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2007 kuenda kuTampa Bay Lightning nokuda kwomurindi wepagedhi Gerald Coleman uye wokutanga-kutenderera wokusarudza muna 2007. Akanga azvisimbisa somurwi mukati momwaka wake wokutanga. Panguva yokuchinjaniswa kwake, akanga ari wechishanu mumutambo mukurwisana ne12. Kuita shanduko kuTampa Bay, zvisinei, basa rake semunhu anomanikidza rakaderedzwa sezvo kirabhu yaive isinganyanyi kurwisana kupfuura maDucks. Akaita NHL yake playoff kutanga neRightning musi waApril 12, achisangana neNew Jersey Devils mumutambo wokutanga.