Posts About "Ondrej Palat"
Palat Crucial To Lightning Success
May 13th, 2018 When general manager Steve Yzerman gambled by selecting a young Czech winger 208th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft, nobody batted an eye. There wasn't any second guessing by other teams because few late round picks turn into difference-makers for their team. Ondrej Palat is an exception. One that the Tampa Bay Lightning are glad they...
Maroon to the Lightning, What Dictates the Trade?
February 14th, 2018 With all the talk about the Tampa Bay Lightning shopping for defense at the NHL trade deadline, rumors are popping up that general manager Steve Yzerman is inquiring about forwards as well. While the Lightning have received consistent scoring throughout the lineup, it is not surprising that Yzerman is evaluating every option to...
Tampa Bay Lightning's New Secret Weapon
January 12th, 2018 Once upon a time, a small, undrafted player signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning and went on to play in the NHL. Sound familiar? It's happened a few times with the Lightning organization. See: Tyler Johnson, Cory Conacher, Jonathan Marchessault, and some guy named Martin St. Louis. Yanni Gourde is another one of those diamonds in the...
The Breakthrough Year of Nikita Kucherov
November 27th, 2017 As an up and coming player in Russia, Nikita Kucherov was given the nickname - The Russian Rifle. One of my colleagues, Christopher Ralph, summarized the potential Kucherov possessed five years ago prior to the 2011 NHL draft when the Tampa Bay Lightning drafted him in the second round. Even then as a skinny 18 year-old kid, Kucherov...
Point Shines as Lightning Open Season
October 7th, 2017 The Tampa Bay Lightning began their 25th season with a 5-3 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night at Amalie Arena. The Lightning were determined to get off on the right foot this season after falling one point shy of a playoff berth in 2016-17. The Florida rivals met three consecutive times during the preseason with the Panthers...
What is Lightning's Yzerman to Do?
January 30th, 2017 As the NHL All-Star break draws to a close and teams return to regular season play, there's perhaps no one with more to prove than the Tampa Bay Lightning. Picked by many national publications as an odds-on favorite to win the Stanley Cup, they are six points behind the Philadelphia Flyers for the final wild card spot in the Eastern...
