Posts About "Anthony Cirelli"
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,...
Tampa Bay Lightning Top 4 Prospects 2017
July 12th, 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 a focus on building a strong prospect pool that could support the franchise as cornerstone players were lost due to money, age or trading. While the Lightning may...
Measuring Impact of Erie Otters' Memorial Cup Run
May 29th, 2017 Make no mistake about it. The Erie Otters' 4-3 loss to the Windsor Spitfires in the Mastercard Memorial Cup Final was by far their most crushing defeat of the season. They were among the last two teams out of 60 in the Canadian Hockey League. It was one game against a familiar foe in their building. All the Otters needed to do was...
