Eugene Helfrick
Eugene Helfrick is a writer from the Tampa Bay area. He has written about the Lightning for two years at pucksandrecreation.com, formerly alongtheboards.com.
Author's Posts
Lightning: 4 Best Contracts for 2019-20
August 15th, 2019 My brain kinda died on the wrap-up paragraph. Let me know if this works.
Anton Stralman's Legacy With the Lightning
August 3rd, 2019 After the Tampa Bay Lightning's defensive corps melted down in the 2014 NHL Playoffs, then-general manager Steve Yzerman knew that drastic changes had to be made in order to keep the team a playoff contender. These fixes started with a trade for Jason Garrison but came to a head during free agency. During the 2014 free agency blitz,...
Lightning: Is Signing Shattenkirk a Good Idea?
August 2nd, 2019 For the better part of the last decade, the Tampa Bay Lightning have become a landing spot for former New York Rangers players. Whether it was through trade, buyout or free-agency, the Lightning have had no less than three former Rangers on their roster since the start of the 2014-15 season. With the announcement that New York will...
Understanding the Lightning's Muddled AHL Goaltending
July 27th, 2019 Heading into the 2019 offseason, the Tampa Bay Lightning looked to have their NHL goaltending situation figured out. With starting goaltender Andrei Vasilevski coming off a Vezina trophy-winning season and backup Louis Domingue rejuvenating his career, there seemed to be little reason to make a change. Despite this, general manager...
The State of College Hockey in Florida
July 19th, 2019 It may come as a surprise, but the state of Florida has a robust college hockey scene developing under its' sunshine. While some institutions founded hockey teams in the 1990s, it took until the mid-2000s for the sport to find stable footing throughout colleges. Florida now has eight public and private universities with men's...
Lightning: 2019 Top 4 Prospects
July 13th, 2019 First time I've used a tweet in the new Wordpress. It looks right but let me know if it has any issues.
