Kukla’s Korner pointed me to this. From Lightning Strikes:

The Tampa Bay Lightning placed Jussi Jokinen on waivers at noon Friday. We will know whether he clears or is picked up by another team at noon Saturday. Jokinen has six goals but zero in his past 15 games.

I mentioned last night in my Sundin post that the Lightning aren’t team building, they are going to sign or trade for every single NHL player, then waive them. And lo and behold, they do it again. There should be a blog just keeping up with the evolving roster and staff of the Lightning.

And this is a dumb question, one that points out the obvious, but still: How is a fan base supposed to get behind a team like this? It’s one thing to build for the future, but when you have no path, no one is going to follow. You can make the jerseys, sign the guys, even lose games left and right. But if you have no respect for the franchise, neither will the fans.