The Panthers should be ashamed of themselves for taking a Barry Melrose quote completely out of context in the promotion of tonight's game and distorting the meaning of what he said.

In the run-up to Wednesday's game the BankAtlantic scoreboard showed Melrose saying what seemed to be like the Lightning would take the night off and beat the Panthers. The trouble was the quote was from more than a month ago and Melrose was talking about making the St. Pete Times Forum such a tough place to play that Lightning OPPONENTS would say to themselves they will take the night off in Tampa and then go to Sunrise and beat the Panthers.

I know in the bigger picture this is just harmless stuff, right? Just a hockey game. What's a little fun?  But this wasn't a wink-wink, nudge-nudge, tongue-in-cheek thing. This was a real attempt to make Melrose sound like he was spitting on the Panthers. Using creative editing to do that is wrong, in any situation.