Posts About "Victor Hedman"
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...
Best Defenders in Lightning History
April 12th, 2018 Throughout the course of their 25 years in the NHL, the Tampa Bay Lightning have never been a defensive first team. However, even with this distinction, they still have had their fair share of franchise defensemen over the last quarter century. With the end of the 2017-18 season marking the Bolts' 25th year as an NHL franchise, it's...
McDonagh's Not the Jolt the Lightning Need
February 9th, 2018 In their recent letter to fans, the New York Rangers discussed how they are ready to start the rebuilding process at this trade deadline. With this declaration, recent trade rumors linking the Tampa Bay Lightning to Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh suddenly seem more...
