NHL Season Preview 2016-17: Tampa Bay Lightning
After re-signing some key pieces, will the Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup in 2016-17?
The Tampa Bay Lightning are coming off an impressive playoff run. They were the only team in the playoffs to take the Pittsburgh Penguins to seven games, losing to them in the Eastern Conference Finals. After re-signing their captain and their best defenseman, the Lightning are clearly pushing all their chips in to the center of the table.
Tampa Bay has come up short in each of the past two postseasons. Do they have what it takes to win their second Stanley Cup in franchise history this season? Will their aggressive spending be justified by another title?
Offseason Review
Here’s a quick review of what the Tampa Bay Lightning have done this offseason.
Added: C/F Cory Conacher (overseas)
Lost: D Matt Carle (Predators), F Jonathan Marchessault (Panthers), F Mike Blunden (Senators), D Anthony DeAngelo (Coyotes)
Retained: C Steven Stamkos, D Victor Hedman*, F Alex Killorn, G Andrei Vasilevskiy*, C/F Vladislav Namestnikov, F J.T. Brown, C Cedric Paquette
Pending: F Nikita Kucherov
*Contract will not begin until after 2016-17 season
