Episode Details

In this episode, Boomer & Tommy react to the Lightning's strong start to the 2026-27 season. They discuss their standout players (Boomer: Erik Cernak & Tommy: Pontus Holmberg), and they talk through their concern level with the team as a whole.

They discuss the Lightning atrocious start to the power play (just 3-for-28 through 8 games), and they also take a look at the seven other teams in the Atlantic Division (Florida Panthers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins).

Plus, this episode features a new segment: Shoot Your Shot. This will be a reoccurring segment where fans can write their opinions into the show & Boomer/Tommy will talk about them in the episode.

The ThunderBucket prompt for this week is this: If the Bolts had to practice on rollerblades down Bayshore, which player will eat pavement first?

LINKS:

Interact With The Show (ThunderBucket/Shoot Your Shot): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_dnwpYC_587To32EmKfk6Ghl4v147QXznhQHgCgrozVDO8A/viewform

Blog/Newsletter: https://boltsbreakdown.substack.com/p/where-do-the-lightning-stand-8-games

Last Week's Episode: https://youtu.be/hhpbj62ZW_Y?si=qrCt9YWAqswtD6tw

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Music: “Energetic Action Sport” by AlexGrohl (Pixabay)

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