Montreal’s New Rivalry

  Over the 100 plus years of the Montreal Canadiens’ existence, they have built some legendarily rivalries with the best in the NHL, from the last-lasting feuds with the Maples…

Tampa Bay Lightning Rookies Are Shining

Take a look at the names headlining the Calder Trophy race at the halfway mark of the season: Nathan MacKinnon, Aleksander Barkov, Chris Kreider.  None of the Tampa Bay Lightning…

Lightning Young Guns Step Up

We all know the impact Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis and Valterri Filppula are capable of making, but there were some questions at the beginning of the season regarding Tampa…

Tampa Bay Lightning: Top 5 Blue Collar Players

Blue collar players are essential to any team’s success in the NHL. They are the players that punish their opposition physically, sacrifice their bodies to block shots, work to regain possession of the puck for their team, and take great efforts to be in position to make shots on goal.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are blessed to have some very willing participants in these areas. In no particular order we will review the top five of these “black and blue” players who “bring the thunder.”