After a hot start in January, finishing the first month of the 2020-21 season 4-1-1 and tied for fourth place in the Central Division with nine points, the Tampa Bay …
Read moreTampa Bay Lightning 3 Stars of the Month – February 2021
Whenever a franchise wins the Stanley Cup in the salary cap era, you know that change will soon follow. It’s hard enough to keep great teams together, but with the …
Read morePredicting the Lightning’s 2020-21 Bottom Six Forwards
While the holiday season may be in full swing, it doesn’t feel like a typical December for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Normally by this time of the year, the NHL …
They’re fast, they’re physical, they’re hard-working and they’re clutch. They set the tone in almost every game and every period in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. And they were arguably …
Read moreLightning’s 3rd Line Key to a Successful 2020-21 Season
It’s kind of a puzzle, but, while Jonathan Drouin has undeniably disappointed in a Montreal Canadiens uniform, he hasn’t quite been a disappointment. Having been a disappointment implies no chance …
Only days removed from being crowned 2019-20 Stanley Cup champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning have no shortage of work to do in a very short period of time. As the …
Read moreCap Crunch: Predicting The 2020-21 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster
The first game of the Stanley Cup Final between the West third-seeded Dallas Stars and the East second-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning went to the Stars. When the NHL announced their …
The QMJHL has always been known as a scorer’s league, and some of their alumni are bringing those skills to the biggest stages in Edmonton and Toronto. Nathan MacKinnon is …
The Tampa Bay Lightning have high-end offense. Everyone knows that. The Columbus Blue Jackets have a stout defense. Everyone knows that too. It’s the unstoppable force (Lightning offense) against the …
Read moreLightning Giving Blue Jackets Dose of Own Defensive Medicine
When Yanni Gourde made his NHL debut back in the 2015-16 season, he looked like the quintessential Tampa Bay Lightning forward. As an undersized, undrafted free-agent with incredible scoring potential, …
Weaponizing cap space is not a luxury many teams have. But it’s something the New Jersey Devils have done to a great extent over the last few seasons. Whether it …
Read moreDevils’ Trading Partners: The Lightning Have What They Need
Heading into the 2019-20 season, the Tampa Bay Lightning saw a fair amount of roster overhaul that reshaped the team that won 62 games in 2018-19. While star forwards like …
Read moreLightning: When Will the Fourth Line Find Stability?
