Lightning Round: In Vino Veritas

Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports Hi guys. It seems my fellow Tampa Bay Lightning fans are nursing hangovers this morning, so I am here to get the conversation started.

There was mixed reaction to our Nikita Kucherov’s Miller Light-fueled moment of truth from his post-win presser, with some people clutching their pearls and pointing out how non-Canadian it all is to speak more than just bland hockey phrases, and others chuckling and taking it for what it was — Kucherov’s excellent heel turn.

In the words of Jeff Marek from the 31 Thoughts podcast, “The game needs villains.” His point was clear, that even if you hated Kucherov’s words, you should embrace the hate — it inspires rivalry between…