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
With Avs Exit, Lightning Back-to-Back Cups Even More Impressive Lydia Szyjka | May 2, 2023 It was a bit surprising to see the Colorado Avalanche lose to the Seattle Kraken, a second-year NHL franchise, on Sunday, April 30, 2023. Although, this season’s Stanley Cup Playoffs…
3 Teams Lightning Fans Could Cheer For in the Playoffs Jim Bay | May 2, 2023 To start with, it needs to be mentioned that the Toronto Maple Leafs will not be included in this list. My THW colleague, Eugene Helfrich, made a strong case that…
3 Tampa Bay Lightning Not Expected Back Next Season Shane Seney | April 30, 2023 The Tampa Bay Lightning were eliminated by the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games, in what was a hard fought first-round series between two familiar foes. Now the Leafs and…
Lightning Overtime Issues Spelled Doom Against the Maple Leafs Jim Bay | April 30, 2023 This is a playoff series that will haunt the Tampa Bay Lightning for a very long time. When John Tavares snapped a shot through traffic that ricocheted off the skate…
Lightning Fans Should Cheer for the Maple Leafs Eugene Helfrick | April 30, 2023 After producing a three-year stretch of some of the best postseason play in NHL history, the Tampa Bay Lightning saw their streak of Stanley Cup Final appearances end on Saturday…
Maple Leafs Hopes Rest on Keefe Outcoaching Cooper Mark Scheig | April 29, 2023 The Toronto Maple Leafs are just one game away from slaying a dragon and reaching the second round of the NHL playoffs. They will have up to two chances to…
3 Takeaways from Lightning’s Game 5 Win Over Maple Leafs Colton Pankiw | April 28, 2023 The Toronto Maple Leafs had a chance to win their first playoff series since 2004 in front of their home crowd on Thursday night, but were unable to do so…
Lightning Need the Same Sense of Urgency as the Maple Leafs Jim Bay | April 26, 2023 In what may go down as one of the most painful and difficult losses in their history, the Tampa Bay Lightning lost their second straight overtime game to the Toronto…
Maple Leafs Appear to Have Figured Out Weakness on Vasilevskiy Colton Pankiw | April 26, 2023 For quite some time now, Tampa Bay Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevskiy has been regarded as the best puck stopper in the league. The 28-year-old is consistently great each and every regular…
Lightning & Maple Leafs Both Benefitting From Strong Leadership Lydia Szyjka | April 25, 2023 Being the team captain in hockey means more than in any other sport. In the NHL, you earn the right to wear the “C” on your sweater. You earn the…
3 Takeaways From Lightning’s Game 4 Loss to the Leafs Colton Pankiw | April 25, 2023 The Tampa Bay Lightning couldn’t have asked for a better first 40 minutes of their Game 4 matchup versus the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night. They got off to…
Maple Leafs’ Keefe, Bolts’ Cooper Engaging in Some Mind Games Andrew Forbes | April 24, 2023 With everything that is happening on the ice between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Tampa Bay Lightning, it’s fair to think that the storylines would come from the play…
