Lightning Forgotten Ones: Supplemental Pick Cory Cross Jim Bay | August 21, 2023 As the Tampa Bay Lightning started to assemble a roster for their inaugural season in 1992, the NHL provided them and the Ottawa Senators with methods for assembling their NHL…
Lightning Forgotten Ones: First Goaltender Wendell Young Jim Bay | August 14, 2023 Before the Tampa Bay Lightning took the ice for the first time on Oct. 7, 1992, general manager and team president Phil Esposito and his staff had the daunting challenge…
Vancouver Canucks’ Best Trades With the Tampa Bay Lightning Scott Clarke | August 10, 2023 Welcome to the Vancouver Canucks best trades series. In this series, we at The Hockey Writers look back at the Canucks’ trading history with every NHL team and pick what we believe to be…
Careers Cut Short: Alexander Svitov & Stanislav Chistov Dayton Reimer | August 3, 2023 When Ivan Fedotov was detained for allegedly attempting to evade military service after signing an entry-level deal with the Philadelphia Flyers in May 2022, it felt more like a story…
Lightning Forgotten Ones: 1st Draft Pick Roman Hamrlik Jim Bay | July 31, 2023 Just 30 years ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning franchise assembled a team that took the ice for the first time on Oct. 7, 1992, against the defending Campbell Conference champion,…
NHL’s Biggest Trophy Snubs of the Past Decade Rob Couch | May 7, 2023 In light of the upcoming 2023 NHL Awards and the finalists just being announced, we’re going to take a look back over the past decade at players who could and…
Dear Tampa Bay Lightning, Thank You for the Past 30 Years Lydia Szyjka | April 30, 2023 Dear Members of the Tampa Bay Lightning Organization, Although you may not be ready to hear this, I wanted to let everyone in the entire Lightning organization know how much…
Forgotten Lightning Stanley Cup Champions: Cedric Paquette Eugene Helfrick | April 23, 2023 In order to win the Stanley Cup, you need buy-in from every player in your lineup, from top-flight superstars who bring home all the headlines, to bottom-pairing wingers and defensemen…
Lightning’s 3 Best Trade Deadlines as Buyers Eugene Helfrick | March 11, 2023 Over the Tampa Bay Lightning’s near 30-year history, the franchise didn’t consistently enter the trade deadline as buyers until recently. However, when the Lightning have added players for a postseason…
Remember When? The Lightning’s Weird Waiver Claim of 2018-19 Eugene Helfrick | November 18, 2022 Due to the whirlwind experience of an NHL season, it’s easy to forget or completely miss things that happen, especially the smaller details. Everyone knows that Nikita Kucherov won the…
Lightning & Senators at 30: One Has Been More Successful Lydia Szyjka | October 10, 2022 Starting with the San Jose Sharks in 1991, the NHL awarded franchises to seven cities during the 1990s. Among the first, were the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Ottawa Senators,…
Revisiting Lightning’s First Game 30 Years Ago Lydia Szyjka | October 7, 2022 About seven miles east of downtown Tampa sits the 10,000-seat Expo Hall on the grounds of the Florida State Fair. On Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1992, the Tampa Bay Lightning played…
