Blue Jackets tease Lightning fans with epic Twitter troll

Hockey Central at Noon can’t wait for the start of this series, two teams that have finally gotten over their playoff humps, and match up amazingly against each other.

Steven Stamkos will play tonight.

ColumbusBlueJackets on Twitter

That’s the news that greeted hockey fans as they logged on to Twitter just hours before Game 1 between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Stamkos was expected to miss up to three months of action after undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot, but rumours had been swirling that he could return to the Lightning’s lineup for the Conference Final.

Great news, right? But wait…

#GoBolts on Twitter

Oh.

#GoBolts on Twitter

2009.

Leave it to the Columbus Blue Jackets to fool us all by responding to a tweet from seven years ago.

Given the Blue Jackets’ history of trolling on social media, we should have known better than to trust this one.

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ColumbusBlueJackets on Twitter

ColumbusBlueJackets on Twitter

We have to give credit where credit is due, they got us good this time.

The important lesson here? Always triple check your sources.

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