Posts About "Cal Foote"
Lightning's Defensive Depth is One of Extremes
November 25th, 2020 As the Tampa Bay Lightning know all too well, there are few certainties in the world of hockey. You can step on the ice with one of the best teams in league history and lose, or win it all with a group that finished second place in their division. Normally this uncertainty stays on the ice, but due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, it has...
Tampa Bay Lightning "Untouchable" Prospects
November 4th, 2020 When you are competing for a Stanley Cup, there is very little that you won't give up in order to reach that ultimate goal. Draft picks and top-end prospects become bargaining chips as you look to add more talent to make a deep playoff run. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, years of competing for the Stanley Cup has taken its' toll on the...
Top 4 Lightning Prospects for 2020-21
October 27th, 2020 While the Tampa Bay Lightning may have won the 2020 Stanley Cup, assembling a roster capable of this feat was no easy task. Of course, most players came from within through the draft or were lured to the franchise in free agency, but Tampa Bay still made some major deals on the trade market, giving up important future assets to bring...
Lightning Roundtable: 2020 Draft Targets, Prospects & More
June 3rd, 2020 Welcome to the first-ever Tampa Bay Lightning roundtable discussion. In this post, our team of Lightning contributors consisting of Eugene Helfrick and myself were joined by Chris Haddad and our prospect expert Josh Bell. We talked about the upcoming NHL draft and who the Lightning should target with their picks, what their...
6 Lightning Prospects Who Could Make the Roster in 2020-21
May 23rd, 2020 There is no doubt that the Tampa Bay Lightning have one of the best teams on paper in the National Hockey League. With star players such as Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman, they are certainly not hurting in terms of talent. What is even more impressive is the fact that they have a deep prospect pool to work with as...
Lightning Prospects With High Impact Potential
February 12th, 2020 The Tampa Bay Lightning have a team with few holes in the roster. They appear playoff ready and their early exit from the postseason last year may be the motivation it takes to step up their game to make an extended run towards the Stanley Cup this year. Related: Tampa Bay Lightning Top 4 Prospects In the salary-cap era, it is...
Evaluating the Lightning's Prospects Approaching the Deadline
February 9th, 2020 As the Tampa Bay Lightning approach the 2020 trade deadline, they find themselves not only in a playoff position but fighting for first place in the Atlantic Division for the third straight season. Due to this, it likely means that general manager Julien BriseBois will be looking to add this year, even if it is only a small amount of...
Lightning: Checking in on the Struggling Crunch
January 23rd, 2020 Perhaps one of the most impressive aspects of the Tampa Bay Lightning as an organization has been the success of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch. As the Lightning were fighting for the Stanley Cup while trying to stay under the cap, the Crunch just kept pumping out young, NHL-caliber players who could fill in...
Lightning: Schenn Is Not an Answer on the Blue Line
December 13th, 2019 One quirk of the NHL salary cap era is that it's impossible to have the perfect player at every position. Simply due to the rising cost of star players, building a playoff-caliber NHL roster requires a few low-cost options to fill out a 23-man roster. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the cap crunch is being felt strongly as a core of...
Lightning: 2019 Top 4 Prospects
July 13th, 2019 First time I've used a tweet in the new Wordpress. It looks right but let me know if it has any issues.
The Lightning's Great Defenseman Exodus of 2019
September 15th, 2018 Just like in the rest of life, timing is everything for an NHL general manager. A perfectly crafted roster that took years to assemble can be torn apart in one offseason should a number of key players hit free-agency at the same time. In the cap-crunch world that is the NHL, money is always limited for re-signing these players. This...
Top 4 Lightning Prospects for 2018-19
August 11th, 2018 Sometimes it can be difficult to define when a young player is no longer considered a prospect. This is the current situation for Anthony Cirelli of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who is, by all accounts, still a prospect for the team. However, after an impressive debut with the franchise and extended playing time in the 2018 playoffs, Cirelli...
Tri-City, Kelowna Series Features Future NHLers
March 28th, 2018 There’s no shortage of star power and firepower on display in the Western Hockey League’s first-round playoff matchup between the Tri-City Americans and Kelowna Rockets. On paper, in comparing the rosters, this is a series fitting of a conference final, and both these teams could be considered Memorial Cup contenders. Tri-City...
