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Eugene Helfrick

Eugene Helfrick is a Tampa Bay Lightning writer who is actually from Tampa Bay. He has written about the Lightning for six years, covering everything from their run to the 2015 Stanley Cup Final, to their crushing first-round exit in 2019, to their redemption in the bubble in 2020. While he is happy to talk about just about anything from cows to cars to video games, hockey will always remain one of his favorite pastimes.

Budaj’s a Necessity for the Lightning

Eugene Helfrick | October 17, 2017

Backup goaltending is an important and often overlooked aspect of a team’s dynamic. When a team has a reliable backup, it allows them to spread the workload out just enough…

Categories Lightning Goaltending, Tampa Bay Lightning

Mikhail Sergachev’s (Hopefully) Ready for Primetime

Eugene Helfrick | October 4, 2017

With the new season fast approaching, an important and exciting roster question was answered by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Mikhail Sergachev, the team’s biggest offseason acquisition, has made the Lightning’s…

Categories Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning Prospect Pool Gems

Eugene Helfrick | September 30, 2017

While preseason hockey is often maligned, it does present a rare opportunity for teams to evaluate everyone at once. From franchise centermen to new draft picks, ice time is plentiful…

Categories Lightning Prospects, Tampa Bay Lightning

What Are the Lightning’s Expectations?

Eugene Helfrick | September 21, 2017

At the start of each season, there is a belief that every team has a chance to win the Stanley Cup. It is impossible to predict what can happen over…

Categories Tampa Bay Lightning

Long Path Taken For Vasilevskiy’s Future

Eugene Helfrick | August 23, 2017

In early 2013, there was a joke running around Tampa Bay Lightning fans that they should be sleeping with a framed picture of Andrei Vasilevskiy over their beds so they…

Categories Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning Have a Depth Problem

Eugene Helfrick | August 4, 2017

Depth is an important aspect of any team. While there are a few kinds of depth player, the types that have the biggest effect on a team are game time…

Categories Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning Top 4 Prospects 2017

Eugene Helfrick | July 12, 2017

When Steve Yzerman took over the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2010, the organization had one of the weakest prospect pools in the NHL. Since then Yzerman and company have placed…

Categories Lightning Prospects, NHL Prospects

Lightning Create More Defensive Questions

Eugene Helfrick | July 6, 2017

Heading into the 2016-17 season, it looked like the Tampa Bay Lightning had assembled the best stable of defensemen for the franchise in the last decade. The team that had…

Categories Lightning Transactions, Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning Struggle with 1st Round Picks

Eugene Helfrick | June 22, 2017

There’s no such thing as a sure pick at the NHL draft. No matter the caliber of the prospect, anything can happen from draft night throughout the player’s career. Injury…

Categories NHL Entry Draft, Tampa Bay Lightning

Yzerman Has Defining Decisions to Make

Eugene Helfrick | June 7, 2017

At the start of the 2016-17 season, it looked like the Tampa Bay Lightning would be in a bad spot heading into the 2017 offseason. Between a number of high…

Categories Lightning Management, Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Is Ready to Shine for 2018 All-Star Game

Eugene Helfrick | June 2, 2017

The return of the NHL All-Star Game to Tampa Bay has been a long time coming. When Tampa last hosted the All-Star game back in 1999, the sport was still in its…

Categories Tampa Bay Lightning
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