Upon a little further research on William Houston’s article in the Globe And Mail with regards to a quote that was made by a “Tampa Radio Host” (Steve Demuig, it turns out. No shock there)…

It turns out the quote itself was pieced together and CHANGED by Houston to encompass ALL of Canada when Demuig’s comment was pointed towards one group alone, the Toronto Maple Leafs. This remark came after the Lightning beat the Leafs in Tampa, in reference to all the Maple Leaf fans that show up at the St. Pete Times Forum.

Agreeing with the remark or not, Houston has put a bullseye on Tampa not just from at good contingent of Canada. A fabricated statement which erases any credibility that Mr. Houston had.

Amid the first loss in weeks by the Bolts, while the NHL pundits are still oohing and ahhing over the Lightning and while the St. Pete Times can at least find time to get quotes from Gordie Howe and Chico Resch with regards to if the Lightning have what it takes to make a run for the cup, the Tampa Tribune found itself lost in a sea of NCAA coverage and…

…can’t post a single article or news brief about the Lightning in Monday’s edition of the Trib.

The Tribune can whine about not wanting to cover a team that plays in an arena that is named for it’s competitor. It can (and will) tell you that the Tribune needs to focus on what the readers want… But the Tribune also has a sick habit of finding preference for out-of-town news items for out-of-town sport teams.

None of them hockey teams. The Tribune continues to be run as a Good ole’ Boy” southern newspaper and an example of why the NHL has trouble existing in the south: lack of coverage and presumed lack of interest.

The Globe and Mail quotes a Tampa Radio host (name withheld by them) as saying the following:

“All we can hope for is Tampa Bay winning the Stanley Cup, the league shutting down next year,” a radio host in Tampa said this week, “and Canadians going to hell.”

I’m deeply interested in finding out who’s guilty of this remark or what the truth is behind it (the source)…