The best thing about having a team-issued credential to cover the Lightning is that I'm a Lightning fan, and I like to believe that being a credentialed member of the media allows me to be an ambassador on behalf of fellow fans who will never get to experience the game of hockey that way. Through this weekly column, I'll be sharing peeks behind the magical media curtain with you. Today, we're going to talk about scratched and injured hockey players.
What scratched and injured hockey players? I mean they’re here, somewhere in the building, but with a handful of rare and notable exceptions, they aren’t in the press box.