Posts About "Anthony Cirelli"
3 Superbly Underrated Lightning Players
January 24th, 2019 If you look at the Tampa Bay Lightning roster, the first thing you will notice is star power. As a team, the Lightning live and die by its top players, with All-Stars like Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman and Andrei Vasilevskiy forming one of the more intimidating lineups in the NHL. With this in mind, the...
Lightning Rookies Making an Immediate Impact
January 5th, 2019 A major focus of former Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman was to keep a constant flow of young, high-talent players available in the AHL so they could compete for NHL playing time at any point in the year. If a player showed that they were NHL ready, they would earn a coveted roster spot, even if that meant sending a...
Lightning Weekly Flash: Stamkos, Vasilevskiy & Cirelli
December 17th, 2018 Two and a half months into the 2018-19 season, the Tampa Bay Lightning look eerily similar to last season's team, standings-wise. It took them one more game, but they eclipsed the 50-point mark following Thursday night's win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. With eight straight wins, they are one shy of the franchise record of...
Lightning Impressed With Cirelli
May 10th, 2018 When the Tampa Bay Lightning found themselves struggling a bit with late-season injuries, general manager Steve Yzerman made the unorthodox decision to bring up a guy in his first professional season. The stint was expected to be short so nobody thought much of it. Despite the initial thoughts, Anthony Cirelli burst onto the scene...
Lightning's Outstanding 2015 Draft
March 26th, 2018 For many Tampa Bay Lightning fans, the 2015 entry level draft will be forever etched into their memory because it occurred just a few short weeks after the Lightning's lengthy run to the 2015 Stanley Cup Final. Besides general manager Steve Yzerman's decision to trade his first-round pick to the New York Islanders for a second and a...
Lightning Top 4 Prospects 2018
March 7th, 2018 After making a major futures trade for Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller at the 2018 trade deadline, the Tampa Bay Lightning's prospects pool has experienced one of its biggest shake-ups in recent memory. While Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman tends to hold futures close to his heart, this year he traded two top prospects,...
