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Tampa Bay Lightning players reimagined as characters from Game of Thrones

By Tasha St. Pierre

TAMPA, FL - FEBRUARY 21: Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86) celebrates his goal with the bench during the third period of an NHL game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Tampa Bay Lightning on February 21, 2017, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. The Lightning defeated the Oilers 4-1. (Photo by Roy K. Miller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - FEBRUARY 21: Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86) celebrates his goal with the bench during the third period of an NHL game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Tampa Bay Lightning on February 21, 2017, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. The Lightning defeated the Oilers 4-1. (Photo by Roy K. Miller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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As fans of the HBO Original Series Game of Thrones prepare for tonight’s Season Seven Premiere, we took a little time to reimagine some of the Tampa Bay Lightning players as characters from the series.

As much as hockey fans would love to say otherwise, this particular part of the off-season really, really sucks. A good portion of the major movements in the Free Agency Period have already come to pass and there are usually very few solid prospects left unsigned. Then, there is the looming matter of not having hockey to watch.

In fact, there are still 82 days between now and the start of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 25th Anniversary Season, which is set to kick off on October 6 against the Lightning’s in-state rivals, the Florida Panthers. Needless to say, Tampa Bay Lightning fans have quite a bit of time to kill before hockey returns.

The same cannot be said about fans of the HBO Original Series Game of Thrones. The series is based off the incredibly popular A Song of Ice and Fire novels written by bestselling author George R.R. Martin. You see, Game of Thrones fans have mere hours until their desires will be sated.

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Tonight, at 9:00 p.m. ET for those wondering, HBO will debut the Season Seven Premiere of the highly-regarded series. We here at Bolts By The Bay thought it would be nice to spice things up around here, so given the fact we are huge Game of Thrones fans here, we thought it would be interesting to take some members of the Lightning roster and reimagine some of them as characters from the popular series.

While there may be some glaring differences between the player and the character we are matching them with (mainly things like gender, overall look, and dire circumstance) there are quite a few reasons for each person’s pairing, which we will outline below. At the end of the day, you may very well think we’ve lost our minds, but at the very least, you won’t be bored. (That is unless you are not a fan of the show.)

The one thing we will say before we proceed is, if you are not caught up on the show and are still binge watching trying to beat the buzzer to tonight’s premiere, you may not want to continue reading this article, there is a very good chance you will come across a spoiler or two.

As much as we would love to have your back, we here at Bolts By The Bay will not be held responsible for the things you may hurl at your computer or the string of curse words that may escape your mouth at work or in front of little ones. In other words, you have been warned. Proceed at your own peril.

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