Posts About "Dan Girardi"
Rangers Top 5 Defensive Pairs Since Cup Run
March 27th, 2018 Teams must have a strong defense to compete for championships. Suppressing shots is extremely important as it will limit your goalie’s workload immensely. Having the puck is one way to limit shots against. Chemistry among players, especially defensemen is more than just partnering your two best defenders together. Knowing your...
Hedman's Injury Stifling Lightning
January 14th, 2018 A major part of why the Tampa Bay Lightning have played so well this season is their continuously improving defense. Heading into the 2017-18 season, the Lightning appeared to have a very average defensive corps, sans Norris Trophy candidate Victor Hedman and defensive stalwart Anton Stralman. While the Lightning could easily lean on...
Yzerman's Offseason Moves Paying Off for Lightning
December 14th, 2017 Steve Yzerman is widely regarded as one of the top general managers in the NHL. The Lightning's GM had serious business to take care of this summer, such as signing restricted free agents Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat. In addition, Yzerman needed to bring in players to improve his team, which fell short of a playoff spot in...
What Are the Lightning's Expectations?
September 21st, 2017 At the start of each season, there is a belief that every team has a chance to win the Stanley Cup. It is impossible to predict what can happen over the course of a year, so a team projected to win it all can struggle, where a team filled with upstart rookies and journeymen veterans can make a deep playoff run. For the Tampa Bay...
How Dan Girardi Improves the Lightning
July 31st, 2017 When Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman announced defenseman Dan Girardi's two-year, $6 million deal on July 1, some people questioned the deal. The Lightning were just more than a couple of weeks removed from trading Jonathan Drouin to the Montreal Canadiens for one of the top blue line prospects in the game, Mikhail...
Lightning Create More Defensive Questions
July 6th, 2017 Heading into the 2016-17 season, it looked like the Tampa Bay Lightning had assembled the best stable of defensemen for the franchise in the last decade. The team that had struggled defensively for years had a mixture of youth, veteran experience, and high-end talent highlighted by a blooming Victor Hedman who was signed to a long-term...
