Lightning Mid-Season Report Cards: Defensemen Jack Pallotta | January 7, 2025 Despite the Lightning being a few games behind the rest of the NHL, the middle of the 2024-25 season has quickly come upon us. With that said, it’s time to…
Lightning Must Start Controlling Their Zone Exits With Possession More Often Jack Pallotta | November 11, 2024 After determining hockey analytics have shortcomings, microstats are an excellent tool to bridge the gap between the eye test and advanced statistics. In the last article, I looked at the…
3 More Lightning Questions for the 2024-25 Season Jim Bay | August 19, 2024 In doing the deep dive in the first three questions article for the Tampa Bay Lightning, some other questions popped up regarding what the newly revamped team will look like…
Revisiting 4 Key New York Rangers Traded During Rebuild Lucas Standel | August 9, 2024 In my last piece, we went over the New York Rangers’ rebuild and what did and didn’t work and how it led to where the team is today. During the…
New York Rangers’ Rebuild: What Did & Didn’t Work? Lucas Standel | August 6, 2024 While the New York Rangers have been one of the top teams in the NHL for the past few seasons, it was not long ago when they were the complete…
Lightning Happy to Have Shutdown Defenseman Ryan McDonagh Back Jack Pallotta | August 5, 2024 General manager Julien BriseBois made improving his blue line a priority this summer. The Tampa Bay Lightning could not keep the puck out of their net last season, and the…
Lightning Captain & Alternate Captain Candidates for 2024-25 Harrison Smajovits | July 29, 2024 With the departure of Steven Stamkos, the Tampa Bay Lightning will have to name a new captain for the first time in over a decade. For reference, the last time…
Jacob Trouba Would Be Rangers’ Third Straight Captain to Be Traded Lucas Standel | July 12, 2024 The New York Rangers and General Manager Chris Drury wanted to be bold this offseason and make moves that would shake up the roster enough to win the Stanley Cup…
How the Lightning Can Best Use Their Cap Space Harrison Smajovits | June 12, 2024 If any team is rejoicing over the recent news of an increased salary cap, it’s the Tampa Bay Lightning. Their championship run was handcuffed by a frozen salary cap during…
Lightning GM Confident Team Has Another Stanley Cup in Them Nick Haydon | June 8, 2024 The Tampa Bay Lightning franchise and its fans have become accustomed to success. For seven straight seasons, the team has qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. During that span, the…
Should the Lightning Trade Anthony Cirelli? Harrison Smajovits | June 3, 2024 The Tampa Bay Lightning have some big decisions to make this offseason. They re-acquired defenseman Ryan McDonagh at the end of May, are hoping to re-sign their franchise player, Steven…
NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Predators, Lightning, Kings, Canucks Jim Parsons | May 22, 2024 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Los Angeles Kings are hiring Jim Hiller to be their full-time head coach. Meanwhile, there has been no trade talk yet involving Mitch Marner…