Tampa Bay Lightning: Who Is The Toughest Competition Next Season?
Jun 8, 2015; Chicago, IL, USA; Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop (30) makes a save against Chicago Blackhawks center Antoine Vermette (80) in the second period in game three of the 2015 Stanley Cup Final at United Center. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Bennett/Pool Photo via USA TODAY Sports
In this edition of the Bolts By The Bay Round Table, we take a look ahead at the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 2015-16 season and try to identify their toughest competition.
The world of professional sports is never what one could call a “stable” place to be. There will always be trades, free agent signings, buyouts, and many other ways in which a player can changes hands or simply leave the game all together.
At the same time, the 2014-15 off-season has seen more than its fair share of major transactions. The Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks have traded away some of the larger pieces of their winning formula to be able to afford to continue to play their stars, while teams like Edmonton Oilers and the Buffalo Sabres seem to have won the lottery in terms of the NHL Draft.
No matter which way you look at it, things are a changing in the National Hockey League.
In this edition of the Bolts By The Bay Round Table, we take a look at what on the outside may seem like the simplest of questions, but could actually have a pretty big impact on the success or failure of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2015-16 season.
The question we posed to our staff is Which NHL team do you think is the biggest competition for the Tampa Bay Lightning next season?
Over the course of the next couple of pages we are going to hear from the members of the Bolts By The Bay staff as they break down who they think the Tampa Bay Lightning should be preparing for next season and what makes that team such a formidable opponent.
After you have heard what our staff has to say, head on down to the comments below and let us know if you think there is someone we are overlooking who could cause trouble for the Lightning next season? Maybe you’d like to expand on one of our reasons? Let us know in the comments below.
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