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Look!  Up in the sky!  What's that?  Is it Superman?  No!  Is it the Flash in a new color scheme?  No!  Why, it's the new Tampa Bay Lightning logo...yikes.

Members of the Tampa Bay Lightning organization recently revealed their new logo that will take over as the primary logo to be worn on the front of Lightning players' sweaters when the 2011-2012 season begins this October.  Although the Lightning will finish the current season wearing their current logo, the logo representing the future for the organization will immediately be seared into the culture in and around the Tampa area.  Fans attending the Lightning game on Friday, February 4th will be treated to a complimentary t-shirt featuring the franchise's redesigned logo.

The new logo symbolizes the new direction in which the Tampa Bay organization is moving after a new ownership group led by Jeff Vinik bought the team last year.  The new ownership team is hoping the new logo will be emblematic of the group's long-term vision which consists of making the Lightning known as a "world-class organization that wins at the highest level and unifies Tampa Bay through the power of Lightning hockey and other legendary events."

The team certainly has the pieces to make their team successful for the next half-decade or so.  Veterans Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis are having a great season with other star players like Steven Stamkos and Pittsburgh native Ryan Malone.  The Lightning are in a groove right now that includes a 6-game win streak and has sprung the Lightning to first place in the Southeast division and what would be the second seed in the East if the playoffs began today.  The Lightning have a solid nucleus for long-term success and if new general manager, Steve Yzerman, can continually give these stars a talented supporting cast, Tampa Bay will win in the NHL for years and years to come.

The new logo itself has a superhero logo-like quality to it that makes it look a bit juvenile.  The simplicity of the logo is nice but it does look like the flash decided to switch it up from red and yellow to blue and white instead.  Maybe it will give all of the Lightning players a speed boost. MARVEL Comics should have a chat with Vinik about joining their art staff.  


written by Mac Attack
edited by Fantasy Guru 37