Lightning: Looking Forward to the 2021 Seattle Expansion Draft Eugene Helfrick | April 24, 2020 For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft was relatively painless. While the Vegas Golden Knights built a Stanley Cup contender using leverage granted by the NHL, the…
Kucherov Scores in OT to Lift Lightning past Predators 3-2 The Canadian Press | December 3, 2019 NASHVILLE — Nikita Kucherov scored at 2:35 of overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. Victor Hedman and Ondrej Palat also scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 30 shots as the Lightning snap…
Palat Is One Lightning Bright Spot Steve Marowski | November 10, 2019 It’s been a less than ideal start for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2019-20. Many had them pegged as a Stanley Cup favorite, but they’ve been pedestrian at best thus…
Bolts Breakdown: Lightning Have Failed to Respond to Adversity Steve Marowski | November 4, 2019 One month of the 2019-20 NHL season is done, and the Tampa Bay Lightning are currently three points out of a playoff spot. So far this season, they have been…
Lightning: Worst Contracts for the 2019-20 Season Eugene Helfrick | August 17, 2019 As the Tampa Bay Lightning developed a core of highly talented players over the course of the last decade, they consistently found ways to keep these stars around. By signing…
Lightning Trade Block: Ondrej Palat Eugene Helfrick | June 5, 2019 Went ahead and removed the offending link. I keep forgetting they changed to a paywall.
Ondrej Palat: The Lightning’s Forgotten Star Eugene Helfrick | February 4, 2019 Sometimes you just have to admit when you were wrong. And I can say, with full authority, that I was wrong when I wrote an article titled ‘The Lightning Should…
Lightning Should Trade Ondrej Palat Eugene Helfrick | December 2, 2018 Since Ondrej Palat joined the Tampa Bay Lightning as a seventh-round pick in the 2011 NHL draft, he has done nothing but exceed expectations. As one of the last picks…
Lightning Triplets: Can They Rekindle Past Success? Steve Marowski | October 24, 2018 On Oct. 24, 2014, Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper decided to pair Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat on the same line, and they became known as…
Lightning’s Four Best Contracts for 2018-19 Eugene Helfrick | August 30, 2018 Since taking over as general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Steve Yzerman has made it a point to control his available cap space by all means necessary. So, in…
Palat Crucial To Lightning Success The Hockey Writers | May 13, 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…
Maroon to the Lightning, What Dictates the Trade? Eugene Helfrick | February 14, 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…