Hand it to Daniel Alfresson for stating the obvious in post game interviews last night:

“I think they’re in a bit of a funk right now,” said Alfredsson, who scored after Heatley shot wide. “They don’t really know where they are themselves.”

You just have to go back to his short-handed goal (on an empty net) to ralize how big a funk the Lightning are in. Dave Andreychuk called a team meeting immediately after the game and the Lightning broke NHL rank by not having the locker room open to the media in a timely fashion Friday night… But even a team meeting isn’t goign to snap people out of their daydreaming on the Lightning roster.

They’ve tried roster shakeups, they’ve tried switching lines… One only has to wonder before a trade is made and who will be moving on from Hockeybay… and for what?

I know I brought up Newks’ a couple of months ago — the fact that it was going to be demolished and the fact it would be re-established within the building that was going to replace it…

I thought everyone might want to take a gander at the rendering of what is going to replace the current structure. Lo and behold the Plaza at Channelside:

For those curious, Tampa Bay is 2nd in the league (after 5 home games) in attendance average with 20,752. The Lightning’s game by game attendance breakdown can be found on The Sports Network.