With Canucks Faltering, Lightning Could Go Bargain Hunting Eugene Helfrick | December 29, 2022 Despite being firmly pressed against the cap year in and year out, Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois still finds ways to improve his team at the trade deadline.…
Blackhawks’ 2022-23 Trade Targets: Tampa Bay Lightning Michael DeRosa | December 10, 2022 With the Chicago Blackhawks being in a full-on rebuild, they are in a position to acquire young players who could use a change of scenery. As a result, one team…
Lightning Lines In Search of Right Chemistry to Start the Season Lydia Szyjka | October 16, 2022 The Tampa Bay Lightning knew they would have a tough road trip to start the season. With the offseason losses of Ondřej Palát and Ryan McDonagh, head coach Jon Cooper…
Lightning’s Cal Foote Ready to Be a Top-Pair Defenseman Jim Bay | October 7, 2022 Hockey is hard enough when expectations are placed on you to excel as a high draft pick. Throw in the fact that your dad was a talented hockey player as…
3 Lightning Defensemen Who Need to Step Up in 2022-23 Jim Bay | July 19, 2022 The Tampa Bay Lightning will look a little different in the 2022-23 season. The salary cap has forced general manager Julien BriseBois to change the roster to stay under $82.5…
Lightning’s 3 Biggest Needs to Address This Offseason Connor Ziparo | June 28, 2022 Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final marked a changing of the guard in the NHL. While the Colorado Avalanche had the franchise-altering win, hoisting the Cup for the first…
THW Ultimate Mock Expansion Draft: Lightning Lose Foote Andrew Mulville | July 18, 2021 Ahead of the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft, some of The Hockey Writers’ finest put together a mock draft of our own. In an effort to keep the draft realistic, we…
Tampa Bay Lightning Prospect Profile: Cal Foote Nathan Moser | December 31, 2020 With as deep of a roster as the Tampa Bay Lightning have had for at least the past few years, their prospect pool is also pretty stacked with talent as…
Lightning’s Defensive Depth is One of Extremes Eugene Helfrick | November 25, 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…
Tampa Bay Lightning “Untouchable” Prospects Eugene Helfrick | November 4, 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…
Top 4 Lightning Prospects for 2020-21 Eugene Helfrick | October 27, 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…
Lightning Roundtable: 2020 Draft Targets, Prospects & More Mathieu Sheridan | June 3, 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…