Podcast: How Tampa Bay is handling Lightning's 1st-round sweep

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Podcast: How Tampa Bay is handling Lightning's 1st-round sweep

Tim Benz | Thursday, April 18, 2019 6:35 a.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos (91) skates off as the Columbus Blue Jackets celebrate their 4-3 win during Game 1 of an NHL Eastern Conference first-round hockey playoff series Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

It’s the “Misery Loves Company” podcast!

Think you are bummed about the Penguins? Imagine how depressed they are in Tampa after the Lightning also got swept in four games of a first-round series.

They were the top seed and they tied the NHL wins record. Yet they lost all four games of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals to Columbus.

Pittsburgh native Greg Linnelli covered the Penguins with me at iHeartRadio before moving to Tampa to host “Lightning Power Play Live.” So he can speak to both upsets.

He joins me from Florida to talk about how both cities are handling bitter disappointment.

LISTEN: How Tampa Bay is handling Lightning sweep

Hey, at least Tampa has MVP candidate Austin Meadows, Cy Young candidate Tyler Glasnow and those first-place Rays! We talk about them, too.

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