5 Eastern Conference 1st Round Picks Who Must Show They Can Stick in the NHL in 2026-27 Owen H. · Sep 5, 2026 · 6 min read
Lightning’s Cole & Namestnikov Signings Have Great Upside Jim Bay | July 25, 2022 When a team loses a key player to trade or free agency, like the Tampa Bay Lightning have recently, the common misperception is that those players need to be replaced…
Panthers Answer Lightning & Maple Leafs With Tkachuk Trade Mark Scheig | July 24, 2022 The 2021-22 season ended in embarrassing fashion for the Florida Panthers. After cruising their way to the NHL’s best record and the President’s Trophy, they found themselves out of the…
Lightning’s Sergachev Under Pressure Following McDonagh Trade James Yarcho | July 24, 2022 When the Tampa Bay Lightning extended Mikhail Sergachev to an eight-year, $68 million contract at the start of free agent and shortly after trading Ryan McDonagh to the Nashville Predators,…
Palat Leaves a Legacy of Unexpected Success With Lightning Eugene Helfrick | July 22, 2022 When the Tampa Bay Lightning drafted Ondrej Palat in the seventh-round, 208th overall at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, no one could have imagined the impact he would go on…
Lightning’s Recent Moves May Affect Brandon Hagel’s Future Connor Ziparo | July 21, 2022 With the moves that Tampa Bay Lightning general manager (GM) Julien BriseBois has made this offseason, money is tighter than ever. Despite trading Ryan McDonagh to increase cap space and…
3 Lightning Defensemen Who Need to Step Up in 2022-23 Jim Bay | July 19, 2022 The Tampa Bay Lightning will look a little different in the 2022-23 season. The salary cap has forced general manager Julien BriseBois to change the roster to stay under $82.5…
Lightning Can Replace Palat, But it Won’t Be Easy James Yarcho | July 16, 2022 It was a move many saw coming, but that didn’t make it any easier once it happened. Ondrej Palat – a major contributor in the playoffs for the Tampa Bay…
Lightning Skating Consultants Have Been Key to Team’s Success Jim Bay | July 11, 2022 A bit of a common theme for some of the prospects and draft picks for the Tampa Bay Lightning is the scouting report comment “needs to improve his skating”. This…
Lightning Could Find Answer To Defensive Needs With Free Agent Target Eugene Helfrick | July 10, 2022 Over the last three-plus seasons, there have been few NHL general managers busier than the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Julien BriseBois. As a team pressed firmly against the cap ceiling, he…
Tampa Bay Lightning Draft Preview Connor Ziparo | July 7, 2022 For the first time since 2019, the Tampa Bay Lightning will have a pick in the first round of the NHL Draft in 2022. With the 2022 NHL Draft starting…
Lightning May Have Painful Cap Answer in McDonagh Trade Eugene Helfrick | July 1, 2022 Things move fast in the world of sports. Less than one calendar year ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning went all-in on defense at the Seattle Kraken Expansion draft, protecting four…
Lightning Could Find Value By Pursuing Oilers’ Puljujarvi Eugene Helfrick | June 30, 2022 With the Tampa Bay Lightning wrapping up another deep Stanley Cup Playoff run that saw them coming up just two games short of pulling off a historic three-peat, it is…
