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Few easy answers as Drouin drama escalates

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is at Amalie Arena this week.

Then there’s that other circus, the one north of the border at the moment, the one where Jonathan Drouin wants to be shot out of a cannon and land anywhere but with the Lightning.

When your team is closing in on more sagas than wins, you know it’s a bad season.

The Drouin mini-drama, not to be confused with the Steven Stamkos maxi-drama (OK, go ahead and confuse it) is playing out as the Lightning stumble along. They’re showing no signs of being any good, and neither is young Drouin, recently consigned to the minors, which prompted his agent to go public with the news that little Jo had asked for a trade out of Tampa Bay a while back.