Posts About "Victor Hedman"
Lightning's Quest For the Cup Begins Today
October 6th, 2018 It's almost that time. Jerseys are pressed and hung in lockers with care, for the Tampa Bay Lightning will soon be there. Rookies eyes are dancing here and there. A debut awaits them, with a team looking to start out on a tear. Ok, enough with the rhymes. The Lightning are seriously ready to put May's disappointment in the past and...
Lightning's Four Best Contracts for 2018-19
August 30th, 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 a world where the bridge deal is slowly dying off, Yzerman has worked the system to keep his best players under reasonable contracts before signing them to long-term...
8 Best Defence Pairings in the NHL: 2017-18 Edition
July 28th, 2018 Every team craves a rock-solid defensive pairing that can do it all. Keeping scoring chances away from your net is usually the goal for top pairings, but being able to contribute offence as well is a completely different skill. There aren't many defencemen who are talented at both, never mind one or the other. Related: 8 Best Lines...
3 Lightning Pivotal To Game 7 Success
May 23rd, 2018 When the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs began, the Tampa Bay Lightning were getting contributions from pretty much everyone. Whether it be the Brayden Point line against the Boston Bruins, or the two big guns to close out the New Jersey Devils in Round 1, there wasn't anything going wrong. In the Eastern Conference Final, however, that...
The 2018 THW Year-End Awards
May 20th, 2018 Welcome to the seventh annual installment of our Year-End Awards here at The Hockey Writers. At the conclusion of every National Hockey League regular season, we ask all active writers to submit their picks for the following categories. Voting was conducted by e-mail between April 9 and May 10, while voters were instructed to provide...
Hedman Vital to Bolts Success
May 2nd, 2018 With the Tampa Bay Lightning now seven games into the postseason, it is clear that the team is experiencing an odd scoring anomaly. Despite being the fifth-highest scoring team in the playoffs, their Norris Trophy candidate defenseman Victor Hedman has only registered two points. Under normal circumstances, two assists might be...
