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John Romano

John Romano: Behind closed doors, the Lightning aren’t afraid to talk about hard truths

NEW YORK — The voice isn’t always important. And the tone isn’t always angry.

By now, the Lightning have won enough, lost enough and evolved enough that players do not need some Knute Rockne version of a pregame speech to send them screaming into the night.

Sometimes they need just reminders. Of who they are, where they’ve been and what they are trying to accomplish. Sometimes they need someone just like Corey Perry.

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