Lightning: Looking Forward to the 2021 Seattle Expansion Draft
For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft was relatively painless. While the Vegas Golden Knights built a Stanley Cup contender using leverage granted by the NHL, the…
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Lightning’s All-Decade Team: Defense
At the start of the decade, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s defense had only one certainty: Victor Hedman. After he was selected second overall at the 2009 draft, the Lightning went…
Revisiting the Rangers’ Ryan McDonagh – J.T. Miller Trade
The New York Rangers’ mega-trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Feb. 26, 2018, wasn’t the first big move of their rebuilding project, which had been formally undertaken with a…
Lightning’s Defensive Injuries Spell Woes Before Playoff Push
For the Tampa Bay Lightning, building a defensive corps that could compete with the best in the NHL has been a long and arduous process. Before Steve Yzerman took over…
Lightning: Revisiting the McDonagh and Miller Trade
As the 2018 Trade Deadline came to a close, then Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman pulled off the blockbuster trade of the season. After weeks of rumor and…
Grading the Rangers’ Most Recent Blockbuster Deadline Deals
The New York Rangers are once again primed to ship off veteran players at the 2020 NHL deadline on Feb. 24. Chris Kreider remains towards the top player on TSN…
New York Rangers’ 2010s All-Decade Team
The 2010s will go down as probably one of the most memorable decades for the New York Rangers and its fans, filled with various peaks and valleys, memorable moments and…
Q & A with Ryan McDonagh of the Lightning
After dispatching the New Jersey Devils in a wild, 7-6 overtime victory the night before Halloween, defenseman Ryan McDonagh and the Tampa Bay Lightning still find themselves out of a…
Lightning Defense: What to Expect This Season
Heading into training camp this season, the Tampa Bay Lightning have high expectations upon them to be one of the top teams in the league. Their offense was one of…
Countdown to Puck Drop – Day 27 – Lightning Will Need McDonagh in the Playoffs
Introducing The Hockey Writers’ Countdown to Puck Drop series. From now until the puck drops on the 2019-20 NHL’s regular season on Oct. 2 when the Toronto Maple Leafs host…
Lightning’s Defense Still Powered by Former Rangers
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NHL Rumors: Flyers, Oilers, Blues, More
In today’s rumor rundown, there is news on the Flyers plans in free agency and there are updates on the story out of New York that a trade almost happened…