Drama. Turmoil. Fractured relationships. These words and phrases pop into everyone’s minds when they think of the Tampa Bay Barracuda. There hasn’t been a lot going on in the Tampa Bay sports world this season, so the locker room drama of the city’s beloved Barracuda has been the top story of the season. The flame was ignited just before the season started. The team’s young star defenseman requested a trade. When asked why he wanted a change of scenery his response was, “I don’t like teal and I hate my D partner”. The story unraveled further when Zoltan Topalo stole the tape job of Michael Fitted. When Fitted got a glimpse of Zoltan’s stick and saw that he used his patented clear-tape-on-the-blade technique without paying a fee for using it, he sued his ass hard. They missed a week of practice while settling everything in court. It was ugly. Will they be able to turn things around like at the end of the 2nd Mighty Ducks movie, and embrace their differences? We’ll see.

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