be honest," Cooper said.
"Not good enough," Hedman said.
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