Lightning Round: Hello adversity our old friend

Photo by Mark LoMoglio/NHLI via Getty ImagesIt wasn’t that long ago that everything was perfectly fine. Well, not perfectly fine, but going pretty well. The Lightning had won a bunch of games, the power play was clicking right along, and a Stanley Cup defense was well on it’s way to being successful. Oh, how things can change in a day.

First off, there was the loss on the ice. An uninspiring, except for Brayden Point, lackadaisical, 5-2 defeat to the Florida Panthers where their neighbors to the south made them look like teams normally do against the Lightning - slow. Honestly, that’s the least troublesome thing that happened. The team was due for a clunker. It’s a long season and there are…