Lightning Defense Pair Predictions for 2022-23 Jim Bay | August 23, 2022 With training camp a month away, the Tampa Bay Lightning will have a few decisions concerning their lineup for the 2022-23 season. Trades and free agency have altered their team…
Lightning Found Important Cap Savings With Bellemare Eugene Helfrick | August 21, 2022 At the start of the 2021 Free Agency period, Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois made a number of moves to bring in low-cost depth to his roster. Two…
Lightning Are Holding Their Own With Brady and the Buccaneers Lydia Szyjka | August 20, 2022 Many cities in the U.S. have both NHL and NFL teams. However, none have Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady — the GOAT, widely considered the best quarterback ever. When…
Lightning Have Tough Opening Stretch to Start Season Lydia Szyjka | August 18, 2022 There are 82 regular season games in the NHL, so you can’t expect a team to win every matchup. Teams can start off poorly and rebound to make a surprise…
Lightning Have Internal Alex Killorn Replacement if They Trade Him Lydia Szyjka | August 13, 2022 Rumors are just rumors until they become facts. After the Tampa Bay Lightning’s colossal collapse to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs,…
Lightning Giving Fleury New Chance for NHL Success Eugene Helfrick | August 11, 2022 Oftentimes, where a player is selected in the NHL Draft will dictate how the hockey world views their career. For Haydn Fleury, he started near the top, as he was…
Lightning Need to Avoid Blackhawks’ Downward Spiral Jim Bay | August 10, 2022 On June 15, 2015, the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 to win their third Stanley Cup Championship in six years. Since then, the teams have had two…
Lightning & Penguins on Different Paths Since Consecutive Cups Lydia Szyjka | August 10, 2022 On June 11, 2017, the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Nashville Predators 4-2 to win back-to-back Stanley Cups. The roster was filled with future Hall of Famers, such as Sidney Crosby,…
Lightning’s 4 Worst Contracts for the 2022-23 Season Eugene Helfrick | August 5, 2022 When you look through the Tampa Bay Lightning’s contract list heading into the 2022-23 season, it can be difficult to find an objectively bad deal that is acting as an…
Lightning Will Need Different Defensemen to Step up This Season Lydia Szyjka | August 4, 2022 Tampa Bay Lightning defensemen Victor Hedman, Mikhail Sergachev, and Erik Cernak have all won back-to-back Stanley Cups. You can add new Lightning defenseman Ian Cole to that rare list, as…
Lightning’s Stamkos, Kucherov to Face Toughest Challenge Yet in 2022-23 Jim Bay | August 3, 2022 The Tampa Bay Lightning have had to part with many key players over the last few years. Due to cap issues, they have had to replace Yanni Gourde, Barclay Goodrow,…
Lightning’s 4 Best Contracts for the 2022-23 Season Eugene Helfrick | August 3, 2022 As a team perennially pressed against the cap ceiling, the Tampa Bay Lightning have developed a reputation as a team that can get creative in order to retain their most…